Gene Hoffman
President and Chief Executive Officer; also Co-CEO of Permuto Capital at Chia
Redwood City, California, United States
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Eric WagnerunlockedGene: together at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1993)
×3Gene: together at Emusic.com
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Gene: together at Vindicia
About
Gene Hoffman is a serial entrepreneur who currently serves as Co-CEO at Permuto Capital and as CEO and President of Chia Network Inc. He has founded, built, and sold three companies—to PGP, Inc., Vivendi-Universal, and Amdocs—and has served on the boards of eight technology and energy companies as well as two non-profit boards. His work spans enterprise software, SaaS, consumer subscriptions, and cryptography, and he has raised over $150 million in public and private markets while acquiring four companies and selling three.
President and Chief Executive Officer; also Co-CEO of Permuto Capital at Chia
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Chia's investors · 14
a16z cryptoMenlo Park · since 2015Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2015Andromeda Capitalsince 2015Breyer CapitalAustin · $500K – $10M checks · since 2015Collab+CurrencyEugene · since 2015DCM VenturesMenlo Park · $250K – $15M checks · since 2015Draft Ventures LlcSan Francisco · since 2015Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2015IDEO CoLab VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2015Innovating CapitalNew York · $10K – $3M checks · since 2015Naval Ravikantsince 2015Richmond Global VenturesNew York · $200K – $2M checks · since 2015Slow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checks · since 2015True VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $3M checks · since 2015
Co-founders at Chia
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Bram CohenFounder, Chairman of the Board, Chief Technology Officer (former CEO 2019-2022)
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Ryan SingerCo-Founder (former CEO, 2017-2019)
Experience
- Permuto CapitalCo-CEOcurrent2024 — present
- Chia NetworkCEO & Presidentcurrent2023 — presentSouth San Francisco, California, United States
- Chia NetworkCOO & President2017 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- ApomayaAdvisor2018 — 2020San Jose, CA
- VindiciaChairman/CEO2003 — 2016Redwood Shores, CA
- Agent ArtsBoard Member2002 — 2007
- Emusic.comCEO/President/Founder1998 — 2002
- PGP Corp.Director, Business Development1996 — 1997
Skills & more
Mergers24IPO7SaaS25Start-ups44E-commerce36Corporate Development16Product Management15Venture Capital14Strategic Partnerships57Reverse Mergers1Entrepreneur2Intellectual Property4
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EntrepreneurshipMergers & AcquisitionsEnterprise SoftwareBusiness AlliancesCloud ComputingBusiness StrategyGo-to-market StrategyVenture FinancingExecutive ManagementMobile DevicesStrategySoftware as a Service (SaaS)Languages English · French
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gene Hoffman?
- Gene Hoffman is a serial entrepreneur who currently serves as Co-CEO at Permuto Capital and as CEO and President of Chia Network Inc. He has founded, built, and sold three companies—to PGP, Inc., Vivendi-Universal, and Amdocs—and has served on the boards of eight technology and energy companies as well as two non-profit boards. His work spans enterprise software, SaaS, consumer subscriptions, and cryptography, and he has raised over $150 million in public and private markets while acquiring four companies and selling three.
- Where does Gene Hoffman work?
- Gene Hoffman is President and Chief Executive Officer; also Co-CEO of Permuto Capital at Chia.
- Where did Gene Hoffman go to school?
- Gene Hoffman studied at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Charlotte Latin School.
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Also attended The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill491
Clint MyersInvestor at RevolutionMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionEric WagnerVP of Research and Data at Redpoint VenturesSoul DayanInvestor at True VenturesAlex LimInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Alex TaubPrincipal at QED Investors
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Shared employers
Also worked at Permuto Capital1
Also worked at Chia Network10
Daniel BreyerInvestor and founder in San FranciscoMariano SorgentePartner at Andreessen HorowitzDovey WanPartner at Primitive VenturesCameron CooperFounder at HossBen FischChief Executive Officer at Espresso (Translucence Research Inc)Bram CohenFounder, Chairman of the Board, Chief Technology Officer (former CEO 2019-2022) at Chia
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