Nao Murakami is the Founder and General Partner of Incubate Fund India (now Incubate Fund Asia). See contact routes.
Nao Murakami is the Founder and General Partner of Incubate Fund India (now Incubate Fund Asia), having established the firm in Bengaluru in 2016 after a six-year investment banking career at Nomura Securities where he led IT/Internet startups to IPO. The firm operates as a sector-agnostic seed-stage venture capital fund investing across Asia and Southeast Asia, with specific interests in B2B supply chains, FinTech, D2C brands, DeepTech, SpaceTech, and GreenTech. Murakami’s core investment principle is to lead the pre-seed or seed round as the first venture capital investor, with over 80% of the fund’s investments taking a lead position. In its first Indian investment, the fund led a bridge round in B2B FMCG startup ShopKirana for an estimated Rs 2–3 crore (approximately $250,000–$375,000). Notable portfolio companies include ShopKirana, while the fund has made 12 startup investments in India over a 2.5-year period. Murakami distinguishes himself as the only Japanese general partner of a venture capital fund living full-time in India, specializing in cross-border business matching between Japanese companies and Indian startups.
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