As one of the founding members of Entrepia Ventures, Mr. Yasunaga, serves as a Managing Partner of Entrepia and will be based out of the Santa Clara office. He currently represents Entrepia as a Board Observer at Stratalight and Worldwide Packets.

Mr. Yasunaga has considerable 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 has experience serving as a board member of 3 Japanese IT related start ups.. 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 wireless and wire-line communication related companies in the Americas. 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 New York.