people
Our Team
Tytus Michalski
Managing Partner
Singapore
Tytus Michalski is a Managing Partner of Fresco Capital and is involved in all aspects of investment and operations globally.
Stephen Forte
Managing Partner
Menlo Park, CA, USA
Stephen Forte is a Managing Partner of Fresco Capital and is involved in all aspects of investment and operations globally.
Heyu Huang
Partner
San Francisco, CA, USA
Heyu Huang is a Partner of Fresco Capital and is involved in all aspects of investment and operations globally.
Furuzonfar Zehni
Partner
Hong Kong SAR, China
Furuzonfar Zehni is a Partner of Fresco Capital and is involved in all aspects of investment and operations globally.
Sandy Hill
Venture Partner
Multiple locations
Sandy Hill, originally known as Crypto ghostGAN (113/144), is a Venture Partner at Fresco Capital focused on the connection between culture and technology.
Our Network
Eriko Suzuki
Venture Partner
Tokyo, Japan
Eriko Suzuki is a Venture Partner at Fresco Capital with a diverse set of experiences that includes ESG plus social impact investment, as well as being the author of “How we live, will be how we work.”
Sandra Miller
Venture Partner
San Francisco, CA, USA
Sandra Miller is CEO of Runway Innovation Hub, which provides workspace, connections, events and innovation services to a global community of startups and corporates.
Devendra Deshmukh
Venture Partner
Pune, India
Devendra co-founded e-Zest focused on experience driven product engineering for start-ups, ISVs & digital transformation for enterprises.
Taro Kodama
Venture Partner
Tokyo, Japan
After successfully launching Facebook in Japan, Taro is the Founder & CEO of Anchorstar, where he supports international businesses in exploring the Japanese market.
Joel Semeniuk
Venture Partner
Winnipeg, Canada
Joel Semeniuk is the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Imaginet, a Canadian based Microsoft Gold Partner and the #1 Small to Medium Sized Employer in Canada.
Adam Omar Shanti
Venture Partner
Dubai, UAE
Adam Omar Shanti is a Venture Partner and is involved in all aspects of investment and operations with a specific focus on the Middle East and North Africa.
Mikaal Abdulla
Impact Partner
Tokyo, Japan
Mikaal Abdulla is the co-founder & CEO of 8 Securities, with offices in Hong Kong and Tokyo, and has a diverse mix of cross-border executive experience in consumer finance.
Thomas Arend
Impact Partner
San Francisco, CA, USA
Thomas Arend started his own venture in 2014 and previously was leading Airbnb’s and Twitter’s international product efforts, launched Firefox on Android as Mozilla’s Head of Mobile, built delightful global products at Google, and led strategic initiatives at SAP and for IBM Research.
Allison Baum
Impact Partner
San Francisco, CA, USA
Allison Baum is a General Partner at SemperVirens, a strategic, early stage fund focused on future of work.
Viresh Bhatia
Impact Partner
Chicago, IL & San Francisco, CA, USA
Viresh Bhatia is the co-founder and founding CEO of InstallShield Software. After selling InstallShield to Macrovision, Viresh has focused on mentoring tech entrepreneurs.
Remi Caron
Impact Partner
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Innovative, accountable IT consultant with an accomplished 20+ year career reflecting a track record of taking a business to the next level through technical expertise and decisive leadership.
Rachel Chan
Impact Partner
Hong Kong SAR, China
Rachel is the co-founder of InnoFoco, a brand, design, and innovation consultancy focusing on uniting the private, public and non-profit sectors to make a difference in the world.
Sophie Yifan Chan
Impact Partner
Beijing, China
Sophie is a partner at JMDedu, a leading edtech media and community in China, where she is responsible for international partnerships, deal sourcing, and China market entry.
Steve Denning
Impact Partner
Washington, DC, USA
Steve Denning is the author of eight books, including the award-winning The Leader's Guide to Radical Management: Re-inventing the Workplace for the 21st Century.
David Eaves
Impact Partner
Cambridge, MA, USA
David teaches on digital transformation in government at the Harvard Kennedy School. In addition to working with government officials, he advises non-profits and advocacy groups about open data, urban innovation, and community building.
Pascal Finette
Impact Partner
Mountain View, CA, USA
Pascal heads up the startup initiatives at Singularity University where he grows startups tackling the world’s most intractable problems leveraging exponential technologies.
Akira Hirata
Impact Partner
Tokyo, Japan
Akira is Global Alliance Officer of Zoshinkai Holdings Inc. (as known as Z-kai), one of the largest education companies in Japan. At Z-kai, he covers various international initiatives including partnerships, investments and go-to market strategies.
Ari Horie
Impact Partner
Menlo Park, CA, USA
Ari is the founder and CEO of Women’s Startup Lab, a Bay Area accelerator empowering female led startups through strong leadership, an influential network, and innovation.
