10 Founders Backed by Masayoshi Son (2026)

Masayoshi Son founders (10)

Masayoshi Son founders covers 10 founders on ArsenalBio, CAST AI and Classiq Technologies and 7 other companies. The most common sectors are Biotech (4), AI Infrastructure (2) and Climate (1). Members are based in 9 cities, led by South San Francisco, CA (2), Bangalore, India (1) and Berkeley, CA (1). The remaining members span Cybersecurity (1) and Fintech (1). Companies represented include Juspay, Karius, Neuron23, QuEra Computing, Terabase Energy, Tines and Umoja Biopharma. Every founder below links to a profile with their company, backers, and the filings behind each round.

• Founders listed: 10
• Companies represented: 10
• Top sector: Biotech (4 founders)
• Top location: South San Francisco, CA (2 founders)
• Sectors represented: 5
• Locations represented: 9

• Alec Ford — Karius
• Andrew Scharenberg — Umoja Biopharma
• Eoin Hinchy — Tines
• John Pena — QuEra Computing
• Ken Drazan — ArsenalBio
• Matt Campbell — Terabase Energy
• Nancy Stagliano — Neuron23
• Nir Minerbi — Classiq Technologies
• Vimal Kumar — Juspay
• Yuri Frayman — CAST AI

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