# Clarke Miyasaki

> Clarke Miyasaki is a seed investor at Kickstart backing iOS and Apps. See 5 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kickstart](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kickstart-seed-fund)
- Location: California City, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/clarke-miyasaki/2/b47/723

Clarke Miyasaki is a seed investor at Kickstart in California City focused on iOS and Apps. Clarke has a history of success in start-up and early-stage investment environments. Most recently, Clarke served as the Global Vice President of Business Development at Skullcandy, which went public in July 2011 (NASDAQ: SKUL). Clarke joined Skullcandy in early 2008 when there were 18 employees and keyed several initiatives that helped grow thecompany to over $230 million in revenue in 2011. Prior to Skullcandy, Clarke was the Vice President of Business Development at Logoworks, which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $57 million in April 2007. Clarke joined on the ground floor of Logoworks and developed several strategic partnerships that spurred Logoworks rapid growth and positioned it for a successful sale to HP. Some of the partnerships included Staples, eBay, Network Solutions, HP, Legalzoom and Intuit. Clarke was at Logoworks from August 2004 – April 2008. Clarke joined vSpring Capital in 2002 after working as a financial analyst for Ford Motor Company. Clarke worked at vSpring in a very active investment period for the fund and opened up vSpring’s first satellite office in New Mexico with Paul Ahlstrom. Clarke also helped develop many of the initial modeling and diligence tools for vSpring. Clarke received a B.S. in Finance from Brigham Young University. Clarke has been an active angel investor. Clarke is currently on the boards of Ecoscraps, Dropship.com and WAVE Energy.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| iOS | 1 | 20% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Email | 1 | 20% |
| Shoes | 1 | 20% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nodal Power | Nodal Power's mission is to develop power plants and increase the utilization of renewable energy resources. | $13M | Seed | Aug 21, 2023 | https://www.nodalpower.com |
| Pura | Pura is a smart home company that married home air fresheners and mobile apps. They have created a simple yet elegant plug-in device that allows for two fragrances per dispenser. You can create a scheduled release cycle to have a multi-fragrance experience depending on which scent you choose. Options will be available for their liquid basedfragrances and their essential oils line. Unlike other plug in devices that are constantly wasting scent, they work when you're at home and shuts off when you're not. In addition to this, if you're away from your place and last minute you find out people are coming over, you can release scent remotely through a WiFi or 4G mobile device to make sure it smells good by the time you get back. | $4.4M | Seed | Feb 20, 2020 | https://www.trypura.com |
| Taft | Taft is a direct-to-consumer, digitally-native footwear brand focused on delivering unique products and exceptional customer service. | $5M | Seed | Jun 05, 2018 | http://www.taftclothing.com |
| Ryver | The way we work has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. Email hasn’t. Today, the average worker spends over 25% of their workweek in a bloated inbox trying to force email to do things it was never meant to do: task management, contact management and group collaboration.Ryver collaborative email is the only email built for the waywe work today, bringing group collaboration, contact management and task management right into your inbox. The result is less email, fewer meetings and more collaboration.From Pat Sullivan, co-creator of ACT!, and founder of SalesLogix. |  | Series A | Jul 24, 2013 | https://ryver.com/ |
| Juxta Labs | Mappen is for staying close with friends, having real experiences, and making memories. |  | Seed | Nov 01, 2011 | http://www.juxtalabs.com |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kickstart](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kickstart-seed-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Break Trail Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/break-trail-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Element Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/element-ventures-042b) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fifth Wall](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fifth-wall-ventures-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Grayhawk Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grayhawk-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [M3 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m3-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Kickstart

VC Fund · Salt Lake City, United States

We invest in great early-stage companies based in the Mountain West. Some of those greats we've supported over last the 17 years include Lucid, Podium, Angel Studios, Galileo, Spiff, Nomi Health, Havenly, Pura, Rad AI, and Alianza. Find out more here: https://www.kickstartfund.com/

5 contacts available at Kickstart.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bryan Ritchie | Investment Committee | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-ritchie |
| Scott Frazier | Investment Committee | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-frazier-3 |
| Alex Soffe | CFO & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-soffe-39bf |
| Brianna Bowles | Office Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brianna-bowles |
| Dalton Wright | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dalton-justin-wright |

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## FAQ

### What does Clarke Miyasaki invest in?

Clarke Miyasaki invests primarily in iOS, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Clarke Miyasaki?

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### When did Clarke Miyasaki last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Clarke Miyasaki closed in Aug 2023. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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