Cara Hu

Cara Hu

Associate atBuilders VCCalifornia

Cara Hu is an Associate at Builders VC on the Enterprise & AI investment team. She previously worked as an Investment Analyst at Five Elms Capital and held roles at Kinzie Capital Partners and Gen 1 Capital.

What Cara can write

Writes checks ofNot reported
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
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Career

  1. Gen 1 Capital
  2. Kinzie Capital Partners
  3. Five Elms Capital · Investment Analyst
  4. Builders VC · Associate
    Now
  5. Gen 1 Capital · early-stage deep tech investing
  6. Kinzie Capital Partners · private equity

Focus

ai-enabled productsinfrastructurelegacy workflowsindustrial workflowsb2b saas

Education

Northwestern University, B.A. in Mathematics and EconomicsUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City, M.S. in Statistics

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Who is Cara Hu?

Cara Hu is an Associate at Builders VC on the Enterprise & AI investment team. She previously worked as an Investment Analyst at Five Elms Capital and held roles at Kinzie Capital Partners and Gen 1 Capital.

How much does Cara Hu invest?

Builders VC has not reported a check size. It invests at seed, series a.

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What did Cara Hu do before Builders VC?

Gen 1 Capital; Kinzie Capital Partners; Investment Analyst at Five Elms Capital; early-stage deep tech investing at Gen 1 Capital; private equity at Kinzie Capital Partners.

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