Yoshi Maisami

CDO & Head of AI

2023 - Current

Chief Data Officer

2021 - 2023

Led data-driven investment strategies for a global Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds; investing $8B AUM in Fund-Managers, Co-investments, Directs and Secondaries. Developed innovative AI/ML solutions to help automate sourcing, diligence and portfolio monitoring of 20,000+ consumer and enterprise-tech investment opportunities. Raised $1.5B+ in new AUM via LP meetings, RFP responses, DDQs and industry events. Investments: a16z, Accel, Bessemer, CRV, Kleiner, Lightspeed, Mayfield, NEA, Scale, True, Venrock, Plus One Robotics, Hu.ma.ne, SuperHuman, Prime Roots, Branch.io, Spotnana, etc.

Managing Director & CTO

2019 - 2021

Led quantitative investment strategies and consumer/enterprise tech pipelines for a multinational Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds with $18B in AUM. Positioned the firm's investment methods, systems and infrastructure for a successful $725M acquisition by the StepStone Group. Recruited and mentored a multi-disciplinary team of BI Analysts, Data Scientists and Engineers, and developed novel AI frameworks to help streamline investment sourcing, due diligence and portfolio construction, focusing the firm’s deal pipeline on pre-qualified investment opportunities. Negotiated strategic AI/ML partnerships with Pitchbook, Preqin, S&P and DataRobot. Investments: Roblox, Rocket Lab, UiPath, Snowflake, Canva, DataRobot, Peloton, Yieldstreet, Branch, Scopely, Xometry, Accel, Bessemer, Craft, CRV, Felicis, Founders Fund, Goodwater, Lightspeed, Meritech, NEA, NfX, Obvious, Pear, True, Venrock

Managing Director

2015 - 2019

Drove product strategy, business intelligence, and tech for a global investment management firm allocating $14B AUM into Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Private Credit. Established RockCreek Labs, a cross-functional team of 80+ Portfolio Managers, Investment Analysts, Developers, Designers and Data Scientists. Collaborated with Chief Investment Officers of major Endowments, Foundations, Pensions, Sovereign Wealth Funds and other Institutional Investors [representing over $1.7 Trillion in investable assets] to build a pioneering Robo-Advisor and ESG investment platform. Positioned the firm for a successful acquisition and buyback from Wells Fargo. Investments: a16z, YC, KPCB, Coatue, Two Sigma, Renaissance, Millennium, Citadel, Viking, Bridgewater, Tiger Global, Elliott, D.E. Shaw, Point72, Sculpter, Lone Pine, Baupost, etc.

Cofounder & Managing Partner

2008 - 2015

Built an Inc 500 award-winning Product Design & Development Consultancy with 75+ Full Stack Engineers, UI/UX Designers and PM’s specialized in agile methodologies and rapid-prototyping. Created custom web, mobile and AI solutions for Fortune 500 Companies, Venture-backed Startups and Government Agencies; guided customers from concept to launch. Clients: Amazon, Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Sequoia, Palantir, McKinsey & Co, Accenture, Google Nest, Verizon, Cisco, Oracle, Comcast, WeWork, Mashable, Match.com, GUCCI, PUMA, Gulfstream, Ford, Mitsubishi, Schlumberger, GEICO, AARP, ADP, Washington Post, VOA, etc. Stack: Angular, React, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, Python, R, TensorFlow, Figma, GCP, AWS, Azure, etc. Led the firm through a successful acquisition and spinouts to Google & Lyft.

Partner

2008 - 2015

Incubated and invested in emerging technology startups: Divshot.com [acquired by Google] MyEnergy [acquired by NEST Labs & Google] Kicksend [acquired by Lyft] Socialspring [acquired by UnitedWeb] Presently [acquired by UnitedWeb] INTRIDEA [acquired by Federal Contractor] Scalr.com [$7.35M Series A, OpenView Venture Partners] IDEASPACE [$250K Seed]

Senior Systems Engineer - SGT, Inc

2003 - 2008

Advised NASA’s Strategic Partnership Office on Tech-Transfer Spinouts & Commercialization. Collaborated with Congressional and Local Government officials to bolster NASA's appropriations, resulting in enhanced budget and expanded contract opportunities. Awarded $1.6B+ in new NASA engineering contracts [JWST, MSES, METS, GOES, POES, PAAC, etc].

Director

2001 - 2003

Developed a venture-backed Fintech platform for captive & private-label financing.