Michiko Kato

Partner, Woven Capital

Michiko Kato is a partner at Woven Capital while she led Woven Capital’s investments in Nuro, Ridecell, WHILL, and several other investments. She also serves as an independent director at HENNGE and Excite Holdings, and a member of Startup Finance Committee of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

Before Woven Capital, Michiko was Chief Financial Officer at ABEJA, Inc. — a market leader in artificial intelligence technology backed by Google and NVIDIA. She also worked at leading investment firms such as Unison Capital, International Finance Corporation and Morgan Stanley.

Michiko holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a B.A. from International Christian University in Tokyo.