Paul Tadashi Inouye — Delivering Transactional Guidance in Tech

Based in Portola Valley, California, investment banking executive Paul Tadashi Inouye has a track record of successfully guiding mergers and acquisitions transactions as well as equity financings across the tech sphere. At Western Hills Partners, Paul Tadashi Inouye assists innovative high growth startups achieve desired exits to both strategics and financial buyers.

Mr. Inouye’s skills include intimate knowledge of the goals and requirements of strategic buyers, and he has guided numerous complex negotiations to conclusion. While with Union Square Advisors as partner for Internet and banking, he led the acquisition of Quicken.com by HIG, the sale of Sailthru to Campaign Monitor, the acquisition of Exari by Coupa Software as well as the financing of Mondee by Morgan Stanley.

With a passion for history, Mr. Inouye is particularly interested in World War II events, such as the achievements of the 100/442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up of volunteer Japanese-Americans who fought with great distinction in France and Italy during the war. A University of California, Berkeley, graduate who earned his BA in international economics, Mr. Inouye received his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.