Taiga Ueta
Senior Associate
“Northern Europe is the fastest mover in shifting Renewable Energy Sources. Now is the timing to utilize the Renewable power source to de-carbonize industry and society, which whole globes should keep an eye on.”
Taiga Ueta has a background in supporting large corporations and working in early-stage startups primarily in Japan, but also Thailand and Malaysia. His expertise covers working with automotive companies to develop new connected services, working as a professional adviser for M&A mostly to Private Equity Funds, and working as a customer success specialist in a start-up company in Japan.
Before joining NordicNinja, Taiga worked as a management consultant for IGPI and PwC, engaged in M&A advisory projects and technology development.
Taiga’s interest covers Energy Transition, Future Mobility, AI, and Climate Fintech. During his studies at Keio University, he focused on measuring economics and data science.
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tozero raises €11M in seed funding to ramp up recycled lithium production capacity
The NordicNinja led investment round enables the recovery of critical raw materials from lithium-ion battery waste for reintegrated use.
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Wave energy handling the biggest Atlantic storms – €32 million investment into Corpower
NordicNinja leads the investment following the breakthrough results from CorPower Ocean’s commercial scale device surviving the biggest Atlantic storms while efficiently generating power in regular ocean conditions.
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VSParticle raises €6.5 million to power material discovery for a greener future
VSParticle, the leading supplier of nanoparticle printing tools – has raised a €6.5 million A2 extension round led by NordicNinja and previous investor Plural to continue its mission to unlock a century of material innovation in the next 10 years.
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サステナビリティ×デジタルに特化した2号ファンド設立のお知らせ
NordicNinja VCは北欧・バルト地域から英国・オランダを含めた北部ヨーロッパ地域における「サステナビリティ×デジタル」分野に特化した2号ファンドを設立し、ファーストクローズを約200億円規模で完了いたしました。
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Announcing new fund II to help founders tackle global challenges
The largest Japanese VC in Europe expands its operations to the UK, Ireland, and BeNeLux countries, while doubling down on the Nordics and the Baltics