Meet Our Team

Helping Entrepreneurs Scale Their Impact

TDK Ventures is bound together by a passion for technology and commitment to each portfolio company. Through our unwavering commitment to deliver TDK Goodness, we are a corporate VC dedicated to help entrepreneurs become Impact Scalers.

Not Just a Corporate VC

We Partner in Your Vision

C

Contribute
to Society

We invest with purpose in sustainable solutions and transformative technologies, empowering entrepreneurs to shape a better future. We believe meaningful contributions create lasting impact for people, communities, and the planet.

O

One Team Reaching
For The Sky

We constantly raise the bar for ourselves, our teams, and our ecosystem to better serve entrepreneurs. With deep expertise, diverse perspectives, and relentless curiosity, we foster collaborative innovation for greater impact.

D

Deliver
Deep Insights

As explorers, our core product is deep insight. By targeting high-growth strategic spaces, we generate intelligence that shapes TDK’s vision, guides entrepreneurs, and attracts co-investors, creating equal-win value across our ecosystem.

E

Entrepreneurs
First

Entrepreneurs are our customers and heroes. With passion, conviction, and patience, we help bring their visions to life, driven by their dreams of a positive, sustainable future, and commit to deliver the "TDK Goodness" they need to succeed.

Put our CODE to the test together and make the world a better place.

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HQ

  • HQ

Joan Benasa

HR Assistant
  • HQ

Jennifer Edwards

Communications Principal
  • HQ

Patrícia Correia

Team Assistant

HQ

  • HQ

Nicolas Sauvage

President
  • HQ

Jeanette Hill

Executive Assistant

Fund 2

  • Fund 2

Marc Bouchet

Senior Investment Associate
  • Fund 2

Tina Tosukhowong

Investment Director
  • Fund 2

Yan Yan

Investment Associate
  • Fund 2

Valentin Antoine

Investment Analyst
  • Fund 2

Vasan Churchill

Investment Analyst
  • Fund 2

Leon Fröhlich

Fellow
  • Fund 2

Ravi Jain

Investment Director

Scaling

  • Scaling

Raphel Finelli

Marketing Principal
  • Scaling

Robert Porter

Financial Principal
  • Scaling

Bill Graves

Legal Principal
  • Scaling

Kareem Fahmy

Ecosystem Principal
  • Scaling

Starry Wang

Ecosystem Associate
  • Scaling

Jason DeSoto

HR Principal
  • Scaling

Aidan Latimer

Marketing Analyst
  • Scaling

Bhakti Goratela

Financial Analyst

Fund EX1

  • Fund EX1

Anil Achyuta

Investment Managing Director
  • Fund EX1

Katherine He

Investment Associate
  • Fund EX1

Joshua Rubnitz

Investment Analyst
  • Fund EX1

Adam Erlichman

Investment Analyst
  • Fund EX1

David Delfassy

Investment Director
  • Fund EX1

Sam Hill

Investment Analyst
  • Fund EX1

Alessandro Girardi

Fellow

Engagement

  • Engagement

Geetha Dholakia

Portfolio Program Director
  • Engagement

Chiaki Yoshikawa

Startup Liaison
  • Engagement

Thao Ngo

Portfolio Program Associate
  • HQ

Joan Benasa

HR Assistant
  • Engagement

Janaki Shanmugam

Portfolio Program Associate
  • Engagement

Tomohiro Noguchi

Technical Analyst
  • Engagement

Xiaofeng Wu

Technical Analyst
  • Engagement

Christ Wang

Factories Liaison
  • Engagement

Elena Watts-Pass

Portfolio Program Associate

Investment Team

  • Fund EX1

Anil Achyuta

Investment Managing Director
  • Fund 2

Marc Bouchet

Senior Investment Associate
  • Fund EX1

Katherine He

Investment Associate
  • Fund 2

Tina Tosukhowong

Investment Director
  • Fund 2

Yan Yan

Investment Associate
  • Fund 2

Valentin Antoine

Investment Analyst
  • Fund EX1

Joshua Rubnitz

Investment Analyst
  • Fund 2

Vasan Churchill

Investment Analyst
  • Fund EX1

Adam Erlichman

Investment Analyst
  • Fund EX1

David Delfassy

Investment Director
  • Fund EX1

Sam Hill

Investment Analyst
  • Fund EX1

Alessandro Girardi

Fellow
  • Fund 2

Leon Fröhlich

Fellow
  • Fund 2

Ravi Jain

Investment Director

Platform Team

  • Scaling

Raphel Finelli

Marketing Principal
  • Scaling

Robert Porter

Financial Principal
  • Engagement

Geetha Dholakia

Portfolio Program Director
  • Scaling

Bill Graves

Legal Principal
  • Engagement

Chiaki Yoshikawa

Startup Liaison
  • Engagement

Thao Ngo

Portfolio Program Associate
  • HQ

Joan Benasa

HR Assistant
  • Scaling

Kareem Fahmy

Ecosystem Principal
  • Scaling

Starry Wang

Ecosystem Associate
  • Scaling

Jason DeSoto

HR Principal
  • Scaling

Aidan Latimer

Marketing Analyst
  • HQ

Jennifer Edwards

Communications Principal
  • Engagement

Janaki Shanmugam

Portfolio Program Associate
  • HQ

Patrícia Correia

Team Assistant
  • Engagement

Tomohiro Noguchi

Technical Analyst
  • Engagement

Xiaofeng Wu

Technical Analyst
  • Engagement

Christ Wang

Factories Liaison
  • Scaling

Bhakti Goratela

Financial Analyst
  • Engagement

Elena Watts-Pass

Portfolio Program Associate

Past Fellows

  • Past Fellows

Lina Mezzine

Fellow
  • Past Fellows

Hitomi Kondo

Fellow
  • Past Fellows

Marshall Wu

Fellow
  • Past Fellows

Sachiko Takano

Fellow
  • Past Fellows

Masayoshi Fujine

Fellow
  • Past Fellows

Miumi Hashimoto

Fellow
  • Past Fellows

Hugh Li

Fellow
  • Past Fellows

Marton Osze

Fellow