Manabu Nakamura
Deputy General Manager, Head Of Pre-IPO Investment Team, Private Equity Division
Chiyoda, Japan
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Top SchoolManabu Nakamura is a seasoned private equity leader with 14 years of experience leading pre-IPO and venture investments in TMT, mobile, IT and cleantech companies at Shinsei Bank in Tokyo. As Deputy General Manager and head of the Pre-IPO Investment Team he founded and scaled a dedicated effort to identify and back high-growth Japanese firms preparing to go public. He combines deep financial expertise from an MBA in Finance (University of Rochester) with on-the-ground deal execution and portfolio support dating back to early merchant banking roles. Unusually for a finance executive, he contributes to open-source backend development—enhancing Scala SQL tooling and authentication modules—showing a hands-on technical curiosity that complements his investment acumen. Based in Chiyoda, he is adept at bridging technical product teams and capital markets to accelerate exits and IPO readiness. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic strategist who pairs rigorous analysis with practical engineering empathy.
14 years of coding experience
MBA, Finance, MBA, Finance at University of Rochester - William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration (CH)B.A., Economics, B.A., Economics at Kyoto University
Github Skills (12)
scala10
databases10
user-authentication10
authorizations10
authentication10
sql10
playframework10
jdbc10
session-management10
authorization10
database10
caching9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
t2v/play2-auth
Apr 2012 - Jul 2019
Play2.x Authentication and Authorization module
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 releases, 220 commits, 35 PRs in 7 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Manabu primarily focused on modifying the authentication and authorization module. Their commits added parameters to several functions related to login and logout processes, allowing for a return to the previously visited page after authentication. They also refactored and simplified the code for documentation purposes and addressed issues related to session management and security, specifically related to the session ID generation process.
play2authorizationauthenticationplay-frameworkoauth2
scalikejdbc/scalikejdbc
Feb 2013 - Aug 2019
A tidy SQL-based DB access library for Scala developers. This library naturally wraps JDBC APIs and provides you easy-to-use APIs.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 44 commits, 11 PRs in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Manabu primarily focused on enhancing the `scalikejdbc` library by adding features related to SQL interpolation. Key contributions include the addition of multi-value and SQL literal support within the SQL interpolation functionality, which simplifies database interaction for Scala developers. Further work involved renaming classes, removing unused imports, and incorporating type checks for SQL syntax providers. These changes improved the library's functionality and developer experience.
mysqldatabase-accesswrapssqltype-safe
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