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Hong Hu

Founder

Founder at 500Friends

San Francisco Bay Area

Founded500Friends · YC

Find your path to Hong

960 people in our graph share verified history with Hong — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Wesley ChanunlockedHong: together at Flexport (2019–2022)
×6Hong: together at Goldman Sachs
Hong: together at Y Combinator
×4Hong: together at University of California, Berkeley

About

Hong Hu directed engineering and led Flexport's China operations before founding 500Friends, which was later acquired by Merkle.

Founder at 500FriendsYC W10

Intro paths

YC

Hong went through Y Combinator (Winter 2010) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Hong can intro founders to 500Friends's investors below.

500Friends's investors · 2

Quest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $100K – $1.5M checks · since 2012Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2010

Co-founders at 500Friends

JYJustin Yoshimura
Justin YoshimuraFounder

Experience

  1. FlexportDirector of Engineering, Site Leader - China2021 — 2022Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
  2. FlexportSenior Engineering Manager & Site Leader2019 — 2021Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
  3. 500friends (acquired by Merkle)VP2014 — 2017Shanghai, China
  4. 500friends (YC)Founder2009 — 2014San Francisco, California, United States
  5. FotoFlexerDeveloper2007 — 2009Berkeley, California, United States
  6. Goldman SachsTechnology Summer Analyst2007New York, United States

Skills & more

Ruby on Rails20Ruby14MySQL7JavaScript12Mobile Applications8Git10jQuery3Django1Python6Amazon Web Services (AWS)2PHP1Product Management1
+3 moreCSSStart-upsJava

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Hong Hu?
Hong Hu directed engineering and led Flexport's China operations before founding 500Friends, which was later acquired by Merkle.
Where does Hong Hu work?
Hong Hu is Founder of 500Friends.
What companies did Hong Hu found?
Hong Hu founded 500Friends.
Where did Hong Hu go to school?
Hong Hu studied at University of California, Berkeley (BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Mathematics).

Founder mafias

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Shared employers

Also worked at FotoFlexer1

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