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.
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
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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.