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Geoff Yang

Investor

Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures

Menlo Park, California

Writes $100K – $50M checks · typically $25M

FoundedTidemark Systems

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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Experience

  1. Redpoint VenturesFounding Partner and Managing Directorcurrent1999 — presentMenlo Park, CA and San Francisco, CA
  2. Warner Bros. DiscoveryBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  3. United States Olympic & Paralympic CommitteeChairman, US Olympic and Paralympic Foundationcurrent2023 — presentUnited States
  4. Franklin Templeton InvestmentsBoard Membercurrent2011 — present
  5. RounderFounder and partnercurrent2023 — present
  6. Sake ONOBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentNew York, NY
  7. Apeiron LifeFounder and CEOcurrent2019 — presentMenlo Park, CA
  8. ROCK THE BELLSChairman and Co-foundercurrent2019 — presentWest Hollywood, California, United States
  9. Esquel GroupBoard Membercurrent2016 — presentHong Kong
  10. ScribdBoard membercurrent2007 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  11. TastemadeBoard member2012 — 2024Santa Monica
  12. United States Olympic CommitteeExecutive Committee and Vice Chair, USOC Foundation2013 — 2022
  13. AT&TMember Board of Directors2016 — 2022Dallas, TX
  14. LaneOnePrincipal and Board member2016 — 2020San Francisco, California
  15. Menlo SchoolExecutive Committee Member and Trustee2009 — 2015
  16. United States Golf Association (USGA)Executive Committee2007 — 2013
  17. BigBand NetworksBoard member1999 — 2011
  18. TiVo Inc.Founding Board member1997 — 2009
  19. CalixBoard member2002 — 2009
  20. LivePlanetBoard member1999 — 2007

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA1983 — 1985
  2. Princeton UniversityBSE, ORFE1977 — 1981

Skills & more

Television8Mobile2Social Networking18Social Media18Entrepreneur2Start-ups95E-commerce19Entrepreneurship99Digital Media41Venture Capital74Product Management26Mobile Devices99
+12 moreBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyMarketingStrategic PartnershipsCorporate DevelopmentOnline AdvertisingProduct MarketingNew Business DevelopmentSaaSEnterprise SoftwareSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Strategy

From Geoff's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,187

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

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Also attended Princeton University474

Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDavid CoatsManaging Director & Co-Founder at Correlation VenturesDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalHoward CoxSpecial Limited Partner at Greylock Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee4

Austin HackChief of Staff, Strategy Growth at HeadlineCourt LorenziniFounding CEO, Docusign at Pegasus Tech VenturesIrene WuVenture Partner at Bain Capital CryptoJames HigaFounder and Managing Partner at Offline Ventures

Also worked at Scribd5

Jared FriedmanGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorBill TaiCo-Founder at ACTAI VenturesSergio PaluchFounding Partner at Beta BoomJeff LevickExecutive Advisory Board at NYU Innovation Venture FundJared FriedmanFounder/CTO at Scribd

Also worked at AT&T99

Prashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalMark T. NelsonVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupBrad BurnhamPartner at Union Square Ventures (USV)Barmak MeftahGeneral Partner at Ballistic VenturesRoger ThorntonGeneral Partner at Ballistic VenturesAnupam RastogiManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES

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Also worked at TiVo Inc.6

HemantaAdvisor at Clear VenturesMatt DimariaDirector at Innovation StudioMandy AndressSecurity Advisor at Modern TechnicalHeidi RoizenPartner at Threshold VenturesKimmy PaluchManaging Partner at Beta BoomMandy AndressExpert Advisory Board — CISO at Elastic at 33N

Deals · 1

Tidemark SystemsBoard seat

via Redpoint Ventures · filed Jun 2015 · $25M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

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Principal at Redpoint Ventures
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Andie Paredes
Talent Network at Redpoint Ventures
Andy Zhou
Fund Accountant at Redpoint Ventures
Ann Maris Walton
Content at Redpoint Ventures
Annie Kadavy
Venture Partner at Redpoint Ventures
Ashley Law
Senior Director of Events at Redpoint Ventures

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Gokul RajaramScout
DoorDash, Coinbase, Square at Good AI Capital
Ryan SarverScout
Partner at Inkef
Satish DharmarajScout
Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures
Alex Bard
Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures
Annie Kadavy
Venture Partner at Redpoint Ventures
Chris Moore
Partner at Redpoint Ventures
Ed Zimmerman
Steering Group at Ada Ventures
Elliot Geidt
Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures
Emily Man
Investor at Redpoint Ventures

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