Yuichi Kobayashi is a member of the corporate venture capital team at The Norinchukin Bank. He is currently based in Silicon Valley. He is responsible for investments in Agtech and Foodtech startups across Europe, the United States, and Brazil. He focuses on sourcing technologies that strengthen the resilience of the agri-food supply chain, and supports the expansion of portfolio companies into Japan, as well as collaboration with the bank and its clients. Prior to joining the corporate venture capital team, he worked at AgVenture Lab, the incubation platform of the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA Group), where he led the accelerator program.
