Johnnie Yu

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Johnnie Yu is an investor at Listen Ventures, an early-stage consumer-focused VC fund based in New York. He invests in pre-seed to Series A consumer brands across various sectors including social commerce, retail, and Web3/crypto.

What Johnnie can write

Writes checks of$500K to $10M
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target10-12%At first check
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Listen writes $500K to $10M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

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Companies founded

ConsumerDAO

Investments named in public bios

Haus

Focus

consumerpre-seedseedseries asocial commerce

Education

NYU Tisch, Cinema Studies

Also at Listen

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Who is Johnnie Yu?

Johnnie Yu is an investor at Listen Ventures, an early-stage consumer-focused VC fund based in New York. He invests in pre-seed to Series A consumer brands across various sectors including social commerce, retail, and Web3/crypto.

How much does Johnnie Yu invest?

Johnnie Yu invests through Listen, which writes checks of $500K to $10M at seed, series a.

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