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Carl Hua

Former Investment Partner & CTO at Shima Capital

New York, New York

Writes $500K – $2M checks · typically $1.3M

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Experience

  1. ReforgeGeneral Partnercurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. Shima CapitalAdvisor2024 — 2025
  3. Shima CapitalInvestment Partner & CTO2022 — 2024
  4. 4KStrategic Advisor2020 — 2023
  5. CelsiusChief Architect, Celsius and GM, CelsiusX2021 — 2022
  6. Logos Network (Acquired by Ripple)Co-Founder and CTO2018 — 2019Greater New York City Area
  7. NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryAdvanced Flight Software Engineer2016 — 2018Pasadena
  8. Northrop Grumman CorporationManned Flight Software Manager2015 — 2016
  9. Northrop Grumman CorporationPreflight Software Project Lead2012 — 2015
  10. Northrop Grumman CorporationSoftware Engineer, Embedded2009 — 2012

Skills & more

Embedded Systems33C++6C#3Embedded C3Embedded Software2Software Development34Systems Engineering20Integration8Software Design6Debugging4Engineering2

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Carl Hua?
General Partner at Reforge
What check size does Carl Hua write?
Carl Hua typically writes checks of $500K – $2M.
Where did Carl Hua go to school?
Carl Hua studied at UCLA (Master of Science (M.S.), System Engineering); University of California, Riverside (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science).

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