Geoff Yang
InvestorCo-Founder, Partner Emeritus at Redpoint Ventures · Board director at Tidemark Systems · Board director at Bluefin Labs
Menlo Park, California
Writes $100K – $50M checks · typically $25M
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About
Geoff Yang is Founding Partner and Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures, focusing on early-stage investments in media, consumer, and communications companies. He has served as lead investor and board member at companies including Ask.com, TiVo, MySpace, Scribd, TasteMade, Arista, and Juniper, and founded LaneOne, Performance Health Sciences, and Rock the Bells. His expertise spans internet and television media as well as communications infrastructure.
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Beyond investing
- Founded
- Yang is the CEO and founder of Performance Health Sciences (Apeiron Life). Yang is the Chairman and founder of Rock the Bells. Yang is the founder of Sake Ono.
- Education
- Studied at Stanford (MBA) Studied at Princeton (Bachelor of Science, Engineering) Studied at Princeton University (B.S.E., Engineering and Management Systems)
- Boards
- Yang was elected chair of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Foundation (USOPF) Board of Directors in June 2023, having previously served as a director until 2022 and as vice chair from 2017 to 2022. He serves as co-chair of the USOPF Technology & Innovation Fund Advisory Committee, which he helped establish in 2015. He has served as an officer and Executive Committee member of both the U.S. Golf Association (USGA) and the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Foundation. He is on the Advisory Council for the Stanford Graduate School of Business and previously served on the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC). He previously served as a Director of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and President of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists (WAVC).
- More
- He holds advisory roles with McLaren Racing, Princeton University, the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation and Workday.
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Board director at Tidemark Systems
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Tidemark Systems's investors · 1
Co-founders at Tidemark Systems
Board director at Bluefin Labs
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Bluefin Labs's investors · 5
Co-founders at Bluefin Labs
Experience
- Redpoint VenturesFounding Partner and Managing Directorcurrent1999 — presentMenlo Park, CA and San Francisco, CA
- Warner Bros. DiscoveryBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- United States Olympic & Paralympic CommitteeChairman, US Olympic and Paralympic Foundationcurrent2023 — presentUnited States
- Franklin Templeton InvestmentsBoard Membercurrent2011 — present
- RounderFounder and partnercurrent2023 — present
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Deals · 1
Tidemark SystemsBoard seat
via Redpoint Ventures · filed Jun 2015 · $25M raise
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Other disclosed investments
Led
Agile NetworksApplied Digital AccessCentillionCollabraCrescendoGolfwebJotSpotNetcore SystemsNetlinkPromatoryRapid CityShasta NetworksWhitetree
Board seats
BigBand Networks (BBND)BluefinBranchoutClickerFanfareFormspringFranklin TempletonGaia OnlineGravityMachinimaOodleScribdWarner Bros. Discovery
Investor
Ask JeevesAsk.comBigBandBluefin LabsBranchOutCalixDondoElectric ImpExciteFactoryFinderyFormspringFoundry NetworksFusientGravityJotSpotJuniper NetworksMachinimaMMC NetworksMySpaceOodleOvertimeScribdSomewear LabsTastemadeThe VendryTidemarkTiVoVurbWellfleet
Sources: curated public sources · SEC Form D filings.
Colleagues at Redpoint Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Geoff Yang?
- Geoff Yang is Founding Partner and Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures, focusing on early-stage investments in media, consumer, and communications companies. He has served as lead investor and board member at companies including Ask.com, TiVo, MySpace, Scribd, TasteMade, Arista, and Juniper, and founded LaneOne, Performance Health Sciences, and Rock the Bells. His expertise spans internet and television media as well as communications infrastructure.
- Where does Geoff Yang work?
- Geoff Yang is Co-Founder, Partner Emeritus at Redpoint Ventures and Board director at Tidemark Systems and Board director at Bluefin Labs.
- What check size does Geoff Yang write?
- Geoff Yang typically writes checks of $100K – $50M.
- What boards does Geoff Yang sit on?
- Geoff Yang holds tracked board seats at BigBand Networks (BBND), Bluefin, Branchout, Clicker, Fanfare, Formspring, Franklin Templeton, Gaia Online, Gravity, Machinima.
- What companies has Geoff Yang invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Agile Networks, Applied Digital Access, Centillion, Collabra, Crescendo, Golfweb, JotSpot, Netcore Systems, Netlink, Promatory, Rapid City, Shasta Networks, and 31 more.
- Where did Geoff Yang go to school?
- Geoff Yang studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA); Princeton University (BSE, ORFE).
- Does Geoff Yang lead rounds?
- Yes — Geoff Yang has led 13 tracked investments.
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Also worked at United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee8
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Also worked at Franklin Templeton Investments62
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