About
Experienced Silicon Valley engineer, entrepreneur, and investor with a background as founding partner of a quantitative hedge fund. He has actively invested in early-stage startups for over a decade with personal positions in more than 25 deals, including multiple exits and IPOs.
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Experience
- SkyDeck BerkeleyFounding Partner - Berkeley SkyDeck Fundcurrent2017 — presentBerkeley, CA
- Catchpod / Kaiqiaole Document Management - ChinaCo-Founder / Chairmancurrent2013 — presentNanjing, China
- Self-employedAngel Investor2005 — 2017
- Junzi Capital Engineering, LLCManaging Director2008 — 2013
- TERNVP-Engineering2000 — 2007
- IchnopCo-founder2000
- IntelResearch developer1997
- Microsoft CorporationSoftware developer1996
Skills & more
Start-ups21Due Diligence8Hedge Funds16Derivatives8Options8Trading Strategies4Trading5Equities6Alternative Investments4Commodity4Electronic Trading3Financial Modeling4
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HedgingPortfolio ManagementAsset ManagementFinancial MarketsSoftware DevelopmentAsset ManagmentProduct ManagementAngel InvestingTrading SystemsStrategyVenture CapitalEntrepreneurshipLanguages Chinese
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Chon Tang?
- Experienced Silicon Valley engineer, entrepreneur, and investor with a background as founding partner of a quantitative hedge fund. He has actively invested in early-stage startups for over a decade with personal positions in more than 25 deals, including multiple exits and IPOs.
- Where does Chon Tang work?
- Chon Tang is Managing Partner at Berkeley SkyDeck Fund.
- Where did Chon Tang go to school?
- Chon Tang studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, Electrical Engineer & Comp Sci); University of California, Berkeley (BS, Electrical Engineer & Comp Sci).
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,458
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Shared employers
Also worked at Intel353
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Also worked at Microsoft Corporation1,189
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