Shiro Matsuzaki is Managing Partner of Japan Airlines Ventures (JALV), the Silicon Valley-based venture capital arm of Japan Airlines (JAL). He is one of the members overseeing the JAL Innovation Funds (I & II), investing in frontier technologies that address societal challenges including decarbonization, ocean health, and energy transition. Shiro led JAL’s early-stage investment in Captura and has been instrumental in building the company’s Japan market presenc. Prior to his current role, Shiro spent over a decade at JAL across software development, global alliance strategy at oneworld, and corporate venturing. He founded W-PIT, JAL’s official Corporate Venturing arm. He holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management and a degree from Waseda University.