Kenta Yaegashi

Vice President @Insight | ex-Founder

๐Ÿ“ United States๐Ÿ”„ Updated September 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 9 investments๐Ÿ“… 4 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Jul 2026
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Investor / Board Observer
Jul 2026
In 2022, the U.S. spent $4.5 trillion on healthcare, about 17.3% of GDP. Administrative costs account for 25% to 30% of that total, fueled by credentialing, insurance enrollments, and essential but manual workflows. Were on a mission to rebuild the operational backbone of healthcare. As AI doubles in capability at the half the price every year, we see a future where provider operations are run by lean teams supported by autonomous, reasoning-capable AI agents. Prior to founding Assured, Varun Krishnamurthy and Rahul Shivkumar built and sold a VC-backed digital health startup. Weve lived the operational chaos that comes with scaling a healthcare practice and set out to build the platform we wish we had.
Investor / Board Observer
Dec 2025
ใ€Mission / Visionใ€‘ Fact Base Inc. is a SaaS startup founded in September 2022 with the mission of โ€œMaking Manufacturing Seamless.โ€ With the vision of โ€œBuilding a platform where small factories take the lead in manufacturing,โ€ our goal is to empower Japanโ€™s manufacturing industry to once again lead the world. Since our founding, we have been committed to solving challenges faced by small and medium-sized manufacturers โ€” such as the complexity of managing technical drawings and the difficulty of utilizing information โ€” by delivering services that truly support people on the manufacturing frontlines and drive digital transformation across the industry. ใ€Service: โ€œZumeenโ€ โ€” Redefining How Manufacturers Manage Drawingsใ€‘ At Fact Base, we develop โ€œZumeen,โ€ a cloud-based drawing management system designed to empower small and medium-sized manufacturers to embrace digital transformation (DX). In many factories, drawings and related documents are still managed on paper โ€” making it hard to find information, share updates, or make use of valuable data. Zumeen changes that. By connecting drawings and all related information in one cloud platform, Zumeen makes manufacturing workflows faster, smarter, and more collaborative. Today, itโ€™s already being used by hundreds of small factories across Japan as the first step toward smarter, data-driven manufacturing.
Board Observer
Nov 2024
Uniform is the visual workspace that empowers digital teams to quickly blend content, data, design, and technology from anywhere to deliver winning multichannel experiences.
Board Observer
May 2023
Armis, the cyber exposure management & security company, protects the entire attack surface and manages an organizationโ€™s cyber risk exposure in real time. In a rapidly evolving, perimeter-less world, Armis ensures that organizations continuously see, protect and manage all critical assets - from the ground to the cloud. Armis secures Fortune 100, 200 and 500 companies as well as national governments, state and local entities to help keep critical infrastructure, economies and society stay safe and secure 24/7. Armis is a privately held company headquartered in California.
Board Observer
Jun 2022
Optibusโ€™ vision is to be the modern operating system for mass transportation. Optibus is an end-to-end, cross-functional software platform for transportation planning, scheduling, rostering, and operations. Founded in 2014, transportation agencies and operators in over 5,000 cities worldwide trust Optibus to increase efficiency and ridership, improve service quality, promote transportation equity, reduce emissions and costs, and modernize their operations. Our platform enables operators and agencies to plan and analyze better routes, schedules, rosters, and much more. Optibus is a cloud-native solution powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced optimization algorithms that are revolutionizing the transportation industry across the globe. Optibus has been recognized as a technology pioneer by the World Economic Forum for its role in transforming the transportation industry, promoting equity, sustainability, and smart cities. Learn more: www.optibus.com
Board Observer
May 2022
๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ Significantly improve an organizationโ€™s culture, collaboration, competency, efficiency, performance and innovation through the digital transformation of ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ delivered via 100% Salesforce powered cloud based solutions ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜-๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—œ-๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. Our connected suite of solutions helps businesses of all sizes increase product, quality, and safety as they bring their products from concept to customer success. Our intelligent data-driven platform comes with best-in-class integrated processes to mitigate risks, protecting your employees, suppliers and brand reputation, and to increase innovation, compliance, profit and customer loyalty. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ The team at ComplianceQuest is experienced and passionate about next-gen digital tools that transform the compliance industry. Our management team and thought leaders have an average of 20 years of experience in the plm, quality, safety and compliance space. Our management team has been instrumental in the evolution of moving industries from looking at information in silos with bespoke systems to one integrated enterprise systems across departments and locations.
