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Yohei Ishii

VC

Principal, Makers Fund

Four-time game founder and AWS gaming lead

New York, NY
SeedSeries ASeries B+
GamingAIMediaConsumer

Background

Yohei Ishii is a Principal at Makers Fund covering North America and Europe. He brings a 20-year games career including founding four game ventures, leading games venture capital and startup business development at AWS, and serving as games-focused partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He also ran North American business development for Square Enix and CCP Games. He co-founded Directive Games and invests $500K–$40M across Seed to Series B in interactive entertainment.

Investment Focus

Stages

SeedSeries ASeries B+

Sectors

GamingAIMediaConsumer

Based in: New York, NY (North America)

Last updated: Jun 11, 2026