Jay Yu
Jay Yu is a Junior Partner at Pantera Capital focusing on research and investments. He previously conducted research on DAOs and programmable cryptography at Stanford University and IC3.
What Jay can write
Pantera Capital writes $1M to $30M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.
Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Pantera Capital.Career
- Stanford University · Researcher, DAOs2023-2025
- Uniswap DAO · DAO Delegate2023-2025
- Stanford Blockchain Club · Vice President2023-2024
- Stanford Blockchain Club · President2024-2025
- IC3 · Research Fellow2024-2025
- IC3 · Research Advisor2025-Present
- Pantera Capital · Junior PartnerNow
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Who is Jay Yu?
Jay Yu is a Junior Partner at Pantera Capital focusing on research and investments. He previously conducted research on DAOs and programmable cryptography at Stanford University and IC3.
How much does Jay Yu invest?
Jay Yu invests through Pantera Capital, which writes checks of $1M to $30M at seed, series a, series b.
How do I pitch Jay Yu?
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What did Jay Yu do before Pantera Capital?
Researcher, DAOs at Stanford University; DAO Delegate at Uniswap DAO; Vice President at Stanford Blockchain Club; President at Stanford Blockchain Club; Research Fellow at IC3; Research Advisor at IC3.
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