San Francisco, California
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Other; Certificate in Organizational Leadership
Other, Certificate in Leadership Principles
Total Funding:
Total Funding: $4M
Total Funding: $120K
Total Funding: $31M
Total Funding: $2M
Total Funding:
Total Funding: $2M
Total Funding:
Total Funding: $8M
Total Funding: $500K
2022 - 2024
2022 - 2024
2021 - 2024
2021 - 2024
2019 - 2024
2019 - 2024
Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley (YMVSV) was formed with a mission to identify and pursue game-changing technologies, products, and services that can be delivered as solutions for Yamaha Motor and their global customers, and we will be doing that by partnering with and investing in leading technology companies in the US and abroad. Our primary opportunity areas include Agriculture, Aviation, Medical, Mobility and Sustainability.
2023 - 2024
2023 - 2024
2019 - 2022
2019 - 2022
2019 - 2022
2019 - 2022
2015 - 2021
2019 - 2021
2015 - 2019
As a Venture Partner & Entrepreneur in Residence at 500 Startups, an early stage venture fund and accelerator program for startups, I led 36 early stage investments with a specialty in health tech, Fintech, and insure tech. During this time, I recruited and Coached companies through 9 cohorts of the accelerator programs, which includes providing company building advice, fundraising strategy, and investor pitch refinement.
2019 - 2021
2019 - 2021
2011 - 2016
2011 - 2016
CakeHealth.com (acquired by InboxHealth) is a web-app that provides transparency to healthcare coverage and expenses, helping individuals and families track, manage, and reduce their healthcare costs. Cake Health is a rapidly growing company in a new category where consumer internet meets healthcare, and making healthcare more approachable and engaging. Business Insider listed Cake Health as one of "5 Insurance Startups to Watch." Launched to the public at TechCrunch Disrupt in Sept 2011, Cake Health was selected as one of the final 7 most disruptive startups.
2007 - 2011
2007 - 2011
I ran custom quantitative market research projects for large corporations across the tech and media sector. Leveraging my previous knowledge of consumer technology and IT decision-makers, I advised companies from concept testing and feature optimization, to messaging, and customer profiling to name a few. The types of companies I served spanned from (but are not limited to) microprocessors, search engines, software giants, mobile phone manufacturers, telecommunications service providers, and online gaming. My focus was online quantitative research, and even traveled to developing countries to oversee local research.