Rina Obi

Rina Obi is Country Head Germany and Investment Director at Global Brain, a Tokyo-headquartered international venture capital firm with offices in Germany, the US, UK, South Korea, and Singapore. Global Brain manages over $2.2B in assets across flagship and CVC funds with 20 leading corporates, supporting 400+ portfolio companies through hands-on scaling and open innovation.
Based in Berlin, Rina leads early-stage investments (Post-Seed to Series B) across Europe, with a focus on B2B SaaS, Sustainable Tech, AI, and Deeptech. She brings a decade of experience in tech and innovation, having held roles at Google in Tokyo and London, a Sequoia-backed SaaS startup, and Henkel’s open innovation unit in Düsseldorf.