Currently an Extern @Breaking Games·🟢 Open to work
I'm passionate about leveraging technology and linguistics to identify and analyze innovative startups in the AI space.
Discover my work, including deal sourcing and startup analysis, as I delve into the world of Vertical AI venture capital.
Mangusta Capital · Jul 2026 · ✅ Verified by Extern
Join a new VC fund launched by a former SoftBank Vision Fund leader and backed by the Ray-Ban/Oakley family to identify high-potential Vertical AI startups. Gain hands-on experience sourcing deals, analyzing markets, and writing compelling investment memos.
Breaking Games · ✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress
Turn six messy CSVs into an analytics database and a Q4 dashboard that drives real business decisions. SQL + Claude.
I'm passionate about leveraging technology and linguistics to identify and analyze innovative startups in the AI space.
Operations and program management professional with 10+ years leading cross-functional projects from concept to execution. Proven track record coordinating teams, managing vendors, optimizing budgets, writing specs, and organizing events in fast-paced startups. Combines a strong foundation in design and creative direction with hands-on experience in partnerships, stakeholder management, and community building. Fluent in English and Japanese with established US–Japan networks. Known for adapting quickly, solving complex operational challenges, and delivering high-quality experiences.
Externships
SQL & Database Architecture Externship with Breaking Games
Breaking Games
Experience
GP, AI Scout Division
Evernomics · 2026 – Present
Creative Director
[Stealth] · 2025 – Present
Analog Game Designer
E/SCAP/E · Aug 2024 – Present
Designer / Modeler
Freelance · 2018 – Present
Photographer
Freelance · 2013 – Present
Data Collector
New Theory AI · Mar 2026 – Mar 2026
Editor
Amimaru · May 2023 – 2025
UX Designer
Natural Dividends · 2022 – 2022
Teaching Assistant, Upper Division Japanese
UC Santa Cruz · 2016 – 2020
Education
University of California, Santa Cruz
BA, Language Studies / Linguistics. · Class of 2022
Hitotsubashi University
Study Abroad Program.
University of Tokyo
Study Abroad Program.
Skills
✅ Verified by Extern
Join a new VC fund launched by a former SoftBank Vision Fund leader and backed by the Ray-Ban/Oakley family to identify high-potential Vertical AI startups. Gain hands-on experience sourcing deals, analyzing markets, and writing compelling investment memos.
The work mapped Mangusta Capital's thesis into a searchable deal pipeline and produced a set of diligence artifacts for a shortlisted AI startup. Deliverables included a spreadsheet of ~36 AI startups with funding, team size, industry tags and URLs, a competitor master sheet with comparative ranks and noted data gaps, a set of synthesis reports including a Synergy Report, and a concise
I produced a deal spreadsheet of three dozen AI startups, a competitor master sheet with comparative analysis, synthesized diligence reports including a Synergy Report, and a 3-slide investment memo for Copperlane.
✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress
Turn six messy CSVs into an analytics database and a Q4 dashboard that drives real business decisions. SQL + Claude.
The externship converted six raw CSV data sources into a cleaned analytics schema and a Q4 dashboard for Breaking Games. The work assessed each source, mapped relationships across tables, and prepared the data for SQL queries and dashboarding. Deliverables included a documented data model and an ingest plan for the six CSVs.
I translated six messy CSV exports into a documented analytics dataset by inventorying sources, mapping table relationships, and planning an ingest pipeline for SQL-backed reporting.