Linus Liang

Linus Liang

Founder & Managing Partner atKyber Knight CapitalCalifornia

Linus Liang is the Founder and Managing Partner of Kyber Knight Capital, with over 25 years in venture capital and entrepreneurship. He co-founded Embrace and was an early Zynga employee.

What Linus can write

Writes checks of$250K to $3M
Comes in atPre-seed, SeedCan lead the round
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Kyber Knight Capital writes $250K to $3M checks, larger than 33% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Microsoft · Program Manager
  2. IBM · database researcher
  3. Andreessen Horowitz · member of the investment team
  4. Zynga · tenth employee
  5. Embrace · co-founder
  6. Signia Ventures · Partner
  7. Kyber Knight Capital · Founder and Managing Partner
    Now
  8. Zynga

Companies founded

Kyber Knight CapitalEmbrace

Focus

venture capitalentrepreneurshipmobile technologysocial networking

Education

U.C. Berkeley, B.A. in Computer ScienceStanford University, M.S. in Computer Science

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Questions

Who is Linus Liang?

Linus Liang is the Founder and Managing Partner of Kyber Knight Capital, with over 25 years in venture capital and entrepreneurship. He co-founded Embrace and was an early Zynga employee.

How much does Linus Liang invest?

Linus Liang invests through Kyber Knight Capital, which writes checks of $250K to $3M at pre-seed, seed.

How do I pitch Linus Liang?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Linus in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Kyber Knight Capital backed works better.

What did Linus Liang do before Kyber Knight Capital?

Program Manager at Microsoft; database researcher at IBM; member of the investment team at Andreessen Horowitz; tenth employee at Zynga; co-founder at Embrace; Partner at Signia Ventures; Zynga.

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