Chon Tang
InvestorManaging Partner at Berkeley SkyDeck Fund · Managing Partner at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Berkeley, California, United States
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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 SystemsStrategyLanguages Chinese
From Chon's professional profile.
Colleagues at Berkeley SkyDeck Fund
Allen Yang
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences; Executive Director, FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality (Faculty Advisor) at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Areg Alimian
Partner at SmartGateVC
Balu Masti
Ambassador, India at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Bhavika Patel
Program Coordinator at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Brian Bordley
Partner at Berkeley SkyDeck Fund
Bridgette L. Smith
CEO @ Founder Pitch Week; SkyDeck DEI Committee Chair at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Caroline Winnett
Angel at Berkeley Skydeck Fund
Clifford Tong
Angel at Berkeley Angel Network
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, Berkeley2,000
Steve WozniakCo-founder of AppleAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksAbraham BachrachCo-founder & CTO of SkydioTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystScott DavisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Shared employers
Also worked at Intel678
Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAssaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel CapitalJen ArdManaging Director, Head of Investment Operations at Intel Capital
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Also worked at Microsoft Corporation2,000
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