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Jing Kuang
Affiliate, Graduate School of Business - Development and External Relations
BioJing Kuang is a founder and venture capitalist focused on consumer AI.
She is Co-Founder of Cresca, a consumer AI company developing private memory layer for professional relationships. She is also the Founding Partner of Y Plus Ventures, an early-stage venture firm investing in consumer AI startups at the angel, pre-seed, and seed stages. At Y Plus Ventures, Jing backs founders building AI-native products that can reshape how people live, create, connect, learn, and grow.
Before founding Cresca and Y Plus Ventures, Jing served as President and CEO of Yongjia Capital, where she oversaw more than $50 billion in cross-border M&A globally. Her work spanned deal structuring, due diligence, strategic integration, and investment execution across market cycles and geographies.
Jing is deeply engaged in the Stanford ecosystem. She is the Founder and Instructor of the RootedIn VC Fellowship at Stanford, where she teaches venture capital investment, deal sourcing, decision-making, and portfolio management. She also serves as a Teaching Facilitator for Executive Education at the Stanford d.school and has been a Guest Lecturer at the School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Peking University. Jing is also President of Stanford GSB Venture Capital Alumni Chapter, and has served as Co-President of Stanford GSB Asian Alumni Chapter and the Investment Committee Member for Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs.
Jing holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Peking University. -
Masashi "Mac" Kubota
Affiliate, Graduate School of Business - Executive Education
BioMasashi "Mac" Kubota is passionate about advancing society & innovating electronics, sympathizing with the corporate philosophy and slogan, sympathizing with the corporate philosophy and slogan, with 19+ years of track record in the electronics components & semiconductors industries across various roles & functions as an investor, scientist, researcher, engineer, professional, manager, and corporate venture capitalist.
He is the Principal at WONDERSTONE Ventures, the corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of Murata Manufacturing, the industry-leading manufacturer of electronic components, devices, and integrated modules, which has been transforming electronics from the inside, with product lines of Capacitors, Inductors, Resonators, Filters, Sensors, Batteries, RF switches, Front-end modules, Connectivity modules, etc, with about $80B market cap & $12B revenue.
He is investing in leading startups who change the world & define the next era of Cyber-Physical Systems, across 6 themes : Next-generation communication, Optical & Semiconductors, Space, Robotics, Bioelectronics, and Environment
He is developing and championing the operations of the CVC by executing fund strategy and investment policy, leading investment decision-making (new and follow‑on) through the investment committee, supporting portfolio and CVC staff, and serving as the leadership to external founders, investors, and corporations. He directed 11+ startup investments (Hark, Aliro, Neurophos, Privateer, Lightsynq (acquired by IonQ), Swave, Augmental, Xona, HaiLa, etc.).
Honors & Awards
◦ Rising Stars, Global Corporate Venturing (2026)
◦ President's Award, Murata Electronics North America (2023)
◦ Most Valuable Player, The Global Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Program, certified program for Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP) by Alliance of Technology Transfer Professionals (ATTP) (2018)
◦ 1st Place Winner, The Global Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Program, certified program for RTTP by ATTP (2018)
◦ President's Award, Silver, ROHM (2010)
◦ President's Award, Gold, ROHM (2008)
◦ Provost's Award, University of Tsukuba (2007)
◦ Scholarship Grant, Japan Student Services Organization (2007)
◦ Outstanding Paper Award, The Japan Society of Applied Physics (2006)
Professional Education
◦ Stanford Executive Program, Flagship program for Senior-level leaders & Executives, earning Stanford Graduate School of Business Alumni status (2026)
◦ Ph.D, The University of Tokyo, Engineering (2014)
◦ Master, University of Tsukuba, Engineering (2007)
◦ Bachelor, University of Tsukuba, Engineering (2005)
Publications
◦ 50+ publications, including Nature Publishing Group
◦ 4,030+ total forward citations and 29+ h-index
Patents
◦ 74+ patents filed, 20+ granted
Links
◦ LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/masashikubota/
◦ Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3gapThUAAAAJ&hl
