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Yohei Nakajima
General Partner at Untapped Capital
Bellevue, Washington
Overview
Yohei Nakajima is a General Partner at Untapped Capital in Bellevue, Washington, with a background in venture capital and startup acceleration. He has successfully invested in companies like Wokelo AI and Cognosys, focusing on sectors such as Smart Cities/UrbanTech and AI, and has held key roles at Scrum Ventures and Techstars, including as SVP and Program Manager for the Disney Accelerator.
Work Experience
General Partner
2020 - Current
SVP, Scrum Studio & Venture Partner
2018 - 2020
Led Scrum Ventures' corporate innovation arm, working closely with companies such as Nintendo and Dentsu - while sitting on the investment team as a venture partner. Led Series A into Misapplied Sciences (https://www.misappliedsciences.com/) and supported as a board member.
Scrum Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that helps startups and corporations innovate together.
Director of Pipeline
2016 - 2017
Supported 30+ Techstars accelerator programs in startup sourcing, specifically filling the top of funnel with targeted startups for direct outbound sourcing.
Program Manager - Disney Accelerator, powered by Techstars
2014 - 2015
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
Education
Bachelor's
2005 - 2009