David Branson Smith
Sales, operations, finance and a bit of everything in between. 15 years building business between Asia and the West. Curious soul. Trees grow.
- Role
- Founder and CEO at Redscale
- Location
- Medford, NJ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About David Branson Smith
Human Swiss Army Knife: Investment Banking (Valuation, M&A), New Business Development…
Experience
Founder and CEO
Nov 2017 — Present · Tokyo, JP
Created a consulting firm to apply the skills developed over my career helping foreign companies expand their business in Asia. Services include venture capital (funding, fund raising support, investment management), business development (SaaS, internet businesses including gaming and other media, and financial services) M&A and investment advisory (documentation, negotiation, structuring, financing), sales support, admin support (company incorporation, tax structuring and filing, accounting, payroll), and other consulting (strategy, logistics, partnerships). Anchor clients include US-based startups, as well as VC funds in Japan with overseas investment portfolios; currently head Asia market expansion efforts for these startups, in addition to strategic investments for client LPs, including first customer / partner scouting and acquisition, local entity structuring and management, recruiting, ongoing business development and sales support, joint venture formation / execution, M&A negotiation and support, and anything required to bridge the businesses of exforeign startups the Japanese market (business partners, clients, etc.).Additionally, manage Open Source Japan, a set of free resources for foreign businesses entering the Japan market. Best practices and resources for business entity formation, hiring, marketing, sales, fundraising, and other aspects germane to entering and succeeding in the Japanese market. This project is a spiritual tangent to Y Combinator’s best practice financing documents (SAFE). This project is run not for profit, but rather to establish best practices and grow the number of successful foreign businesses in Japan.
Education
University of Arizona - Eller College of Management
Masters of Accounting, Accounting, Entrepreneurship, International Business, Japanese
2002 — 2008
Skills
- Business Development
- Financial Analysis
- Valuation
- Management Consulting
- Due Diligence
- Investments
- Mergers
- Start-Ups
- Analysis
- Business Strategy
- Data Analysis
- Investment Banking
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Accounting
- Private Equity
- Corporate Finance
- Venture Capital
- Strategy
- Financial Modeling
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