Dave Lu is founder and managing partner of Hyphen Capital, a technology industry veteran and Asian American community builder. He has worked at major tech firms, founded startups, and created the Asian American Founders Circle.
What Dave can write
Hyphen Capital writes $100K to $10M checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.
Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Hyphen Capital.Career
- Asian American Founders Circle2011
- Hyphen Capital · Founder and Managing PartnerNow
- Yahoo!
- Apple
- Cisco
- eBay
- Fanpop
- Expo
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Education
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Who is Dave Lu?
Dave Lu is founder and managing partner of Hyphen Capital, a technology industry veteran and Asian American community builder. He has worked at major tech firms, founded startups, and created the Asian American Founders Circle.
How much does Dave Lu invest?
Dave Lu invests through Hyphen Capital, which writes checks of $100K to $10M at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.
How do I pitch Dave Lu?
A warm intro from a founder Hyphen Capital backed works best.
What did Dave Lu do before Hyphen Capital?
Asian American Founders Circle; Yahoo!; Apple; Cisco; eBay; Fanpop; Expo.
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