Startup Navigators

what we do

Consulting - Fractional/ Interim - Advisor - Mentor - Coach - Workshops

Based in San Francisco, Startup Navigators has been working with innovative Silicon Valley and international technology companies since 2011.

For Startups

We help early-stage startups move smarter and faster towards success by thinking strategically, removing roadblocks, and lending experienced hustling hands. Be it as an advisor to founders, interim head of growth, or contract product marketer – we provide just the right help you need at the right time.

For Big Companies

We help big conservative companies become a bit more nimble. We bring customer-centered, experiment and data driven approaches to new business development and nurture entrepreneurial leaders and teams to spearhead the change. We also help drive collaborations with startups.

For Climate

We are doing our part to address climate change and now offer specialized services for Climate Tech. See “For Climate” page for details.

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our focus

Inside or outside, we are part of your team

Together, we will get to Product Market Fit and grow. Startup Navigators fills in the gap by providing consulting, advisory, coaching, mentoring, and workshops as well as taking on fractional / interim hands-on roles in companies. We've served a wide range of clients in Tech from SaaS to IoT, but now focusing on Climate Tech.

Product Market Fit
Customer development interviews. Analytics. Competitive research. MVP iterations. Hustle. Whatever it takes.
Go to market
GTM Strategies. Customer acquisition. Channel. Partnerships. Revenue. North star metric. Retention. Optimization.
Strategy / Leadership
Corporate, product and marketing strategies. Organizational and process change. Fundraising. M&A.
Training
Lean Startup workshops. Climate Tech seminars. In the US and Japan.

Your Extended Team

We are a flexible team, bringing in the right professionals on a project-by-project basis.

Yuki Sekiguchi

Founder & CEO

Yuki has extensive experience with tech startups and corporates as a leader, consultant, and accelerator instructor. ex-COO & VP Global Marketing at Lunascape, startup M&A advisory at Intelligent Capital, and management consultant at IBM Global Services and PwC.

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