Hogil Doh has ascended to a chief operating officer position at Yahoo Japan’s investment arm, after joining in February from fellow corporate venturing unit Rakuten Ventures.
YJ Capital, internet company Yahoo Japan’s corporate venture capital arm, has promoted Hogil Doh from partner to chief operating officer (COO).
YJ Capital hired Doh in February this year after almost a decade at e-commerce firm Rakuten, having most recently been a partner at its corporate venturing vehicle, Rakuten Ventures, from 2015, helping manage the $85m Japan Fund it launched in 2016.
Doh’s deals at Rakuten Ventures included ride hailing service Gojek, digital marketing platform From Scratch,…
