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Jeremy Yamaguchi | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Founder of Lawn Love; founder of Cabana |
Jeremy Yamaguchi is an American entrepreneur. He founded Lawn Love, an on-demand lawn-care marketplace that participated in Y Combinator and was later acquired, and later founded Cabana, a pool-service company that became the subject of a Harvard Business School teaching case.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Yamaguchi is the son of missionaries. He was raised in Tokyo and lived for periods in Rwanda, Tanzania, the Philippines, and Myanmar. He was homeschooled and did not attend college.[1]
Career
[edit]Golden Shine
[edit]In 2009 Yamaguchi founded Golden Shine, a marketplace for housekeeping services. The company was sold to a private equity firm in 2013.[1][3]
Lawn Love
[edit]Yamaguchi founded Lawn Love in San Diego in 2014. The company operated as an online marketplace matching homeowners with independent lawn-care providers and was accepted into the Summer 2014 batch of Y Combinator.[4]
In November 2014 the company raised $1.9 million in seed funding.[5] Subsequent reporting stated that total funding reached $6.7 million, with investors including Y Combinator, Bullpen Capital, Alexis Ohanian, Joe Montana, and Barbara Corcoran.[6]
A 2018 profile reported that Lawn Love operated in 120 cities across 38 states and employed about 100 people at that time.[1]
In August 2021 LawnStarter acquired Lawn Love in a cash-and-stock deal. The brands continued to operate separately; Yamaguchi remained involved after the transaction.[6][7]
Cabana
[edit]In 2024 Yamaguchi launched a pool-service company (initially named Splash, later operating as Cabana). The company raised $4.5 million in pre-seed funding and began acquiring local operators.[8]
In October 2025 Harvard Business School published a teaching case on the company titled Cabana: Transforming the Fragmented US Pool Services Industry (Case 226-038), written by Randolph B. Cohen, Matthew Sutton, and Olivier Porte.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Meiling, Brittany (November 13, 2018). "Who would think we needed an app for lawn care? This guy". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
- 1 2 "Cabana: Transforming the Fragmented US Pool Services Industry". Harvard Business School. October 2025. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
- ↑ "Jeremy Yamaguchi: Reinventing lawn care". Irrigation & Lighting. January 17, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
- ↑ Taylor, Colleen (July 24, 2014). "Lawn Love Wants To Bring The Whole "Software Eating The World" Thing To Your Own Backyard". TechCrunch. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
- ↑ Kokalitcheva, Kia (November 12, 2014). "Y Combinator-backed Lawn Love grabs $1.9M to help you get some TLC for your grass". VentureBeat. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
- 1 2 "San Diego-based Lawn Love Acquired in Cash and Stock Deal". San Diego Business Journal. August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
- ↑ "Lawn Love Sold To Austin Co". San Diego Business Journal. August 22, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
- ↑ Bloodworth, Donald (May 21, 2024). "Splash Launches as First National Pool Service Brand". San Diego Business Journal. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
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