Nobuyuki Matsuda

Board of Director CIO

Nobuyuki joined Digital Garage in 2019, working as Director of Open Network Lab and DG Incubation, engaging in startup investments and their development. He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo, and while still in university he co-founded a venture company that provides a communication platform for tutoring schools. He has been with Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. since April 2008, and has experience in consulting for new business strategy and new product/service development for private companies. He studied the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem as a visiting scholar at Stanford University's US-Asia Technology Management Center in 2014-2015. After returning to Japan, he supported open innovation involving startups, large companies, and local governments.