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 · 8
1982 VenturesSingapore · $1.2M – $8.5M checksAppWorks VenturesTaipei · $200K – $15M checksDG Daiwa VenturesMyAsiaVCSeattlePeak XV PartnersTrianon · $100K – $10M checksSaison CapitalSingapore · $1.5M – $33M checksVenturraJakarta · $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
Strategy34Management22Strategic Planning10Investments53Start-ups89Entrepreneurship99Business Strategy60Venture Capital99Product Management60Logic Design7Private Equity22Due Diligence3
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Competitive AnalysisE-commerceMarket ResearchOnline AdvertisingValuationEmerging MarketsMarketing StrategyInternational BusinessFinancial ModelingProduct MarketingMobile ApplicationsFrom James's professional profile.
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); University of California, Berkeley (BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Alhambra High School.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianYC Summer 2005Founded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded Pursuit +1
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University of California, Berkeley mafia538
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Steve WozniakBSFounded AppleTony XuB.S.Founded DoorDashAravind SrinivasDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded PerplexityAli GhodsiPost-docFounded DatabricksRyan PetersenBAFounded FlexportDavid FriedbergBAFounded Climate +2
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University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business mafia117
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ivan ZhouBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Decagon +2Keith LendenMBAFounded Boundless Bio +2Jay ParrishMBAFounded ROME Therapeutics +1Nanxi LiuFounded Nanoly Bioscience +1Patrick SigristVenture Capital Executive ProgramFounded IORQ +1Victor HoBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Fivestars +1
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Formfactor mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business616
Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHariFellow at Clear VenturesDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,453
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersSteve WozniakCo-founder of AppleTony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDashAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksRyan PetersenFounder & CEO of Flexport
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Shared employers
Also worked at IDG Ventures2
Also worked at FormFactor4
Also worked at Hewlett-Packard277
Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzBill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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