Nobuhiko Ichimiya

Managing Director

2020

• Investment Manager/Investment Committee Member of Africa Healthcare and Innovation Fund - in charge of sourcing, DD, execution of investments of startups in West Africa and Southern Africa  Helium Health (Nigeria), Series A as the lead investor and Series B  Drugstoc (Nigeria), Series A as the lead investor and Series A extension  Reliance HMO (Nigeria), Series A and Series B  Wella Health (Nigeria), Bridge round  Hyrax Bioscience (South Africa), Bridge round  Yemaachi Biotechnology (Ghana), Bridge round - Value up and monitoring of the existing invested companies.  The board director of Drugstoc and Helium Health  Distributing partnership between a Japanese major pharmaceutical company and Drugstoc, a Nigerian B2B pharmaceutical e-commerce platformer  Strategic Collaboration between a Japanese major pharmaceutical company and Recomed to build the digital patient journey for Cancer and Alzheimer disease patients in South Africa • Project Manager of the projects related to developing the startup ecosystem in Africa - J-Bridge Africa by JETRO, the open innovation platform between Japanese Corporates and African Local startups - A research project for JICA Nigeria : possibility of the strategic collaboration between Nigerian local startups with Japanese companies operating in Nigeria - A research project for World Bank: commercialization of the research projects in African Universities

Board Member

2009

Investment Manager

2019 - 2021

• Investment Manager of Africa Healthcare Master Fund - in charge of sourcing, DD, execution of investments of 8 startups in Africa  Kobo 360 (Nigeria), Series A  Lifebank (Nigeria), Bridge round  Chipper Cash (Pan African), Seed round  Recomed (South Africa), Seed round  BBHL (Etiopia), Bridge round

Consultant

2019 - 2019

Board Director

2017 - 2018

Chief Financial Officer

2017 - 2018

・Implementation of corporate governance system ・Budgeting/Forecasting of Financial planning ・Corporate strategy planning ・M&A and company restructuring

Business Analyst at DMM Africa

2017 - 2017

Senior Manager-Commercial and Finance

2014 - 2017

Commercial and Finance consultant to subsidiaries and affiliates(Power companies). - Supported the negotiation for the contract extension with the off-takers - Planed and implemented the improvement of the internal governance system - Implemented the accounting software and the procedures/ company rules Board member of 5 subsidiaries and affiliates - took the board position of the companies in Turkey, UAE and India - Coordination with management of companies and shareholding partners Head of administrative department - management of daily operation of the office with 3staffs - Accounting, Budgeting, HR, Legals, Governance, Administration and other commercial works. - Planed and implemented expansion of organization: recruitment, renewal of company procedures, office movement and others.

Financial and accounting coordinator

2010 - 2014

- Account closing and budgeting/forecasting of subsidiaries and affiliates in Taiwan, UAE, India, South East Asia. - Coordination of the division's midterm planning documents - Financial modeling and optimization of investment schemes for new investment projects. - Financial analysis of the new CAPEX of subsidiaries and affiliates. - Coordination of the group insurance program