Koji Osawa
Dr. Koji Osawa is Managing Principal and Co-founder of Global Catalyst Partners (GCP). He has over twenty years of experience in investment and management of high-tech companies in Japan, the U.S. and Asia. He co-founded GCP in 1999.
Prior to GCP he was at Mitsubishi Corporation for 14 years, starting in 1985. Mitsubishi is the largest trading firm in the world with sales of over $150B. Dr. Osawa was Division Manager of Mitsubishi International Corporation (Palo Alto Office) from 1993 through 1999. He was responsible for investment and business development with high-tech companies in Silicon Valley in the areas of semiconductors, communications and software. During this period, he invested in several private companies and venture capital funds. He arranged a wide range of business agreements between these private companies and prominent Japanese and Asian companies, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars of business. Mr. Osawa also served as General Manager of MC Silicon Valley, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp., and has been responsible for managing a U.S. investment fund since 1998.
Dr. Osawa received a BS in Electronics from Keio University, Japan, and a Ph.D. in Engineering from Tohoku University, Japan.
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