Francis Zhan
InvestorInvestor at Tribe Capital Firstlook
San Francisco, California
Writes $25K – $40M checks · typically $6M
About
Francis Zhan is a Principal at Tribe Capital, where he invests $500k–$2m in pre-seed and seed-stage crypto and AI companies. He has prior experience in finance, software, startups, gaming, and community building, including launching a consumer content platform that achieved over 90,000 daily active users and generated more than $100,000 in revenue. At Tribe, he also develops agentic workflows for internal AI adoption.
Experience
- Tribe CapitalPrincipalcurrent2021 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Anthos CapitalVenture Analyst - Gaming Team & Community Manager2021
- Chong Mei TranslationsCo-Founder2016 — 2020
- Barclays Investment BankInvestment Banking Summer Analyst2020Hong Kong SAR
- blisceSummer Investment Analyst2019New York, New York
- Warburg Pincus LLCSummer Analyst2018Shanghai, China
- Greenwoods Asset ManagementVenture Analyst2017 — 2018Shanghai, China
- Roland BergerConsultant - Consumer Retail Team2016Shanghai, China
- NEW DADAFrontend Developer2015Shanghai, China
Education
- NYU Stern School of BusinessBachelor of Science - BS, Finance and Computer Science
- St. George's School
Skills & more
Microsoft PowerPoint
Languages Chinese · English
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Colleagues at Tribe Capital Firstlook
Alex Bernier
Assistant Controller, Venture at Tribe Capital Firstlook
Alex Chee
Co-Founding Partner, Credit / Termina at Tribe Capital Firstlook
Ali Nahm
Partner, Venture at Tribe Capital Firstlook
Andrew Przybylski
Partner, Investor Relations at Tribe Capital Firstlook
Anirudh Pandit
Partner at Tribe Capital Firstlook
Apolo Ohno
Partner at Tribe Capital Firstlook
Arielle Kogut
Partner at Tribe Capital Firstlook
Arjun Sethi
Co-founder, Chairman at Tribe Capital Firstlook
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Partner at Tribe Capital Firstlook
Apolo Ohno
Partner at Tribe Capital Firstlook
Arielle Kogut
Partner at Tribe Capital Firstlook
Bobby Kwon
Investor at Tribe Capital Firstlook
Brendan Moore
Co-Founding Partner, Venture at Tribe Capital Firstlook
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