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Yibo Nian

Investment Director atIntel CapitalFirm active Oct 14Asia
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Yibo Nian is an Investment Director at Intel Capital in Asia, focusing on silicon manufacturing, advanced packaging, blockchain, and encryption computing. He joined Intel Capital in 2017 and previously worked at SanDisk Corp.

What Yibo can write

Writes checks of$1M to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Best routeA warm introAsk a founder in their portfolio.

Intel Capital writes $1M to $30M+ checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Intel Capital.

Career

  1. SanDisk Corp · Sr. Staff Device Engineer
  2. Intel Capital · Portfolio Manager
    Now
  3. Intel Capital · Investment Director
    Now

Focus

silicon manufacturingadvanced packagingblockchainencryption computing

Education

Shandong University, BS in PhysicsUniversity of Houston, PhD in Electrical EngineeringHaas School of Business at UC Berkeley, MBAColumbia Business School, MBA

Also at Intel Capital

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David D JohnsonManaging Director
Nick WashburnSenior Managing Director
Roi Bar-KatManaging Director
Srini AnanthManaging Director
Sunil KurkureManaging Director
Tianlin WangManaging Director

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Akira KurabayashiManaging Partner / Head of Japan, DNX Ventures

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Questions

Who is Yibo Nian?

Yibo Nian is an Investment Director at Intel Capital in Asia, focusing on silicon manufacturing, advanced packaging, blockchain, and encryption computing. He joined Intel Capital in 2017 and previously worked at SanDisk Corp.

How much does Yibo Nian invest?

Yibo Nian invests through Intel Capital, which writes checks of $1M to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Yibo Nian?

A warm intro from a founder Intel Capital backed works best.

What did Yibo Nian do before Intel Capital?

Sr. Staff Device Engineer at SanDisk Corp.

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