Where does Dennis Won work?

Dennis Won is Technical Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV).

What does Dennis Won invest in?

Dennis Won invests in AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3.

Where did Dennis Won go to school?

Dennis Won studied at Stanford University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Langley High School.

Dennis Won

Investor

Technical Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Dennis Won is a Technical Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures, where he leads developer relations initiatives, running bootcamps, workshops, and incubation programs for developers in the San Francisco Bay Area and South Korea. He was a founding member and Core Protocol Lead at Harmony Protocol, working on decentralized sharding and consensus mechanisms, and previously conducted zero-knowledge proof and layer 2 rollup research through an Ethereum Protocol Fellowship with the Ethereum Foundation. Earlier in his career he spent four years at Meta leading the Facebook Virtual Reality infrastructure team, and he holds a BS with Honors from Stanford University focused on deep learning and distributed systems.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3

Experience

Newton LabsCo-Founder & Chief Technology Officercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
L2 Iterative VenturesFounder & Technical Partnercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Magic LabsHead of Engineering2024 — 2026San Francisco, California, United States
AlchemyStaff Software Engineer2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
Kaia DLT FoundationProtocol Engineer2022 — 2023
TandemFounding Engineer2022San Francisco Bay Area
HarmonyFounding Engineer2018 — 2022Palo Alto, California, United States
FacebookStaff Software Engineer2014 — 2018Menlo Park, CA
MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2013 — 2014Bellevue, WA
Stanford University School of EngineeringDistributed System Engineer2011 — 2012Stanford, CA
Stanford Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging (AIMI)Medical Researcher2011Stanford, CA
Georgetown University Medical CenterMedical Researcher2008 — 2010Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Skills & more

Next.jsRust (Programming Language)BlockchainEthereumSmart Contracts1Solidity1C++9Java11React.jsReact NativeNode.js3JavaScript1

+12 more

PythonPHPCRuby on RailsC#DatabasesAndroid SDKApollo GraphQLTEEZero Knowledge ProofDistributed Ledger Technology (DLT)Software Infrastructure

Languages English · Korean

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Colleagues at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)

Kevin Lee

Managing Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)

Kony Kwong

Venture Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)

Lily Liu

Senior Advisor at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)

Sunga Sophie Kim

Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)

Weikeng Chen

Research Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)

Yu Guo

Senior Advisor at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)

Frequently asked questions

Who is Dennis Won?: Dennis Won is a Technical Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures, where he leads developer relations initiatives, running bootcamps, workshops, and incubation programs for developers in the San Francisco Bay Area and South Korea. He was a founding member and Core Protocol Lead at Harmony Protocol, working on decentralized sharding and consensus mechanisms, and previously conducted zero-knowledge proof and layer 2 rollup research through an Ethereum Protocol Fellowship with the Ethereum Foundation. Earlier in his career he spent four years at Meta leading the Facebook Virtual Reality infrastructure team, and he holds a BS with Honors from Stanford University focused on deep learning and distributed systems.
Where does Dennis Won work?: Dennis Won is Technical Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV).
What does Dennis Won invest in?: Dennis Won invests in AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3.
Where did Dennis Won go to school?: Dennis Won studied at Stanford University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Langley High School.