Justin Yoshimura

Hiring for a crazy amount of AI roles…

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2022
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Strategic Investor
Jul 2022
To sell online, there is Shopify. For conversion rate optimization, there are tons of tools out there - but what about post purchase optimization? 99% of marketers simply rely on carpet bombing via email and direct mail, with no coherent strategy. LTV.ai changes this by using AI and memberships to increase your CLTV, and subsequently profits, by 12%.
Board Member
2013
Wunderkind leads in AI-driven marketing, transforming brand-audience connections with hyper-personalized messaging. Our tech leverages first-party data, identifying anonymous traffic via a network that recognizes 9 billion devices. We enable targeted offers at the perfect moment across email and text, integrating with brands systems for seamless performance enhancement. Delivering over $5 billion annually in attributable revenue, we guarantee results, making us a top revenue channel for clients like Harley-Davidson and Shoe Carnival. Choose Wunderkind for unmatched precision in boosting your top-line revenue. Visit wunderkind.co
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2022
Strategic Investor
Jul 2022
To sell online, there is Shopify. For conversion rate optimization, there are tons of tools out there - but what about post purchase optimization? 99% of marketers simply rely on carpet bombing via email and direct mail, with no coherent strategy. LTV.ai changes this by using AI and memberships to increase your CLTV, and subsequently profits, by 12%.
2015
Founder, Chairman, CEO
Mar 2015
CSC Generation is the AI-native holding company re-engineering omni-channel retail. We acquire iconic brands and transform them with Genesis—our operating platform unifying a Data Fabric, Automation Engine, proprietary tools, and shared services—to modernize operations, elevate customer experience, and expand margins. With $1B+ in revenue across 13 brands, our portfolio includes Sur La Table, Backcountry, One Kings Lane, and more—premier home and outdoor banners that double as real-world innovation hubs. CSC Generation continues to grow through M&A, revitalizing companies with strong brand recognition and loyal customers. We’re building the next-generation technology conglomerate where proprietary AI is the operating system. We have offices in Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Toronto. Our VC investors include Altos Ventures, Maveron, and Khosla Ventures. We’re always looking for exceptional builders, operators, and technologists to join us.
2013
Board Member
2013
Wunderkind leads in AI-driven marketing, transforming brand-audience connections with hyper-personalized messaging. Our tech leverages first-party data, identifying anonymous traffic via a network that recognizes 9 billion devices. We enable targeted offers at the perfect moment across email and text, integrating with brands systems for seamless performance enhancement. Delivering over $5 billion annually in attributable revenue, we guarantee results, making us a top revenue channel for clients like Harley-Davidson and Shoe Carnival. Choose Wunderkind for unmatched precision in boosting your top-line revenue. Visit wunderkind.co
2010
Founder & CEO
May 2010
Merkle Loyalty Solutions, formerly 500friends, is a leader in customer loyalty marketing solutions. Clients depend on us to help them develop and execute a differentiated and impactful customer loyalty strategy that delivers the business results they expect. Merkle Loyalty Solutions is recognized by Forrester Research as a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Customer Loyalty Solutions, Q3 2017, and as a Leader and received the highest overall score in The Forrester Wave™: Customer Loyalty Solutions For Midsize Organizations, Q1 2016. The end-to-end loyalty services Merkle Loyalty Solutions offer include: - Strategic consulting - SaaS loyalty platform named LoyaltyPlus™ - Platform integration - Program management and support - Advanced analytics Merkle is a leading data-driven, technology-enabled, global performance marketing agency that specializes in the delivery of unique, personalized customer experiences across platforms and devices. The agency’s heritage in data, technology, and analytics forms the foundation for its unmatched skills in understanding consumer insights that drive people-based marketing strategies. With more than 4,100 employees, the Merkle team is based in Columbia, MD, with 16 additional offices in the US and 8 offices in Europe and Asia. In 2016, the agency joined the Dentsu Aegis Network. Learn more about Merkle Loyalty Solutions at www.500friends.com. --- We're hiring! Please check out our openings at: www.500friends.com/who-we-are/careers
2006