Yohei Nakajima is General Partner at Untapped Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in overlooked founders building transformative startups. He is widely recognized for creating BabyAGI, the first popular open-source autonomous AI agent with task planning capability that went viral in March 2023.

Nakajima studied Economics at Claremont McKenna College and spent 15 years supporting early-stage startups. He helped launch The Disney Accelerator at Techstars, served as Techstars' first Director of Pipeline, and worked as Venture Partner at Scrum Ventures leading partnerships with Nintendo, Panasonic, and Dentsu.

Nakajima is known for his unique build-in-public approach, creating over 70 AI experiments to learn faster and contribute to the ecosystem. BabyAGI amassed millions of impressions, 18,000+ GitHub stars, and coverage in Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, and Vice, leading to his speaking role at the inaugural TED AI in San Francisco.

Untapped Capital, co-founded with Jessica Jackley (Kiva.org co-founder) in 2020, raised a $9.5M first fund and made 36 investments. The firm leverages AI-powered tools for startup research and due diligence, with Nakajima ranked as a Top 20 thought leader in the 2023 Data Driven VC Landscape report.

Nakajima's build-in-public methodology generates 90% of deal pipeline through systematic outbound sourcing rather than warm introductions. The firm targets under-networked founders with $250K-$500K checks at sub-$10M valuations, pioneering AI-assisted venture operations that have been featured at events like the a16z GP-LP Mixer during SF Tech Week.