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Eric Kwan

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Managing Partner at Locus Ventures

Palo Alto, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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About

Eric Kwan is a co-founder and managing partner at Locus Ventures with over 20 years of software engineering experience across large public companies and startups. His specialties include team creation and organization, scalable server systems, web consumer sites, and software operations management.

Experience

  1. Locus VenturesCo-Founder & Managing Partnercurrent2016 — presentPalo Alto
  2. Terraformation Inc.Seed Investorcurrent2020 — present
  3. Panther🦄 Seed Investorcurrent2019 — present
  4. Meesho🦄 Seed Investorcurrent2016 — present
  5. Ironclad, Inc.🦄 Seed Investorcurrent2015 — present
  6. Razorpay🦄 Seed Investorcurrent2015 — present
  7. NotableSeed Investorcurrent2015 — present
  8. LobSeed Investorcurrent2013 — present
  9. OperatorFounding Engineer2013 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  10. FacebookSenior Software Engineer2007 — 2013Palo Alto
  11. Yahoo!Senior Technical Yahoo2005 — 2007
  12. OracleSenior Member of Technical Staff2002 — 2005Redwood Shore
  13. MarconiSoftware Engineer2001

Skills & more

Android DevelopmentiOS developmentC/C++ STLAngel InvestingProduct DesignHerokuGoogle App EnginePHPJavaNode.jsPythonAmazon Web Services (AWS)
+1 moreJavaScript

Languages Cantonese · Chinese · Japanese

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Colleagues at Locus Ventures

Perry Tam
Managing Partner at Locus Ventures
Tommy Tsai
Managing Partner at Locus Ventures
William Chan
Managing Partner at Locus Ventures

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Co-Founder and Partner at Tensility Venture Partners
Edward SuhScout
General Partner at Alpine Ventures
Nitesh BantaScout
Co-founder and Advisor at Rough Draft Ventures
David Beisel
Co-founder and Partner at NextView Ventures
Drew Volpe
Founding Partner at First Star Ventures
Millie Liu Liu
Founding Partner at First Star Ventures
Varsha Rao
Executive Partner at Flare Capital Partners
William Chan
Managing Partner at Locus Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Eric Kwan?
Eric Kwan is a co-founder and managing partner at Locus Ventures with over 20 years of software engineering experience across large public companies and startups. His specialties include team creation and organization, scalable server systems, web consumer sites, and software operations management.
Where does Eric Kwan work?
Eric Kwan is Managing Partner at Locus Ventures.
What check size does Eric Kwan write?
Eric Kwan typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies has Eric Kwan invested in?
Investments tracked here include 20n, Alchemy, Allure Systems, Apptimize, Balanced, Bikry, Binpress, Brilliant, Campaign, Classplus, Cleanly, Click & Grow, and 48 more.
Where did Eric Kwan go to school?
Eric Kwan studied at Stanford University (M.S., Management Science and Engineering); Carnegie Mellon University (B.S. & M.S.(Hons), Electrical and Computer Engineering).

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