Ken Funahashi

Ken Funahashi is a corporate law partner with extensive experience in emerging growth and venture capital in the areas of technology and life sciences. Ken helps entrepreneurs, corporations, strategic investors, angel investors, venture capital funds, and private equity funds engaged in business operations in California and globally. 

Ken works on a wide range of corporate finance matters, from start-up companies obtaining angel financing to multi-billion dollar transactions for multinational and Fortune 500 companies. He has handled more than US$10 billion in financings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and initial public offerings (IPOs), including hundreds of private and public financing transactions for entrepreneurs and investors.

Ken's practice focuses on technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR), consumer packaged goods (CPG), consumer retail tech (CRT), cyber security, e-commerce, esports, gaming, internet of things (IoT), mediatech, fintech, blockchain, and software as a service (SaaS), as well as life sciences and healthtech (biologics, digital health, diagnostics, genomics, medical devices, pharmaceuticals).

In addition to practicing in California's technology clusters for more than two decades, Ken has studied and worked abroad and has extensive experience in cross-border transactions in Asia (including China, Korea, and Japan) and Europe.