Where does Bo Yang work?

Bo Yang is Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners.

What check size does Bo Yang write?

Bo Yang typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.

Where did Bo Yang go to school?

Bo Yang studied at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business (MBA, Operations and Logistics Management/Finance); Southwest University of Science and Technology (Bachelor's degree, Materials Science); University of International Business and Economics (BS, International Business).

Bo Yang

Investor

Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners · Venture Partner at Taisu Ventures

New York City

Writes $1M – $10M checks · typically $5M

Find your path to Bo Yang

159 people in our graph share verified history with Bo Yang — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Danny PantusounlockedBo Yang: together at AI 2030 (2024–2026)

Bo Yang: together at AI 2030

Bo Yang: together at VU Venture Partners

×8Bo Yang: together at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business

About

Bo Yang is a venture capital investor and technology executive with over 20 years of experience in AI, blockchain, fintech, and frontier technologies. He currently serves as Venture Fellow at VU Venture Partners and Board Advisor at AI 2030 Accelerator. Previously at IBM, he led cross-border business development across China and ASEAN, managing over $100 million in strategic enterprise deals in cloud computing, data analytics, and blockchain.

Experience

Taisu VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2026 — present
AI 2030Board Advisor of AI 2030 Acceleratorcurrent2024 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
VU Venture PartnersVenture Partner/Venture Fellow/Strategic Partner for VU Chinacurrent2021 — presentNew York, United States
Hold BrothersExecutive VP2019 — 2021New York City Metropolitan Area
IBMISSO Rep for China/ASEAN/India/Korea2006 — 2019Armonk, New York
IBMBTO Lead2005 — 2006
IBMGlobal Lead for corporate card program2002 — 2005
IBMProgram Manager2000 — 2002

Skills & more

Investments5Early Stage Ventures5Mandarin9New Business Development6China Business Development5Supply Chain Management46Procurement8Customer Relations4Contract Negotiation2Business Strategy7Operations Management5Team Building3

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Global SourcingProcess ImprovementEmerging MarketsAsiaCRMBusiness DevelopmentProgram ManagementAsia Pacific Market Knowledge

Languages Chinese

Venture Capital Investor Accelerator — Venture University
IBM Blockchain Consulting — IBM
IBM Blockchian Essential Certificate — IBM
IBM Blockchain developer certificate

From Bo's professional profile.

Colleagues at VU Venture Partners

Aakash Jain

Partner - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture Partners

Alek Kloda

CIO & Founding Partner at Nickel Digital Asset Management

Andrew Zalasin

General Partner - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture Partners

Andy Goldstein

Partner - Western Europe at VU Venture Partners

Angie Wang

Principal - Asia-Pacific Investment Team at VU Venture Partners

Bernardt Vogel

Senior Associate at VU Venture Partners

Bevon King

Investor at VU Venture Partners

Boriana Gaitsgori

Partner - Eastern Europe at VU Venture Partners

Network6

Bernardt VogelScout

Senior Associate at VU Venture Partners

Chris MullalyScout

Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners

Darryl BandoroScout

Principal, Investor Relations at VU Venture Partners

Irina LaninScout

Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners

Aakash Jain

Partner - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture Partners

Andrew Zalasin

General Partner - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture Partners

Investors connected to Bo in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Bo Yang?: Bo Yang is a venture capital investor and technology executive with over 20 years of experience in AI, blockchain, fintech, and frontier technologies. He currently serves as Venture Fellow at VU Venture Partners and Board Advisor at AI 2030 Accelerator. Previously at IBM, he led cross-border business development across China and ASEAN, managing over $100 million in strategic enterprise deals in cloud computing, data analytics, and blockchain.
Where does Bo Yang work?: Bo Yang is Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners.
What check size does Bo Yang write?: Bo Yang typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
Where did Bo Yang go to school?: Bo Yang studied at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business (MBA, Operations and Logistics Management/Finance); Southwest University of Science and Technology (Bachelor's degree, Materials Science); University of International Business and Economics (BS, International Business).

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Also attended The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business66

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Also attended University of International Business and Economics26

Denis KalininAsia Business Development Manager at Runa Capital SooMan WolffsGeneral Partner at Manhattan Venture Partners Jeffery SunHead of Research and Investment Committee Member at Alphemy Capital Richard ZhuDirector at JAFCO Asia Aitian LiInvestment Associate at Calculus Capital Ltd.Manas PunhaniSenior Associate at Woven Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at AI 20308

Danny PantusoInvestor at Mucker Capital Paulina SzyzdekPrincipal at E12 Venture Capital, Llc Xiaochen ZhangFounder, AI 2030 at HyperNest Garnet HeramanFounder and Managing Partner at Aperture Venture Capital Cathy FarmerInvestor at Berkeley Angel Network Kris K.Venture Principal at Iron Key Capital

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Also worked at IBM1,149

Brian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of Coinbase Olivier PomelCo-founder & CEO of Datadog Alexis Le-QuocCo-founder & CTO of Datadog Ken ChenaultInvestment Team at General Catalyst Roger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista Capital Avi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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