Ikkei Matsuda, executive president of Hokkaido Venture Capital, has left.

Ikkei Matsuda (pictured), executive president of Hokkaido Venture Capital and its management consultancy parent, HVC Strategic Research Institute, reportedly left the firm last month.

His departure, reported by news provider Asian Venture Capital Journal, came after more than a decade leading the Japanese firm which he founded in 1999 and he will set up a peer.