Eriko Suzuki Schweisgut

Kind Capital CEO, Venture Partner at Beyond Next Ventures

Speaker

Eriko is a tech and social impact investor, focused on Wellbeing and Sustainability. Currently advisor to VCs such as Japan’s premier deeptech investor BeyondNextVentures and most recently founding member and Managing Director of Japan’s first ESG focused VC MPower Partners, formerly GP of Fresco Capital and Investment Director of Mistletoe,
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Eriko started her career in Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley and UBS and later became Japan country manager of Silicon Valley based drone startup. Author of “How we live, will be how we work” (Daiwashobo, 2018) and translator of New York Times best seller “Mission Economy: A moonshot guide to changing capitalism” (Mariana Mazzucato, 2021). Also executive coach and mother of two children.