Darren Kimura - President and Chief Executive Officer @ AISquared

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Primary Job Title President and Chief Executive Officer
Primary Organization
AISquared

Location Palo Alto, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast
Gender Male
Also Known As Darren T. Kimura, Darren Kimura, DTK

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Website darrentkimura.com/
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Darren Kimura is the CEO of AI Squared and partner at LDV Partners.

Personal Investments

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Darren Kimura

invested in

Sopogy

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
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Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Spin.AI	Enerdigm Ventures	Yes	Convertible Note - Spin.AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	In2lytics	Enerdigm Ventures	Yes	Series A - In2lytics	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	LiveAction	Enerdigm Ventures	No	Series A - LiveAction	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	LiveAction	Enerdigm Ventures	Yes	Seed Round - LiveAction	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sopogy	Enerdigm Ventures	—	Series E - Sopogy	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Keahole Solar Power	Enerdigm Ventures	Yes	Series C - Keahole Solar Power	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Keahole Solar Power	Enerdigm Ventures	—	Series B - Keahole Solar Power	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sopogy	Enerdigm Ventures	Yes	Series C - Sopogy	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Keahole Solar Power	Enerdigm Ventures	Yes	Seed Round - Keahole Solar Power	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

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Darren Kimura

is the

President and Chief Executive Officer

AISquared

. Additionally,

Darren Kimura

has had

past jobs including

Partner

Sway Ventures

AISquared President and Chief Executive OfficerSep 2024

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Sway Ventures	Partner	2022	2025
ZEDEDA	President and Chief Operating Officer	Apr 2021	Oct 2024
Enerdigm Ventures	Managing Partner	Nov 2007	Mar 2022
Spin.AI	Executive Chairman and President	Sep 2019	Feb 2021
LiveAction	Executive Chairman, President and CEO	Oct 2012	Feb 2020
Energy Industries Corporation	CEO, Chairman	1994	Jun 2017
Sopogy	President and CEO	Nov 2006	May 2013
Keahole Solar Power	Board Member	Jul 3, 2007	Dec 31, 2009

Board and Advisor Roles

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Darren Kimura

holds

board and advisor roles including

Executive Chairman

Forma Vision

Board Director

SlashNext

, and

Board Member

SlashNext

Forma Vision Executive Chairman2023
SlashNext Board Director2023
SlashNext Board Member

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
LiveAction	Chairman, Chief Executive, President	2012	Feb 2020
Energy Industries Corporation	Board of Directors	1994	Jul 2017
Keahole Solar Power	Board of Directors	Jul 4, 2007	2010

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Machine Learning Early Stage Companies With Less Than $500M in Revenue	38,972
California Early Stage Companies With More Than 50 Employees	40,894
Information Services Early Stage Companies With More Than 10 Employees	71,589
West Coast Early Stage Companies With Less Than $10M in Revenue	32,773
Information Technology Companies with Early Stage Venture Funding	25,239
Data Collection and Labeling Companies With More Than $1M in Revenue	36,378
San Francisco Bay Area Startups Founded in 2021	55,915
Western US Early Stage Companies With More Than 50 Employees	35,260
West Coast Information Technology Companies with Early Stage Venture Funding	41,127
Information Services Companies (Top 10K)	3,211

Education

Darren Kimura

studied at

Portland State University

Stanford University

, and

University of Hawaii

Portland State University SchoolElectrical Engineering and Computer Science
Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessBusiness Administration
University of Hawaii Bachelor of Arts - BABusiness Administration and Management, General

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Funding Round•

May 5, 2002

Sopogy raised

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from Darren Kimura

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