Where does Huican Zhu work?

Huican Zhu is Partner at Amino Capital and Board director at Weee.

What check size does Huican Zhu write?

Huican Zhu typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.

What boards does Huican Zhu sit on?

Huican Zhu holds tracked board seats at Weee!.

What companies has Huican Zhu invested in?

Investments tracked here include Appfolio.

Where did Huican Zhu go to school?

Huican Zhu studied at UC Santa Barbara (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); Chinese Academy of Sciences (Master's degree, Applied Mathematics); Sun Yat-sen University (Bachelor's degree, Applied Mathematics).

Huican Zhu

Investor

Partner at Amino Capital · Board director at Weee

Saratoga, California

Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M

About

Founder and Managing Partner at Amino Capital. He joined Google in 2000 as its first senior Chinese engineer and pioneered Google's image search, later serving as Chief Architect and GM of Infrastructure at Tencent from 2010 to 2012. He holds a PhD from UC Santa Barbara and sits on the boards of Weee!, the UC Santa Barbara Foundation, and Harker School.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

h•••@aminocapital.comreveal

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningBiotechCrypto & Web3Deep TechEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Board director at Weee

Intro paths

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In turn, Huican can intro founders to Weee's investors below.

Weee's investors · 2

Amino CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $10M checks Goodwater CapitalBurlingame · $5M – $50M checks · since 2016

Experience

UC Santa BarbaraBoard Member, Foundation of University of California, Santa Barbaracurrent2018 — presentSanta Barbara County, California, United States
Amino CapitalFounding Partnercurrent2016 — present346 Emerson St
The Harker SchoolBoard of Fellowscurrent2015 — presentSan Jose, California, United States
GoogleSoftware Engineer2012 — 2016
TencentChief Architect, Search2010 — 2012
GoogleEngineer2000 — 2010

Investments

Board seats

Weee!

Investor

Appfolio

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Amino Capital

Larry Li

Managing Partner at Amino Capital

Margaret Li

Chief AI Officer at Amino Capital

Sue Xu

Managing Partner at Amino Capital

Network3

Adam CraggScout

Partner at Osney Capital

Benjamin LevyScout

Partner, Co-Head of Venture Capital and AI & Innovation Groups at BootstrapLabs

Chun XiaScout

Founding Partner at TSVC

Investors connected to Huican in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Huican Zhu?: Founder and Managing Partner at Amino Capital. He joined Google in 2000 as its first senior Chinese engineer and pioneered Google's image search, later serving as Chief Architect and GM of Infrastructure at Tencent from 2010 to 2012. He holds a PhD from UC Santa Barbara and sits on the boards of Weee!, the UC Santa Barbara Foundation, and Harker School.
Where does Huican Zhu work?: Huican Zhu is Partner at Amino Capital and Board director at Weee.
What does Huican Zhu invest in?: Huican Zhu invests in AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech.
What check size does Huican Zhu write?: Huican Zhu typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
What boards does Huican Zhu sit on?: Huican Zhu holds tracked board seats at Weee!.
What companies has Huican Zhu invested in?: Investments tracked here include Appfolio.
Where did Huican Zhu go to school?: Huican Zhu studied at UC Santa Barbara (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); Chinese Academy of Sciences (Master's degree, Applied Mathematics); Sun Yat-sen University (Bachelor's degree, Applied Mathematics).

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Shared employers

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