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One of the founding members of Entrepia Ventures, Mr. Yasunaga,
serves as a Managing Partner of Entrepia and is based out of the Tokyo office.
Mr. Yasunaga has 21 years of experience in investment and
portfolio management for IT ventures, including telecom
equipment manufacturers, software developers, application
providers, semiconductor and wireless companies. He managed
investments in 13 portfolio companies in Fund I and 4 companies
in Fund II. Prior to co-founding Entrepia Ventures in 1999, Mr.
Yasunaga served as a senior analyst at the information
technology & communications division of Nissho Iwai, a Japanese
global trading company. In Nissho Iwai's IT division, he managed
the planning and execution of more than $500 million of
investments in IT related companies. He also supported various
US technology companies with marketing their products to the
Japanese market. Prior to that, he provided management
consulting to various companies and finance projects in Nissho
Iwai's overseas affiliate management department.
Mr. Yasunaga holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Waseda
University in Tokyo, Japan and an MBA from Pace University in
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