David Kedwards
Impact Partner
Hong Kong SAR, China
David is Managing Director of Pearson's English Direct Delivery Business, where he is responsible for several businesses across the globe, including Wall Street English in China.
Abhishek Kant
Impact Partner
New Delhi, India
Abhishek Kant is a seasoned techno-marketing professional with 15 yrs of experience in IT Services and Products domain.
Taruho Kuroda
Impact Partner
Tokyo, Japan
Taru is a director of LEO Science & Tech Hub Japan/Korea, an external innovation arm of a global pharmaceutical company, LEO Pharma.
Dr. Cory Kidd
Impact Partner
San Francisco, CA, USA
Dr. Cory Kidd is the founder and CEO of Catalia Health, a patient care management company, and has been working in healthcare technology for nearly two decades.
Angie Lau
Impact Partner
Hong Kong SAR, China
Communicator. Innovator. Connector. Founder of Narramur: a cutting-edge communications firm based on narrative and technology.
Angela Lee
Impact Partner
New York, NY, USA
Angela is the founder of 37 Angels, a network that invests in early stage startups and trains women to invest in startups, and is Assistant Dean at Columbia Business School.
Sam Lee
Impact Partner
Princeton, NJ, USA
Sam has spent over 20 years executing on new businesses in the life sciences and chemicals industries. This has always been done with business leaders who need to create value out of new scientific platforms.
Michele Li
Impact Partner
San Francisco, CA, USA
Michele is a Managing Partner at Talent Distillery Inc., a global talent management consulting firm specializing in building and elevating HR for innovative companies.
Ian McFarland
Impact Partner
San Francisco, CA, USA
Ian McFarland is an entrepreneur and technologist. He’s currently CTO at Fruit Street Health, a telehealth company with a proven therapy in diabetes prevention.
Ulili Onovakpuri
Impact Partner
Oakland, CA, USA
Uriridiakoghene “Ulili” Onovakpuri is a Venture Partner and is involved in all aspect of investment operations with a specific focus on digital health and health tech.
Joyce Reitman
Impact Partner
San Francisco, CA, USA
Joyce Reitman specializes in advising and leading emerging companies, who are creating new markets with advanced technology.
Daohong Shi
Impact Partner
Shanghai, China
Daohong Shi is co-founder and executive director of FTA, which is an international architecture design firm with 700+ hi-tech/office/industrial parks in China. Mr. Shi is an active promoter of WELL building standards and believes responsible design is not a choice, but a must.
Pedro Rosa
Impact Partner
Lisbon, Portugal
Pedro Rosa is the co-founder of Main Hub, a co-working and incubation space in Lisbon, also is co-founder of the IoT Portuguese Community.
Rafael Sabbagh
Impact Partner
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rafael Sabbagh has over 20 years of experience with a variety of enterprise IT projects, programming languages, and software development methods. Rafael is the co-founder of Knowledge21.
Christopher Scollo
Impact Partner
London, United Kingdom
Chris Scollo is a digital media and e-commerce CTO, software developer, startup founder, tech consultant, board advisor and occasional angel investor.
Andreas Seidler
Impact Partner
Tokyo, Japan
Andi is Director of Strategy at Anchorstar where he supports start-ups and organizations to enter and grow in the Japanese market.
Lara Setrakian
Impact Partner
Dubai, UAE
Lara Setrakian is an award-winning journalist and entrepreneur. In 2012 she co-founded and led News Deeply, a network of digital media platforms that convene high-level stakeholders and passionate communities on the world’s biggest challenges.
Shunichi Shibanuma
Impact Partner
Tokyo, Japan
Mr. Shibanuma is a Managing Director of SIGMAXYZ, where he leverages his years of experience in consulting, digital transformation, and investment to help startups and large companies create new businesses.
Yat Siu
Impact Partner
Hong Kong SAR, China
A serial technology entrepreneur, Yat Siu is the founder and CEO of Outblaze, a conglomerate specializing in gaming, cloud technology, and smartphone/tablet software.
Emi Takemura
Impact Partner
Tokyo, Japan
Emi is a Co-founder & Advisor of Peatix.com, Japan's leading community event management platform. Emi uses her plethora of various experiences to help transition Japanese education from traditional, memorization focused model to the one which nurtures students' creativity, deep learning, sense of purpose, and self-efficacy.
Gary Whitehill
Impact Partner
Accra, Ghana
Gary Whitehill is the 21st Century futurist who believes that unstable times create incredible opportunities.
Nancy Xu
Impact Partner
Shanghai, China
Nancy Xu has experience in human-centered innovation for over 10 years. She has a background of industrial design and design research. She runs a design and innovation consultancy in China to help companies create positive and tangible impact through understanding human needs.
Riki Yoshinaga
Impact Partner
Tokyo, Japan
Riki Yoshinaga is a co-founder and Partner of Jenerate Partners, an innovation and Japan entry consulting firm.