Janet Xu is a Senior Principal at Distributed Ventures, focusing on portfolio management and due diligence. She has written about hiring signals and led an investment in Kai Health's seed round.

What Janet can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target> 12%At first check
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Kai Health

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Who is Janet Xu?

Janet Xu is a Senior Principal at Distributed Ventures, focusing on portfolio management and due diligence. She has written about hiring signals and led an investment in Kai Health's seed round.

How much does Janet Xu invest?

Janet Xu invests through Distributed Ventures, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at seed, series a.

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