Ken Kajii

Ken joined GB in 2021.
As General Partner, he oversees the entire fund activities including strategy development, investment in Japanese and overseas startups, post-investment support, support for collaboration with corporations, fundraising, and forming/operating CVC funds.
He is an expert in growth strategy and digital transformation based on his 17-year experience of strategic consulting.
He also focuses on overseas fund deployment and investment.
Ken joined GB after working at NTT Group and McKinsey & Company.
Ken was engaged in more than 270 projects with 1,500 consultants across 10 regions worldwide at McKinsey & Company.
From 2011, Ken was the leader of technology, media & telecommunications group (TMT) at McKinsey Japan office.
Ken has been passionate about driving technology-enabled business transformation that significantly increases competitive advantage of global TMT companies in Japan and overseas.
Projects included company-wide transformation, growth strategy development, M&A/PMI, business portfolio restructuring, acceleration of new businesses/business growth, and establishment of global business.
Prior to McKinsey, Ken joined NTT's R&D center as a software engineer / researcher, and later on became founding member of launching NTT Group's US office to start overseas operations.
Ken has lived and worked in 3 continents including Europe (Switzerland), US (NY, MA, and CA) and Japan (Tokyo, Hokkaido, and Yamaguchi).
He enjoys playing soccer/tennis and running.
Along with traveling, he has relocated more than 30 times so far.