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Yoshi Maisami

CDO & Head of AI at Finspace

United States

Overview 

Yoshi Maisami is a seasoned professional in the venture capital industry, with a strong focus on AI and impact investing. Holding leadership roles at firms like Finspace and Top Tier Capital Partners, Maisami has demonstrated expertise in generative AI, fundraising, and managing large language models, while investing in diverse sectors like AR/VR, FinTech, and cloud infrastructure. With a background in software development and strategic planning, Yoshi Maisami has successfully navigated various stages of investment, from pre-seed to Series D, and has held key positions at notable organizations like Greenspring Associates and The Rock Creek Group.

Work Experience 

Finspace

  • CDO & Head of AI

    2023 - Current

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Top Tier Capital Partners

  • 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, SuperHuman, Prime Roots, Branch.io, Spotnana, etc.

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Greenspring Associates

  • Managing Director & CTO

    2019 - 2021

    Led quantitative investment strategies and consumer/enterprise tech pipelines for a global Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds with $18B in AUM. Positioned the firm for a successful $725M acquisition by 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

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The Rock Creek Group

  • 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.

Rock Creek is a leading, highly respected global investment and advisory firm that provides our investors with solutions

therockcreekgroup.com

INTRIDEA

  • Cofounder & Managing Partner

    2008 - 2015

    Built an Inc 500 award-winning Product Design & Development Studio 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, Ziff Davis, IAC, Match.com, GUCCI, PUMA, Oakley, Gulfstream, Ford, Mitsubishi, Schlumberger, GEICO, AARP, ADP, Intuit, Washington Post, 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.

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Unlikely Ventures

  • 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]

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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  • Senior Systems Engineer - SGT, Inc

    2003 - 2008

    Advised NASA’s Strategic Partnerships Office on portfolio management, due diligence, IP strategy, valuations, commercialization, tech-transfer, and product spinouts. Developed a record-breaking New Technology Reporting [NTR] platform for the Goddard Space Flight Center and NASA Headquarters. Collaborated with Congressional and Local Government officials to bolster NASA's appropriations, resulting in enhanced budget and expanded contract opportunities. Supported landmark NASA projects, including JWST, MSES, METS, GOES, POES, GGSG, and PAAC.

Captive Capital

  • Director

    2001 - 2003

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

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