Entrepia Ventures

Entrepia Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 with offices in Santa Clara, California and Montreal, Canada. The firm invests in early-to-expansion stage, technology-based private companies in North America, with a distinctive specialization in supporting portfolio companies' business development in Japan and across Asian markets. This cross-Pacific bridge has been a consistent differentiator for Entrepia, with many portfolio companies benefiting from distribution arrangements, joint ventures, partnerships, and corporate alliances with Japanese companies. The firm deploys $1 million to $10 million checks at Series A and Series B stages across software, hardware and communications technology, and networking sectors. The team of three is led by Gene S. Kawaratani as Partner and Amit Srivastava as CEO. Notable portfolio companies include Intransa in storage, Vantrix in video processing, Achronix Semiconductor in FPGAs, World Wide Packets in networking, and ArchPro Design Automation. The firm has made 12 total investments across its history. Entrepia Ventures' defining edge lies in its deep knowledge of the Japanese corporate ecosystem and its ability to translate that into real commercial value for portfolio companies seeking Asia market entry. The firm appears to have been largely inactive since approximately 2012, but its early work establishing a model for Japan-bridging venture capital in Silicon Valley reflected a thesis that has become increasingly relevant as US-Asia technology partnerships have grown in strategic importance.