Investor
Feb 2022
Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies that are driving transformative change in their industries. As of December 31, 2025, the firm has over $90B in regulatory assets under management. Insight Partners has invested in more than 900 companies worldwide and has seen over 55 portfolio companies achieve an IPO. Headquartered in New York City, Insight has a global presence with leadership in London, Tel Aviv, and the Bay Area. Insightโ€™s mission is to find, fund, and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with tailored, hands-on software expertise along their growth journey, from their first investment to IPO. For more information on Insight and all its investments, visit insightpartners.com or follow us on X @insightpartners.
Experience ยท 13 entries
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Board (8)
2026
Investor / Board Observer
Jul 2026
In 2022, the U.S. spent $4.5 trillion on healthcare, about 17.3% of GDP. Administrative costs account for 25% to 30% of that total, fueled by credentialing, insurance enrollments, and essential but manual workflows. Were on a mission to rebuild the operational backbone of healthcare. As AI doubles in capability at the half the price every year, we see a future where provider operations are run by lean teams supported by autonomous, reasoning-capable AI agents. Prior to founding Assured, Varun Krishnamurthy and Rahul Shivkumar built and sold a VC-backed digital health startup. Weve lived the operational chaos that comes with scaling a healthcare practice and set out to build the platform we wish we had.
2025
Investor / Board Observer
Dec 2025
ใ€Mission / Visionใ€‘ Fact Base Inc. is a SaaS startup founded in September 2022 with the mission of โ€œMaking Manufacturing Seamless.โ€ With the vision of โ€œBuilding a platform where small factories take the lead in manufacturing,โ€ our goal is to empower Japanโ€™s manufacturing industry to once again lead the world. Since our founding, we have been committed to solving challenges faced by small and medium-sized manufacturers โ€” such as the complexity of managing technical drawings and the difficulty of utilizing information โ€” by delivering services that truly support people on the manufacturing frontlines and drive digital transformation across the industry. ใ€Service: โ€œZumeenโ€ โ€” Redefining How Manufacturers Manage Drawingsใ€‘ At Fact Base, we develop โ€œZumeen,โ€ a cloud-based drawing management system designed to empower small and medium-sized manufacturers to embrace digital transformation (DX). In many factories, drawings and related documents are still managed on paper โ€” making it hard to find information, share updates, or make use of valuable data. Zumeen changes that. By connecting drawings and all related information in one cloud platform, Zumeen makes manufacturing workflows faster, smarter, and more collaborative. Today, itโ€™s already being used by hundreds of small factories across Japan as the first step toward smarter, data-driven manufacturing.
2024
Board Observer
Nov 2024
Uniform is the visual workspace that empowers digital teams to quickly blend content, data, design, and technology from anywhere to deliver winning multichannel experiences.
2023
Investor / Board Observer
Jun 2023
Bestpass is the comprehensive payment platform provider and leader in toll management solutions for commercial fleets of all shapes and sizes. With more than 30,000 customers and processing more than $1.5 billion in toll transactions in the United States and Canada, Bestpass ensures data accuracy, consolidates payments, and saves its users time and money. Founded in 2001 by truckers for truckers, we are a trusted partner on the road and in the back office for customers and tolling authorities. To learn more, visit www.bestpass.com.
Board Observer
May 2023
Armis, the cyber exposure management & security company, protects the entire attack surface and manages an organizationโ€™s cyber risk exposure in real time. In a rapidly evolving, perimeter-less world, Armis ensures that organizations continuously see, protect and manage all critical assets - from the ground to the cloud. Armis secures Fortune 100, 200 and 500 companies as well as national governments, state and local entities to help keep critical infrastructure, economies and society stay safe and secure 24/7. Armis is a privately held company headquartered in California.
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