Kei Hayashi

Kei Hayashi is the founder and general partner at LocalHost. He previously founded a deep-tech investment studio, guiding startups to secure over $5 million in funding last year. At age 15, he launched his first startup, a trading automation platform, which was later acquired for 6-figures. He has also co-founded a global hackathon ecosystem backed by leading software companies like Bubble, .XYZ, Bluelearn, and directed an esports company's growth to 50K daily users. Part-time, he heads a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and documenting endangered languages in Japan and coordinates hackathons for incubation space providers in San Francisco.