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About Investor

Yohei Ishii is a Principal at Makers Fund, based in New York/Brooklyn, where he manages investments, portfolio support and partner relations across North America and Europe. He typically invests $500K–$40.0M, with a sweet spot around $20.0M, in seed through Series B companies in consumer internet and consumer health, especially within interactive entertainment and games-adjacent experiences. Makers Fund itself is a global interactive-entertainment-focused venture firm backing early-stage gaming and creator-centric platforms. Yohei brings a 20-year games career that includes founding four game ventures, leading games venture capital & startups BD at AWS, working as a games-focused partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and running North American business development and strategy for Square Enix and CCP (EVE Online).