Case Studies
Terrence Yang is an angel investor and adviser who gets help from friends & invests with friends. He no longer leads deals.
Abacus is powering the future of finance. Made dozens of introductions to investors, security token experts, securitization experts, etc. Help in other ways.
San Francisco
Airship automates last-mile delivery. Female minority cofounder CTO. First investor. Invested 3X. Originated Airship's next 2 investors.
Beijing (formerly Singapore & Silicon Valley)
BITMAIN makes ASIC chips to mine Proof of Work coins such as Bitcoin. .Syndicate LP. Mentored a GP cofounder briefly in past.
https://ambcrypto.com/bitmain-completes-its-pre-ipo-round-tencent-invests-in-the-bitcoin-mining-company/
Beijing
Coinbase is a secure online platform for buying, selling, transferring, and storing digital currency. Syndicate LP. Investment panelist for GP.
https://www.businessinsider.com/coinbase-8-billion-company-funding-2018-10
San Francisco
Coinhako: Buy and sell digital assets in Singapore and Malaysia. 2nd investor. Helped Coinhako with their successful Boost VC application. Invested after Boost VC and before Tim Draper.
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2018/08/27/more-buyers-sellers-malaysian-cryptocurrency-market-coinhako
Singapore
Handshake (HNS) is decentralized certificate authority and naming co-founded by the Lightning co-creator. Initial backer & hodler. Helped originate a VC investor and angel investor. Same-round investors include Sequoia.
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/vcs-are-investing-big-new-cryptocurrency-introducing-handshake
San Francisco
Infobitt is Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger's project to crowdsource news facts. (mothballed). 1st investor, COO. Originated multiple investors - including a VC & 6 figure angel - and close another, totaling ~60% of the funds raised.
Columbus, Ohio
Layer1 Capital is an infrastructure and investment platform that empowers cryptocurrencies. Introduced several potential investors, custodian, recruiter, consultant and provided other help. Other investors in the round include Peter Thiel.
San Francisco
Pixery gives fans awesome merchandise. Female minority CTO founder. Introduced to potential investors & provided other help. Other investors include Robert Downey Jr., the Tetris CEO, etc.
Los Angeles
Popup Archive makes sound searchable. Female CEO & CTO cofounders. Sold to Apple. Syndicate LP. Helped facilitate syndicate investment.
https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-buys-pop-up-archive-signals-getting-serious-about-podcasting-2017-12
Oakland
Purse lets you shop on Amazon and other ecommerce sites and save up to 20%. Seed & Series A investor. Originated 2 micro VCs to invest in Purse. Helped close a $1M+ VC investment.
https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/04/lessons-from-shippos-series-a/
San Francisco
Quantstamp (QSP) is the standard in blockchain security. Hodler. Helped Quantstamp early with successful strategic advice and introductions.
https://bittpress.com/cryptocurrency-top-5/
San Francisco
Sagewise is the safety net for smart contracts. Female minority CEO & founder. Seed investor & adviser. Helped originate 3 VCs to invest in Sagewise. Introduced potential customers.
https://medium.com/@amywan/raising-a-seed-round-as-a-pregnant-minority-female-founder-687d53b4de38
Los Angeles
Shippo makes commerce shipping logistics cheap and easy. Female minority CEO & founder. Syndicate LP. Helped facilitate investment by syndicate LP. Introduced potential customers.
https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/04/lessons-from-shippos-series-a/
San Francisco
Team
We are blessed to have a great volunteer team of high-integrity, smart, analytical folks with some great domain expertise.
Dave Friedman
Principal
Tokenized Assets Lead, Fintech
New York
- Source and analyze over 200 ICOs and ICO white papers, including Quantstamp which holds QSPs for Terrence
- Advise a variety of cryptocurrency-related startups, including a GPU-as-a-Service platform, a tokenized real estate investment fund, and a Stellar-based remittance platform."
- Founded a mobile video game company
- Former investment banker and financial analyst
- https://medium.com/@friedmandave/what-makes-a-good-ico-bb86bc67b1fb
Eric Yuan
Venture Partner
Blokchain, Eldertech, Health Care
Orange County
Source, analyze, discuss fintech and other startups.
SVP, Business Development, Iconiz
Data Analyst - Hadoop, R, and SQL
Financial Regulatory Analytics
Ex-Hedge fund manager and Equity Prop Trader
FX and Crytpocurrency Trader
PIMCO Alumni
Co-owner, Bitcorati
Gracye Cheng
Principal
Enterprise, Lawtech
Santa Monica
VP, Business Development and General Counsel, GoodRx
Worked with a YC startup on business strategy and marketing projects
Ex-corporate lawyer
Harvard College, Harvard Law School
Jane Shui
Senior Associate
Real Estate Finance
Vancouver
Value investor, with a focus on the real estate and social investment sector
Queen’s Commerce graduate
Co-founder of 1 failed tech start-up, and a currently running not-for-profit start-up
Interested in the Social Investment area and would like to explore how finance can be used for positive impacts and social enterprises
- International work experience in Toronto, Vancouver, Suzhou and Hong Kong
- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-should-you-invest-real-estate-investment-trusts-reits-jane-shui?published=t
Nick Carabetta
Principal
Food & Beverage, Fitness
Orange County
Product Coordinator @ Houzz
Profit Recovery Partners
Pepperdine MBA
Manager, Corner Bakery, Crema Cafe
https://blog.chocchildrens.org/living-hemophilia-nicks-story/
Piyush Gupta
Principal
AI in FinTech, GeoTech, EdTech. Enterprise
Silicon Valley
- Principal PM in San Francisco Bay Area
- Focused on opportunities leveraging AI in FinTech / GeoTech / EduTech / Enterprise
- Founded Request.to - a Social messaging iOS app. Incubated at CMU startup accelerator
- Ex VP-Product at EKO, led company to 5M customers with $500M in volume
- Co-founded RouteGuru - world’s first “landmark intelligent driving directions” startup
- Management from Carnegie Mellon University
Terrence Yang
Angel Investor
Fintech, Lawtech, Ledgers, Privacy, Regtech
San Francisco
x-MD at $1B+ AUM value investing asset manager
Ex-Wall Street officer, swaps, ABS, MBS and securities lawyer, deal manager, executions and business development MD who helped structure, build and launch several new financial products used today
USC Bachelor of Science, Harvard Law J.D.
x-COO at Infobitt, founded by Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger
Published in Forbes, Business Insider, Apple News, Newsweek, Inc., Women 2.0
Thomas Miller
Principal
Bitcoin, Fintech
East Bay
- Professional trader
- Assisted with due diligence and company profiling of potential investments
- ·Accompany on founder meetings to gauge individuals, ask questions and make recommendations
- Discuss and analyze startups and investment themes with Terrence.
Vishwas Hegde
Venture Partner
Software
East Bay
Analyze and recommend investments for Yang Ventures
Software Engineer
Serial Entrepreneur
Babson MBA
Dr. Vivy Chao
Co-founder
Edtech, Non-Traditional Founders
San Francisco
Founder, Yang Camp
Teaches entrepreneurship program @ Silicon Valley charter schools
Community Manager, YC startup & startup founded by creator of top 40 website
Education Pioneers Fellow @ LAUSD Common Core Technology Project
CEO of funded edtech startup
Assistant principal, STEM private school
Adjunct professor, Long Beach State
B.A., UCLA, M.Ed., USC, Ed.D., Argosy University
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