Akebono Nakamura
InvestorInvestor at FinSight Ventures
Los Angeles, California
Writes $10M – $20M checks · typically $15M
Experience
- Cognitia AICo-Founder and CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- FinSight VenturesInvestor2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- MyShell.aiGrowth Manager - Developer Ecosystem2024San Francisco Bay Area
- IBMConsultant2019 — 2021Tokyo, Japan
- UC San DiegoResearch Assistant - Computational Cognition Lab2017 — 2018San Diego, California, United States
Skills & more
Languages Chinese · English · German · Japanese
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Akebono Nakamura?
- Investor at FinSight Ventures
- Where does Akebono Nakamura work?
- Akebono Nakamura is Investor at FinSight Ventures.
- What check size does Akebono Nakamura write?
- Akebono Nakamura typically writes checks of $10M – $20M.
- Where did Akebono Nakamura go to school?
- Akebono Nakamura studied at UCLA Anderson School of Management (Master of Business Administration - MBA); UC San Diego (Bachelor of Science - BS, Management Science); UC San Diego (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology).
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Also attended UC San Diego307
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Also worked at UC San Diego70
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