Dennis Nakamura

Principal at Clearwater Partners | ex-Goldman Sachs

Clearwater Partners

Minneapolis, MN · CT (UTC-6)

5+ years experience

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

English

Investing Advising

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Overview

Principal at Clearwater Partners, backing healthcare companies. Previously an operator for 8 years before investing. Previously at Goldman Sachs. Travel slowly, usually by train.

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Founders building in healthcare
Advice on healthcare
Speaking or podcast invitations
Questions about healthcare

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healthtechbiotechregulationventure capital

InvestingLooking to invest

closes in 3 months

Writing $500k cheques into seed healthcare in North America

Cheque size: $500k
Stages: Seed, Series A
Sectors: Healthcare
Geographies: Europe
Lead or follow: Any
Decision time: Within a month
How I help: First enterprise customers and pricing

Typically lead or co-lead. Decisions within 2 weeks.

Minneapolis, MN · remote OKregulationventure capitalbiotech

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AdvisingOpen to advising

closes in 3 months

Office hours for first-time founders: healthcare and healthtech

Topics: healthcare, regulation, healthtech
Format: Formal advisor role
Terms: Equity
Capacity: A few async reviews a month
Best for: Teams scaling past 50 people

5 years of healthcare. Small equity or paid hours - flexible.

Minneapolis, MN · remote OKventure capitalbiotechhealthtech

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Experience

Principal
Jul 2023 - Present
Clearwater Partners · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Minneapolis, MN
- Previously an operator for 7 years before investing.
- Backed 32 founders at pre-seed and seed.
Sales Development Representative
Oct 2021 - Jul 2023
Goldman Sachs · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Minneapolis, MN
- Signed 7 channel partners that now source 33% of pipeline.

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Education

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
BS, Economics
2016 - 2020

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