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Kenji

kuramoto

Hi, I’m Kenji. I’ve spent my career in accounting — auditing public companies, running finance at a tech company, building a modern firm. Now I back people innovating in the profession.

Hi, I’m Kenji. I’ve spent my career in accounting — auditing public companies, running finance at a tech company, building a modern firm. Now I back people innovating in the profession.

Hi, I’m Kenji. I’ve spent my career in accounting — auditing public companies, running finance at a tech company, building a modern firm. Now I back people innovating in the profession.

Kenji

kuramoto

(ABOUT ME)

I TRAINED TO BE AN ACCOUNTANT -

I TRAINED TO BE AN ACCOUNTANT -

I TRAINED TO BE AN ACCOUNTANT -

BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ENTREPRENEUR
BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ENTREPRENEUR
BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ENTREPRENEUR
I picked accounting because the most successful founder in my hometown started there, and I assumed it was the surest lane to entrepreneurship. But once I’d earned my CPA and settled into a Big 6 audit room, I realized the profession felt worlds apart from building companies. Craving real innovation, I jumped to a tech company and landed in the CFO seat, where I had hoped to prep for an IPO but then steered the company through the dot-com crash. Still seeing finance sidelined, I created my own path: in 2004 I founded Acuity, one of the first fully remote firms to deliver client accounting services (CAS) for tech startups.
I picked accounting because the most successful founder in my hometown started there, and I assumed it was the surest lane to entrepreneurship. But once I’d earned my CPA and settled into a Big 6 audit room, I realized the profession felt worlds apart from building companies. Craving real innovation, I jumped to a tech company and landed in the CFO seat, where I had hoped to prep for an IPO but then steered the company through the dot-com crash. Still seeing finance sidelined, I created my own path: in 2004 I founded Acuity, one of the first fully remote firms to deliver client accounting services (CAS) for tech startups.
Two decades later—150 teammates, thousands of clients, and a merger with 14 peer firms—I stepped away from day-to-day leadership. Today I invest in early-stage accounting tech, advise platform builders, and share lessons from 30 years of accounting leadership and entrepreneurial experiments.
Two decades later—150 teammates, thousands of clients, and a merger with 14 peer firms—I stepped away from day-to-day leadership. Today I invest in early-stage accounting tech, advise platform builders, and share lessons from 30 years of accounting leadership and entrepreneurial experiments.

(ADVISORY WORK)

I ADVISE TECH COMPANIES. FROM STARTUPS TO BIG TECH.
I ADVISE TECH COMPANIES. FROM STARTUPS TO BIG TECH.
I ADVISE TECH COMPANIES. FROM STARTUPS TO BIG TECH.
I work with select founders and executive teams to offer guidance across strategic finance, growth planning, operational scale, and team-building.
I work with select founders and executive teams to offer guidance across strategic finance, growth planning, operational scale, and team-building.

I have created a community of accounting technology startups that I work with on a daily basis.

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BIG TECH EXECUTIVE
TEAMS

BIG TECH
EXECUTIVE TEAMS

Strategy / Future State

Strategy / Future State

Ecosystem Awareness

Ecosystem Awareness

Accountant / Firm Channels

Accountant / Firm Channels

STARTUP
FOUNDERS

Fundraising

Fundraising

Customer Discovery

Customer Discovery

GTM

GTM

Product Roadmap

Product Roadmap

I have created a community for accounting technology startups that I work with on a regular basis.

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(CURRENT PORTFOLIO)

I am an active investor in early stage startups through my own fund,
404 Invests.  Below are our portfolio companies.

I am an active investor in early stage startups through my own fund, 404 Invests.

I am an active investor in early stage startups through my own fund, 404 Invests.

I am an active investor in early stage startups through my own fund,
404 Invests.

Below are a few of the companies we've supported so far.

Below are a few of the companies we've supported so far.

PITCH YOUR STARTUP

PITCH YOUR STARTUP

PITCH YOUR STARTUP

(THOUGHTS)

READ POSTS AND PRACTICAL

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INSIGHTS ON MY THOUGHTS PAGE.
INSIGHTS ON MY THOUGHTS PAGE.
Startups, finance, leadership, and what I’m learning. No fluff — just helpful insight for founders and operators.
Startups, finance, leadership, and what I’m learning. No fluff — just helpful insight for founders and operators.

(THOUGHTS)

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WHETHER YOUR BUILDING

WHETHER YOUR BUILDING

WHETHER YOUR BUILDING

SOMETHING NEW, LOOKING FOR A STRATEGIC

SOMETHING NEW, LOOKING FOR A STRATEGIC

PARTNER, OR JUST WANT TO CONNECT, I'D LOVE TO
SOMETHING NEW, LOOKING FOR A STRATEGIC PARTNER, OR JUST WANT TO CONNECT, I'D LOVE TO HEAR
PARTNER, OR JUST WANT TO CONNECT, I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

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