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John Gu

Investor

Co-Founder and CEO at Caladan

Singapore, Singapore

About

Built the first version of Caladan over a weekend. Previously a portfolio manager at Tower Research Capital and quant researcher at Citadel; studied computer science at MIT.

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Experience

  1. Caladan (prev AlphaLab Capital)Founder & CEOcurrent2017 — presentSingapore
  2. Data Science and FinTechSpeaker & Thought Leadercurrent2016 — presentSingapore
  3. frame.aiCo-Founder & MD of APAC2016 — 2017Singapore
  4. Tower Research CapitalPortfolio Manager2011 — 2016Singapore
  5. Gelber Group LLCPortfolio Manager2009 — 2011Greater Chicago Area
  6. Citadel Investment GroupQuantitative Researcher2006 — 2008Greater Chicago Area
  7. AlphaSimplex Group, LLCResearch Scientist2002 — 2005Greater Boston Area

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science (M.S.), Computer Science2002
  2. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science1998 — 2002
  3. Wilde Lake High School1994 — 1998

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849

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Shared employers

Also worked at frame.ai2

Greg NeufeldGeneral Partner at Valuestream VenturesPeter SternVenture Partner | CEO, Voyant Photonics at Remarkable Ventures

Also worked at Tower Research Capital4

Chris KingSenior Associate at FinTech CollectiveRichard MaVenture Partner at Bloccelerate VCWeisheng ChenGroup Finance Controller at Mirana VenturesAndrew McKinzieInvestor at Acrew Capital

Also worked at Gelber Group LLC1

Roshun PatelVenture Partner at Hack VC

Also worked at Citadel Investment Group32

Robert CulpPrincipal at Marlin Equity PartnersPrincipal – Public EquitiesInvestor at Glynn Capital ManagementDavid SnydermanManaging Partner and Global Head of Alternative Credit and Fixed Income at Magnetar AI VenturesEvan FengPartner at CoinFundEvan AxelrodSenior Associate at Maccabee VenturesAnthony WalkerPartner, Next Coast Legacy at Next Coast Ventures

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Colleagues at Caladan

Eva Weng
Head of Investments at Caladan
Julia Zhou
President and Co-Founder at Caladan
Keith Tan
Head of DeFi at Caladan
Max Marley-Muray
Head of HR and Recruiting at Caladan
Michal Krasnodebski
Co-Founder at Caladan
Nigel Young
Chief Technology Officer at Caladan
Remi Colinmaire
Head of Options Trading at Caladan
Soh Hwa Jie
Head of Treasury and Operations at Caladan