Testimonial
Mr. Yasunaga was a lead investor of Series B finance and becomes a board member. Since then, he has worked as a member of the team in management, operations, organization construction (including recruitment), strategic partnership, and finance. He played several important roles in our team. Especially in finance, I am convinced that the success of financing from Nvidia and Google, which is unprecedented in Japan, is impossible without Mr. Yasunaga. He pays a great respect to the management member (entrepreneurs). He is one of best partners who finds and solves fundamental problems while giving due consideration to each of various stakeholders.
Yousuke Okada CEO/ABEJA
Shri has been one of the few advisors who has been with us from Seed stage to our current C round, helping with operation, product, technology, recruiting, strategic partnership, fundraising and founders led company building. As an entrepreneur, he works with not only founders but many team members without telling them what to do but asking the questions and guiding them to make tough decisions on technology, goto market and investment decisions. Even when he is running his company he always has time as one of our Go To Advisor when we have to solve problems”
Timothy Harris CEO/Swift Navigation
Ken and Shri are prolific investors who have played a key role in bridging silicon valley and Japan. Ken was an early investor in Atonarp and played a key role in building the company. Ken and Shri worked very closely with the management team in crafting the product, go to market, customer acquisition, and financing strategy. They are always upfront, their opinions or inputs are always unbiased, On a personal note, I learned a lot from Ken and Shri.
Prakash Murthy CEO/Atonarp
Over the past 6 years, Cloudian has grown from a Japanese startup into a global business with 500 enterprise customers, 60% in the US, 30% in EMEA, and 10% in APAC. Yasunaga-san was a key part of our success as an early investor and board member. Managing a rapidly growing enterprise infrastructure business is both complicated at best and stomach churning at worst. When we had a major customer challenge, Yasunaga-san spoke at our all hands to re-assure our employees. His years of experience in both Japan and Silicon Valley taught him that no one makes perfect decisions every time, so he stays committed and supports the management team regardless of the circumstances. Yasunaga-san knows how to simultaneously provide both advice and support, which is a rare trait among investors. In addition to Cloudian, Yasunaga-san helped several other Japanese startups go global as well, and their CEOs shared similar positive experience as I did. If you are looking to grow a Japanese startup globally, Yasunaga-san is one of the best investors you can get.
Michael Tso CEO/Cloudian