Cameron is the Founder and Chairman of StartX, Stanford University’s premier startup founder community. Since its inception, StartX has supported over 1,500 companies and 3,000+ founders, including major successes like Snap, DoorDash, Lime, and Patreon, Kodiak and Life360. Under his leadership, the StartX companies have grown to a market value of over $200B with over 22 Unicorns and 150 valued over $100M.
A Stanford alumnus, Cameron pioneered a unique, zero-equity “founders helping founders” model that has become a cornerstone of the Silicon Valley entrepreneurship landscape. He also launched the Stanford-StartX Fund, managing over $190 million in investments in partnership with Stanford and Stanford Hospital. He has advised over 25 Universities on their innovation and startup strategies and advised the Cabinet Office and Department of Education of the Japanese government to assist in their national strategy for better commercializing research out of their Universities.
Recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 for Venture Capital at the age of 26, Cameron is a Kauffman Fellow and a former Division I wrestler for Stanford.

I am a cross-border ecosystem builder and catalyst bridging Japan, Southeast Asia, and the Silicon Valley. Driven by a passion for empowering category-defining founders, I currently serve as Director at JETRO San Francisco. In this role, identifying and vetting high-growth Japanese entrepreneurs, guiding them to achieve cross-border Product-Market Fit, and connecting them with top-tier venture capital to accelerate their global scaling journeys.
Immersed in the startup ecosystem since 2016, I have partnered with 500+ startups across Asia and the US. After spending 4.5 years driving ecosystem growth in Singapore before relocating to the Bay Area, I now leverage a deep institutional network to facilitate high-quality connections, strategic partnerships, and cross-border investments.