Find your path to James
1,598 people in our graph share verified history with James — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Paul KwanunlockedJames: together at Y Combinator (2021)
×6James: together at Y Combinator
×3James: together at University of California, Berkeley
×2James: together at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
About
James Vuong previously served as CEO of Lana Group, a digital media company acquired by Japan's LINE Corp, and as a venture capitalist at IDG Ventures, Vietnam's first venture fund. He was selected as a Kauffman Fellow by the Kauffman Foundation.
Founder/CEO at InfinaYC S21
Intro paths
YC
James went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Infina's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, James can intro founders to Infina's investors below.
Infina's investors · 12
1982 VenturesSingapore · $1.2M – $8.5M checks · since 2022500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2022AppWorkssince 2022AppWorks VenturesTaipei · $200K – $15M checksDG Daiwa VenturesMyAsiaVCSeattleNextransSeoul · $805K – $13M checks · since 2022Peak XV PartnersTrianon · $100K – $10M checksRobinhoodMenlo Park · since 2022Saison CapitalSingapore · $1.5M – $33M checks · since 2022VenturraJakarta · $1M – $60M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021
Experience
- Infina (YC S21)Founder and CEOcurrent2019 — presentSingapore
- Lana Group (acquired by LINE Corp)CEO2012 — 2018
- IDG VenturesVP of Investment and Kauffman Fellow2008 — 2014
- FormFactorSenior Product Manager2006 — 2007
- CanderaLead Chip Designer2002 — 2004
- Pluris, IncLead Chip Designer2000 — 2002
- Hewlett-PackardMember of Technical Staff1997 — 2000
Skills & more
Investments53Start-ups88EntrepreneurshipBusiness Strategy59Venture Capital99Product Management59Logic Design7Strategy33Private Equity22Due Diligence3Competitive Analysis24E-commerce22
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is James Vuong?
- James Vuong previously served as CEO of Lana Group, a digital media company acquired by Japan's LINE Corp, and as a venture capitalist at IDG Ventures, Vietnam's first venture fund. He was selected as a Kauffman Fellow by the Kauffman Foundation.
- Where does James Vuong work?
- James Vuong is Founder/CEO of Infina.
- What companies did James Vuong found?
- James Vuong founded Infina.
- Where did James Vuong go to school?
- James Vuong studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (MBA, Certificate in Management of Technology, Certificate in Entreprenuership); University of California, Berkeley (BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Alhambra High School.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business mafia265
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ivan ZhouBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Decagon +2Wendy JohanssonExecutive Education: Product ManagementFounded Misaludhealth +2Jay ParrishMBAFounded ROME Therapeutics +1Raj Shekhar SinghManagement of TechnologyFounded Z21 +1Nanxi LiuFounded Nanoly Bioscience +1Kevin ChouBachelor of Science - BSFounded Superlayer +1
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Formfactor mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business968
Rishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera CapitalAnna ChenInvestor at Madrona Venture GroupJohnny HooperAssociate at March Capital Partners
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000
Steve WozniakCo-founder of AppleAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksAbraham BachrachCo-founder & CTO of SkydioTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at IDG Ventures4
Also worked at FormFactor8
Corinna ChenPartner at Material ImpactMichael MagaroSenior Vice President of Corporate Growth at Workday VenturesKelley Steven-WaissOperating Advisor at Vegvisir CapitalPrasad RamakrishnanSVP of IT and Chief Information Officer at Freshworks at Foster VenturesPavan GuptaCOO at InvenSenseSébastian LodahlCOO at Sensys Networks
+ 2 more
Also worked at Candera1
Also worked at Hewlett-Packard629
Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzBill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalAyshaAdvisor at Clear Ventures
+ 623 more