Hal Morimoto is Senior Director at Transpose where he focuses on building and maintaining relationships with Japanese ecosystem partners. Previously, he has served as an Advisor to Golding Capital Partners to assist with Limited Partner development in Japan since 2014. Prior to his time at Golding Capital Partners, Hal was a Managing Director and Principal at Astoria Consulting Group, where he helped develop relationships between corporate strategic investors in Japan and the venture capital and startup ecosystems in the U.S. In this role, he organized investor education events for pension investors, financial institutional investors, gatekeepers, asset management companies and fund managers in alternative assets.