Yuri Namikawa

Partner

2025

Offline Ventures is a seed-stage fund and startup studio pursuing a world where technology lives in harmony with humanity. We believe that the future lies at the convergence of online and offline, and that these worlds should connect in ways that dramatically enhance, expand, and uplift the human experience. We seek to inspire beautiful companies, surrounding founders with resources that support their well-being, uncommon and unparalleled perspective, and radical collaboration.

Partner

2020 - 2024

Expa is a pre-seed/seed fund and startup studio founded by Garrett Camp, founder of Uber and StumbleUpon. We're a fund made for builders, by builders, investing and building out of a $200m fund. Investments include: Twelve Labs (video search AI), Norm AI (regulatory and compliance AI), Findigs (proptech software), Smartrr (ecomm enablement), Solo (gig worker platform), BlueCargo (supply chain/logistics software), Dispatch (fka OneAdvisory, wealthtech data orchestration), Felux (B2B marketplace for steel), Seven Starling (mental health), and many more including those to be announced

Venture Investor

2017 - 2020

Norwest Venture Partners is a global, multi-stage venture capital and growth equity investment firm. The firm manages approximately $7.5 billion in capital and has funded more than 600 companies since inception. Investments include Grove Collaborative, Opendoor, Imperfect Foods, Birdies, Bumblebee Spaces, Pair Eyewear, and Goodly.

Business Operations & Strategy

2016 - 2017

Udemy is the online learning destination that helps students, companies, and governments gain the skills they need to compete in today’s economy. More than 30 million students learn from 42,000 instructors teaching 100,000 courses in over 50 different languages.

Investment Banking Analyst

2014 - 2016

Technology Equity Capital Markets - Advised top-tier technology companies on raising capital through IPOs, follow-ons, and private placements - Select deal experience includes IPOs for Square, Pure Storage, Atlassian, Sunrun, and Instructure, and follow-ons for Tesla and Fitbit Additional experience covering Financial Institutions in New York

Research Analyst

2013 - 2014

Worked with Prof. George Foster to research growth factors and growth inhibitors for early stage ventures around the globe and was recognized in a research publication in collaboration with the World Economic Forum and Endeavor Global

Summer Analyst

2013 - 2013

Global Capital Markets

Customer Development

2013 - 2013

Summer Analyst

2012 - 2012

Investment Management Division

Campus Activation Manager

2012 - 2012