FINALIST from Japan

Japan

We operates LUCA, a digital platform for alternative investments. LUCA provides the one stop solution for fund distributors and wealth managers to provide quality alternative investment opportunities to thier clients and to manage efficiently their investment portfolio. LUCA opens investment opportunities in alternative strategies for relatively smaller ticket sizes so non-institutional invetors can acess to those opportunities.

Keiko has been engaged in hedge fund investments since 2000 before she joined the Japan office of a U.S. investment managment company as relationship manager for institutional investors responsible for strategy briefings, fundraising of alternative investment funds including private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and private credit.
After serving as Head of Alternative Investment Strategy at JPMorgan Asset Management and Managing Director at Blackstone Group, she joined LUCA as a founding member in 2021. She holds a Master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.