Not every Japanese entrepreneur manages to launch a startup in Silicon Valley, and odds are even lower if that person wants to take on the challenge of the U.S. housing market.

But this is an adventure that Takeshi Homma has embarked on with his company, Homma Inc.

"Efficiency and industrialization have been neglected in the U.S. homebuilding industry, I want to change that," Homma, the CEO and founder of the company, said in a recent interview.