Where does Jonathan Hsu work?

Jonathan Hsu is General Partner at Tribe Capital Firstlook.

What does Jonathan Hsu invest in?

Jonathan Hsu invests in Fintech, SaaS.

What check size does Jonathan Hsu write?

Jonathan Hsu typically writes checks of $25K – $40M.

Where did Jonathan Hsu go to school?

Jonathan Hsu studied at Stanford University (PhD, Physics); Stanford University (M.S., Physics); University of California, Berkeley (B.S., Engineering Physics).

Jonathan Hsu

Investor

General Partner at Tribe Capital Firstlook

San Francisco, California

Writes $25K – $40M checks · typically $6M

About

Jonathan Hsu is a PhD string theorist-turned-VC who scaled Facebook data science to 150+, built growth analytics frameworks and Magic 8-Ball for PMF, and audits founders' growth even when passing.

Invests in

FintechSaaS

Experience

Tribe CapitalCo-Founder and General Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Jonica Wine CellarsCo-Foundercurrent2022 — presentSonoma, California, United States
Neo FinancialInvestorcurrent2022 — present
MarshmallowInvestorcurrent2021 — present
zeroheightBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
JeevesInvestorcurrent2020 — present
PipeInvestorcurrent2020 — present
Founders PledgePledgercurrent2019 — present
ModeInvestorcurrent2018 — present
Kauffman FellowsFellow, Class 22current2017 — present
VinovestBoard Member2021 — 2026
HuckleberryBoard Member2020 — 2024
TeampayBoard Member2019 — 2021
Prodigy Software Inc.Board Member2019 — 2021
Bloomberg Second MeasureInvestor2018 — 2020
Insight Data ScienceAdvisor2014 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
Social Capital LPPartner, SVP of Quantitative Investing and Data Science2014 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
FacebookManager of Data Science and Analytics2012 — 2014Menlo Park, CA
FacebookData Scientist, Platform2009 — 2012
Slide, Inc.Lead Analytics Scientist2007 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
SuperPokeCo-Founder2007Greater Seattle Area
MicrosoftProgram Manager2006 — 2007
Stanford UniversityGraduate Student Researcher2001 — 2006

Skills & more

Python13Hadoop4R4MapReduce3Java1Management5Machine Learning22Algorithms8Data Mining19Scalability7Analytics36Physics5

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Data VisualizationData AnalysisComputer ScienceTheoretical PhysicsBig DataData ScienceNatural Language ProcessingSoftware EngineeringCompetitive AnalysisDesign of ExperimentsExperimental DesignExperimental Physics

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Colleagues at Tribe Capital Firstlook

Alex Bernier

Assistant Controller, Venture at Tribe Capital Firstlook

Alex Chee

Co-Founding Partner, Credit / Termina at Tribe Capital Firstlook

Ali Nahm

Partner, Venture at Tribe Capital Firstlook

Andrew Przybylski

Partner, Investor Relations at Tribe Capital Firstlook

Anirudh Pandit

Partner at Tribe Capital Firstlook

Arielle Kogut

Partner at Tribe Capital Firstlook

Arjun Sethi

Co-founder, Chairman at Tribe Capital Firstlook

Bobby Kwon

Investor at Tribe Capital Firstlook

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jonathan Hsu?: Jonathan Hsu is a PhD string theorist-turned-VC who scaled Facebook data science to 150+, built growth analytics frameworks and Magic 8-Ball for PMF, and audits founders' growth even when passing.
Where does Jonathan Hsu work?: Jonathan Hsu is General Partner at Tribe Capital Firstlook.
What does Jonathan Hsu invest in?: Jonathan Hsu invests in Fintech, SaaS.
What check size does Jonathan Hsu write?: Jonathan Hsu typically writes checks of $25K – $40M.
Where did Jonathan Hsu go to school?: Jonathan Hsu studied at Stanford University (PhD, Physics); Stanford University (M.S., Physics); University of California, Berkeley (B.S., Engineering Physics).

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,453

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture Partners Steve WozniakCo-founder of Apple Tony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDash Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AI Ali GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of Databricks Ryan PetersenFounder & CEO of Flexport

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Shared employers

Also worked at Marshmallow4

Martin ScherrerPartner & Head of Managed Funds at Redstone Devon KirkPartner & Co-Head, Portage Capital Solutions at Sagard Private Equity Canada Remus BrettGeneral Partner at Phoenix Court Will NealeInvestor at Learn Capital

Also worked at Kauffman Fellows382

Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite Asia Tobi CokerDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures Roi Bar-KatManaging Director at Intel Capital Avi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital Nick WashburnSenior Managing Director, Intel Capital (North America)Vinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate Ventures

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Also worked at Teampay6

Peter AckersonCo-Founder & General Partner at Audere Capital Mo El-BibanyGeneral Partner at Page One Ventures Ratan ManehaniPartner at R136 Ventures Steve MockHead of Growth and Partnerships at Blumberg Capital Sanford LincolnPartner at Hack VC Adam DevineVenture Partner at The Venture Collective

Also worked at Slide, Inc.11

Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla Ventures Max LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VC Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of Particle Scott BanisterVenture Partner at Long Journey Ventures John MalloyGeneral Partner at BlueRun Ventures Tony PhamVP Marketing at Superlayer

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