Summary
Kohei Yamashita is a finance-focused technology executive and founder with 10 years of experience bridging corporate finance and SaaS growth, currently serving as CEO of 株式会社Mind in a Device and founder of 4Growth Partner. A former CFO and COO at Studist Corporation, he has hands-on experience scaling fintech and edtech operations, running M&A, valuation, and corporate finance for fast-growing IT companies. Prior to transitioning to startups, he spent nearly a decade at Nomura rising from analyst to vice president, grounding his strategic leadership in rigorous capital markets experience. An MIT MBA and University of Tokyo-trained physicist, he combines quantitative rigor with product-minded operational leadership. Known for translating complex financial and technical trade-offs into actionable growth plans, he brings a founder’s appetite for risk and a banker’s discipline to early-stage scaling.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at MIT
University of Tokyo
Bachelor's degree, Physics, Bachelor's degree, Physics at 東京大学 / The University of Tokyo