Mr. Stewart is the founder and President of Asia Pacific Ventures and has advised over 200 U.S. venture backed IT start-up companies in the Japan/Asia marketplace, raising more than $2 billion in equity, debt and joint venture financing over the past 14 years. Mr. Stewart is also the founding General Partner of APV Technology Partners I, II and III with over $200 million in early stage venture funding under management. Prior to founding the Asia Pacific Venture companies, Mr. Stewart was a senior executive for NEC in Japan. In addition, Mr. Stewart is both an investor and Chairman of Sand Hill Capital based in Menlo Park, CA. Sand Hill Capital specializes in providing both debt and equity financing to venture backed IT companies. Mr. Stewart is also a co-Founder and Managing Director of the Sand Hill Capital Sakura Fund which provides equity financing to the Sand Hill Capital portfolio of companies.