Goichiro Arai

In 2010, Goichiro co-founded CLEARNOTE, a startup in the education field, and served as a CEO.
In 2021, he exited to a major stationery company through M&A.
After one year of PMI, he joined DNX Ventures in 2022.
Prior to serving as a CEO in a startup for 10 years, he worked at NTT after graduating from university, and then at Strategy&, where he was involved in strategic consulting projects specializing in technology companies such as pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and telecommunications.
He then worked at Hoshino Resort as the head of ski resort business and COO of a joint venture between a PE fund and Hoshino Resort, where he was in charge of developing acquisition and revitalization strategies for ski resorts and post-acquisition management.
He holds a B.A.
in Economics from Keio University and an MBA from Keio Business School.
He is a visiting professor at the Information Management and Innovation Professional University in Tokyo.