Takashi Hayashida has over 20 years of experience in Investment Banking and Private Equity. Formerly with Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, he founded Elements Capital and Earth Elements Capital, managing private equity funds and providing advisory focusing on small cap companies since 2012. He has been investing and advising Web3 startups since 2017 and joined EMURGO's Investment Committee in 2019. He founded and launched Taisu Ventures, a Venture Capital fund focusing on Web3 early stage startups in 2023.