Adrianna Alterman
Principal
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Principal investing in energy, climate tech, and workforce resilience.
Bio
Professional summary
Sho Yamanaka is a principal at Salesforce Ventures focused on AI/ML and SaaS startups in Japan and Korea. Before joining Salesforce Ventures, he was head of strategic investment at Rakuten Capital, Rakuten’s corporate venture capital arm, and earlier worked as an associate at Morgan Stanley. He is a Washington State CPA and has written Salesforce Ventures investment posts on Sakana AI, Mujin, MarqVision and Datumo.
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Sakana AIMujinMarqVisionDatumo
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Salesforce VenturesPrincipal
- Rakuten CapitalHead of Strategic Investment
- Morgan StanleyAssociate
Education
- London Business SchoolMA in Finance
- Hitotsubashi UniversityMA in Sociology
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