Justin Yoshimura

Justin Yoshimura has a long history of entrepreneurial experience. Justin began their career in 2006 as a Cofounder/CEO/CMO of various start-ups. In 2010, they founded 500friends, a Merkle Company, which enabled 50+ of the top 1,000 Omni channel retailers to increase their customer lifetime value. Justin raised Series A from Crosslink and Intel when they were 20 years old, and the company was acquired by Merkle when they were 24. In 2014, Justin became the General Partner of ECGF LP, a friends and family investment fund with $100M+ AUM. In 2015, they founded CSC Generation, a company that enables traditional retail brands to become "digital first," and aims to generate $2B+ in 23/24 revenues. In 2020, they became a Partner at Home Consignment Center, a company similar to TheRealReal for furniture, and also became a Member of YPO and Executive Chairman of Sur La Table. Justin also serves as a Board Member at BounceX, a company doing well over $100M in ARR.

Justin Yoshimura attended Y Combinator from 2009 to 2010.