Francis Zhan
InvestorInvestor at Tribe Capital Firstlook
San Francisco, California
Writes $25K – $40M checks · typically $6M
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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 Analyst2020Hong Kong SAR
- blisceInvestment Analyst2019New York, New York
Skills & more
Microsoft PowerPoint4
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
Aniko Szigetvari
Founding Partner at Atlantica Ventures
Anirudh Pandit
Partner at Tribe Capital Firstlook
Arjun Sethi
Co-founder, Chairman at Tribe Capital Firstlook
Bobby Kwon
Investor at Tribe Capital Firstlook
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Anirudh Pandit
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Bobby Kwon
Investor at Tribe Capital Firstlook
Brendan Moore
Co-Founding Partner, Venture at Tribe Capital Firstlook
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Francis Zhan?
- 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.
- Where does Francis Zhan work?
- Francis Zhan is Investor at Tribe Capital Firstlook.
- What check size does Francis Zhan write?
- Francis Zhan typically writes checks of $25K – $40M.
- Where did Francis Zhan go to school?
- Francis Zhan studied at NYU Stern School of Business (Bachelor of Science - BS, Finance and Computer Science); St. George's School.
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