Yasuko Shusa

Yasuko Shusa is the Manager of Exploration and Alliance at Olympus Corporation, where she specializes in medical technology and corporate innovation. She previously served as the Venture Investment Lead at Olympus Innovation Ventures from 2014 to 2022, following a nine-year tenure as the Director of Strategic Business Development at Olympus. In her venture capital capacity, she helped manage a $50 million corporate venturing fund that deployed capital into early and growth-stage developers. Her investment strategy targeted allocations between $100,000 and $5,000,000 across the consumer health, health IT, hospital services, and medical device sectors. Shusa has also collaborated with industry organizations such as MedTech Innovator and MedVenture Partners, Inc., and participated in the Emerging Medtech Summit. Her career reflects a sustained focus on identifying and funding emerging health technology companies through corporate venture capital and strategic partnerships.