Mark Yde

Ajinomoto Group Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Ajinomoto, a $10B revenue technology leader in amino science. We invest in transformative companies that advance new ways to extend health span, develop new approaches that change the ways information is processed, and answer complex challenges in sustainability. Together with Ajinomoto’s community of scientists and engineers, we enable startup founders to build and scale solutions for the future.

UPMC Enterprises is the commercialization arm of UPMC, a Pittsburgh-based health care provider and insurer. At UPMC Enterprises, we believe that the smart integration of technology will be critical to solving the complex problems facing the health care industry. As an organization dedicated to Life Changing Medicine, UPMC has defined a bold mission: to shape the future of health care through innovation. At UPMC Enterprises, we help bring this mission to life by turning innovative ideas into growing, thriving businesses. Through pioneering technology, we seek to improve the quality and reduce the cost of health care while continuously enhancing the overall patient experience. At UPMC Enterprises, we both develop and invest in exceptional health care technology. Not only are we seeking to reinvent how consumers engage with the health care industry, but also how to use clinical tools to reinvent care delivery, and how to interpret data to manage risk and address new revenue models. If you have a passion for innovation and a desire to transform health care, we invite you to learn more about career opportunities available at UPMC Enterprises.

Various board memberships

Ajinomoto Group Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Ajinomoto, a $10B revenue technology leader in amino science. We invest in transformative companies that advance new ways to extend health span, develop new approaches that change the ways information is processed, and answer complex challenges in sustainability. Together with Ajinomoto’s community of scientists and engineers, we enable startup founders to build and scale solutions for the future.

“A problem well stated is a problem half-solved, while a problem not well-stated is unsolvable.” – Charles Kettering, Head of Research at General Motors 1920-1947 For decades, academics and venture builders have assumed that the <1% success rate we see from market creating ventures was the unavoidable nature of the challenge. They believed it was the natural consequence of high uncertainty. However, in the words of the late Clayton Christensen, “... when the business world encounters an intractable management problem, it’s a sign that business executives and scholars are getting something wrong–that there isn’t yet a satisfactory theory for what’s causing the problem, and under what circumstances it can be overcome.” Half-Solved’s founder, Dr Erik Simanis, has dedicated his career to solving this problem. In partnership with entrepreneurs, investors, corporate venture teams, and researchers, he has spent two decades researching the causes of market creation’s high failure rate, and developing the tools needed to overcome them. Half-Solved are experts in market creation. They use Integrative Venture Engineering, the world’s first methodology for profitably and reliably creating new markets, to build market creating ventures and help others to do the same. Alongside Cornell University and the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), Half-Solved are founding partners in the Market Creators Lab, a membership-based organisation dedicated to advancing and disseminating Integrative Venture Engineering.

Integrated is a venture fund partnering with value-aligned companies and entrepreneurs that are transforming the health and well-being of our communities around the globe.

UPMC Enterprises is the commercialization arm of UPMC, a Pittsburgh-based health care provider and insurer. At UPMC Enterprises, we believe that the smart integration of technology will be critical to solving the complex problems facing the health care industry. As an organization dedicated to Life Changing Medicine, UPMC has defined a bold mission: to shape the future of health care through innovation. At UPMC Enterprises, we help bring this mission to life by turning innovative ideas into growing, thriving businesses. Through pioneering technology, we seek to improve the quality and reduce the cost of health care while continuously enhancing the overall patient experience. At UPMC Enterprises, we both develop and invest in exceptional health care technology. Not only are we seeking to reinvent how consumers engage with the health care industry, but also how to use clinical tools to reinvent care delivery, and how to interpret data to manage risk and address new revenue models. If you have a passion for innovation and a desire to transform health care, we invite you to learn more about career opportunities available at UPMC Enterprises.

Various board memberships