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
- ReforgeGeneral Partnercurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- Shima CapitalAdvisor2024 — 2025
- Shima CapitalInvestment Partner & CTO2022 — 2024
- 4KStrategic Advisor2020 — 2023
- CelsiusChief Architect, Celsius and GM, CelsiusX2021 — 2022
- Logos Network (Acquired by Ripple)Co-Founder and CTO2018 — 2019Greater New York City Area
- NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryAdvanced Flight Software Engineer2016 — 2018Pasadena
- Northrop Grumman CorporationManned Flight Software Manager2015 — 2016
- Northrop Grumman CorporationPreflight Software Project Lead2012 — 2015
- 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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Also attended UCLA1,104
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Also attended University of California, Riverside83
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Shared employers
Also worked at Reforge2
Also worked at Shima Capital7
Wyatt KhosrowshahiInvestor at Castle Island VenturesAmit MehraInvestment Partner at Borderless VentureYida GaoGeneral Partner at Shima CapitalKevin EunInvestor at iCiDIGITALBernard LiangInvestorVladimir NikitinVenture Partner
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Also worked at Celsius2
Also worked at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory125
Frank RotmanCo-Founder and Partner Emeritus at QED InvestorsInca ComanVenture Partner at ARCH Venture PartnersKevin DunlapCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Calibrate VenturesRoger CarterVP of Engineering at Prime Movers LabAndrew ChanInvestor & ConsultantShalini HauptAssociate at Clocktower Ventures
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