Updates
2023/12/1 (Events)AVPN Social Investment Forum Japan 2023: Panelist
Eriko, representing Tokyo Women in VC, participates in a panel discussion on closing the gender gap in Japan at a forum organized by the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network.
2023/11/30 (Events) Forbes Discussion: Facts and Future of FemTech in Japan
Eriko and Koichiro Ukai, Chief of NTT Com Smart Health Care Promotion Office, discuss FemTech, the different healthcare challenges in Japan, and the importance of data sharing and user literacy.
2023/10/30 (Events)Nikkei SDGs Forum Symposium: Discussion with Rina Sakai
Eriko sits down with Rina Sakai, CEO of Fermenstation, to discuss startup companies that bring us closer to achieving the SDGs and the deepening awareness about the challenges that come with it.
2023/10/6 (ESG / Wellbeing)NewsPicks x J-Wave: Explaining the US Anti-ESG Movement
Eriko explains the background for the politicization of the term "ESG" and how the movement is still growing globally.
2023/9/7 (Conversations + Interviews)FABRIC TOKYO Interview: An Investor's Perspective on Sustainability
Eriko shares her journey as a social impact investor focusing on sustainability and wellbeing. She emphasizes the importance of long-term capital investment for social ventures in Japan and the necessity of purpose-driven companies.
2023/8/31 (Events)Beyond Next Ventures Event: Diversity Creates the Future of Deep Tech
As Venture Partner of Beyond Next Ventures, Eriko facilitates the discussion around balancing career and family particularly in the deep-tech industry.
2023/8/31 (Conversations + Interviews)Nikkei Interview: Eriko's Life Experiences and the Beginnings of Kind Capital
Eriko shares her motivation behind starting Kind Capital, and what she learned from her experiences of living in different countries from a young age, her internship in Kenya during her college years, and raising her children.
2023/8/25 (Press Release)Forbes Japan 30 Under 30: Appointment to Advisory Board
Eriko was appointed to the Advisory Board of Forbes JAPAN 30 UNDER 30, a project to select innovators under 30 who will lead the next generation, in the Business, Finance and Impact category.
2023/6/20 (ESG / Wellbeing)NewsPicks Discussion: Impact Investing: Current State and Challenges
The panel discusses the development and future of capitalism, how to increase corporate value through impact investment, and its expected impact on companies - from startups to large corporations, in the future.
2023/4/5 (Events)Panel Discussion: Regenerative Design in Japan
For the inaugural event, panelists from diverse fields explore the future and potential of regenerative design, innovation, and entrepreneurship in Japan.
2023/2/24 (ESG / Wellbeing)NewsPicks Interview: Teaching Kids the Importance of Diversity and Wellbeing
For the third installment of Newspicks "Next Edu," Eriko discusses what business can teach to children, and the three axes of wellbeing in parenting.
2023/2/7 (ESG / Wellbeing)NewsPicks Interview: What is a "wellbeing organisation"?
Eriko sits down with Milano Furuta, President of Japan Pharma Business Unit, to understand Takeda Pharmaceuticals' various initiatives for promoting the well-being of employees.
2022/12/1 (Conversations + Interviews)Newspicks Chat: The Future of Capitalism (Part 2)
In Part 2, Eriko discusses the first principles definition of "wellbeing" and the need to lay the foundations towards achieving it, as well as the need to view societal frameworks as a longterm investment, and not a cost.
2022/11/24 (Conversations + Interviews)Newspicks Chat: The Future of Capitalism (Part 1)
At Newspicks, Eriko sits down with Ryunosuke Fukai, CEO of COTEN Corporation. Part 1 discusses how Eriko got her start in the world of impact and ESG, and also covers the difference between ESG investment and impact investment.
2022/11/1 (ESG / Wellbeing)Forbes Interview: Finding My Vocation Through Motherhood and Career Change
Eriko shares how motherhood and her career change were both major turning points in her career, as well as being driven by the state of diversity in the VC and startup industry.
2022/10/31 (ESG / Wellbeing)Panel Discussion: Green and Digital Transformation Strategies
Hosted by Newspicks, with fellow panelists NTT Communications Executive Kajimura and Professor Emori of the University of Tokyo's Future Vision Research Center, Eriko discusses the challenges of GX (Green Transformation) - how to maintain a sense of urgency but also hope, and how the key is to continue to heighten the literacy of the end user on the importance and business potential of GX.
2022/6/9 (Events)Panel Discussion: Forbes Japan Wellbeing Summit 2022
Eriko speaks about wellbeing industry trends including topics such as Financial Wellness and J-Wellness.
The field of wellbeing is rapidly advancing, with growing technologies such as wearables, telehealth apps, and various other big data analysis, and wellbeing has also become more top of mind, at this time when people's values and ways of working are changing dramatically.