Yuri Namikawa
Partner at Expa
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2020 - Current
Expa is a pre-seed/seed fund and startup studio founded by Garrett Camp, founder of Uber and StumbleUpon. We're a fund made for builders, by builders, investing and building out of a $200m fund. Investments include: Twelve Labs (video search AI), Smartrr (ecomm enablement), Norm AI (regulatory and compliance AI), Findigs (proptech software), Solo (gig worker platform), BlueCargo (supply chain/logistics software), Dispatch (fka OneAdvisory, wealthtech data orchestration), Felux (B2B marketplace for steel), Seven Starling (mental health), and many more including those to be announced
Expa Labs is a program for early stage companies.
Venture Investor
2017 - 2020
Norwest Venture Partners is a global, multi-stage venture capital and growth equity investment firm. The firm manages approximately $7.5 billion in capital and has funded more than 600 companies since inception. Investments include Grove Collaborative, Opendoor, Imperfect Foods, Birdies, Bumblebee Spaces, Pair Eyewear, and Goodly.
Norwest Venture Partners is a venture capital and growth equity investment firm that specializes in venture and growth equity companies.
Business Operations & Strategy
2016 - 2017
Udemy is the online learning destination that helps students, companies, and governments gain the skills they need to compete in today’s economy. More than 30 million students learn from 42,000 instructors teaching 100,000 courses in over 50 different languages.
Udemy is an online learning platform that helps students, companies, and governments gain the skills they need to reach their goals.
Raised $311,380,000.00 from SharesPro, Vershina Capital, Alexander Rugaev and Blue Gentian Capital.
Investment Banking Analyst
2014 - 2016
Technology Equity Capital Markets - Advised top-tier technology companies on raising capital through IPOs, follow-ons, and private placements - Select deal experience includes IPOs for Square, Pure Storage, Atlassian, Sunrun, and Instructure, and follow-ons for Tesla and Fitbit Additional experience covering Financial Institutions in New York
Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.
Research Analyst
2013 - 2014
Worked with Prof. George Foster to research growth factors and growth inhibitors for early stage ventures around the globe and was recognized in a research publication in collaboration with the World Economic Forum and Endeavor Global
Summer Analyst
2013 - 2013
Global Capital Markets
Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.
Customer Development
2013 - 2013
Summer Analyst
2012 - 2012
Investment Management Division
Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Campus Activation Manager
2012 - 2012
Readyforce is the first professional network designed and built for the specific needs of college students.
Raised $14,200,000.00 from First Round Capital, Founder Collective, U.S. Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Scott Banister and PivotNorth Capital.
Business Development Intern
2011 - 2011