Executive Officer, Head of Business Development · HiJoJo Partners Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
About
Yoichi Morimoto is a business development executive in venture and private-market investing serving as Executive Officer, Head of Business Development at HiJoJo Partners Inc., a Japanese firm that invests in unlisted mid-to-late-stage companies in Japan and overseas and offers investors access to unicorn companies through funds. Before joining HiJoJo Partners, he worked at Goldman Sachs, where he oversaw three divisions: Institutional Sales, Corporate Sales, and Corporate Access, and led initiatives supporting corporate value enhancement and IPO and public offering strategies. At HiJoJo Partners he is responsible for supporting the sustainable growth of portfolio companies. Yoichi brings a capital-markets and investment-platform perspective on late-stage growth, investor relations, IPO preparation, and connecting Japanese startups with overseas investors. The role provides direct exposure to how growth-stage companies approach capital policy, institutional investors, and the path from private to public markets. Yoichi is particularly relevant to conversations around late-stage and pre-IPO fundraising, capital policy, engaging institutional and overseas investors, and growth-stage company building in Japan.