Rumi Yokota is a Senior Associate at Kicker Ventures. She has evaluated companies in medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, and biotechnology, and is a Venture Partner at Joyance Partners focusing on consumer health.
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Kicker Ventures writes $100K to $1M checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.
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- UCSF Innovation Ventures · investor
- Life Science Angels · investor
- DigitalDx Ventures · investor
- Joyance Partners · Venture Partner
- Kicker Ventures · Senior AssociateNow
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Who is Rumi Yokota?
Rumi Yokota is a Senior Associate at Kicker Ventures. She has evaluated companies in medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, and biotechnology, and is a Venture Partner at Joyance Partners focusing on consumer health.
How much does Rumi Yokota invest?
Rumi Yokota invests through Kicker Ventures, which writes checks of $100K to $1M at pre-seed, seed, series a.
How do I pitch Rumi Yokota?
A warm intro from a founder Kicker Ventures backed works best.
What did Rumi Yokota do before Kicker Ventures?
investor at UCSF Innovation Ventures; investor at Life Science Angels; investor at DigitalDx Ventures; Venture Partner at Joyance Partners.
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