Where does Ivan Zhou work?

Ivan Zhou is Founder of Decagon and Partner at Accel.

What check size does Ivan Zhou write?

Ivan Zhou typically writes checks of $500K – $20M.

What companies did Ivan Zhou found?

Ivan Zhou founded Decagon, Ando, Mayhem.

Where did Ivan Zhou go to school?

Ivan Zhou studied at University of California, Berkeley (Molecular Biology); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Business Administration).

Ivan Zhou

InvestorUnicorn founder

Founder at Decagon · Partner at Accel

San Francisco, California

Writes $500K – $20M checks · typically $10.5M

FoundedDecagon$4.5B Ando Mayhem · YC

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AccelPartnercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
DecagonBoard Directorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
RadixArkBoard Directorcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Nova IntelligenceBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
AssemblyAdvisorcurrent2022 — present
Personal InvestorAdvisor & Angel Investor2018 — 2024
Niantic, Inc.Director of Product Management2020 — 2024
Mayhem (acquired by Niantic)CEO and Co-founder2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
NextGen Venture PartnersVenture Partner2017 — 2020
Comet HomeCEO and Co-Founder2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
Criterion Capital ManagementAnalyst2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
Morgan StanleyInvestment Banking2014 — 2015San Francisco
Stanford University School of MedicinePediatrics and Stem Cell Research2008 — 2010Stanford, California

Skills & more

Mandarin2Research19

Languages Chinese

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program — Internal Revenue Services (IRS)

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Assembly Bandit ML buildspace Decagon Encuadrado Landed Lowkey.gg MojoNova IntelligenceRadixArk Sprites T3 ChatWinter

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Colleagues at Accel

Barath Shankar Subramanian

Partner at Accel

Ben Fletcher

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ivan Zhou?: Partner at Accel
Where does Ivan Zhou work?: Ivan Zhou is Founder of Decagon and Partner at Accel.
What check size does Ivan Zhou write?: Ivan Zhou typically writes checks of $500K – $20M.
What companies did Ivan Zhou found?: Ivan Zhou founded Decagon, Ando, Mayhem.
What companies has Ivan Zhou invested in?: Investments tracked here include Assembly, Bandit ML, buildspace, Decagon, Encuadrado, Landed, Lowkey.gg, Mojo, Nova Intelligence, RadixArk, Sprites, T3 Chat, and 1 more.
Where did Ivan Zhou go to school?: Ivan Zhou studied at University of California, Berkeley (Molecular Biology); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Business Administration).

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