Where does Kanjun Qiu work?

Kanjun Qiu is Founder of Kanjun and Co-Founder and General Partner at Outset Capital and Founder/CEO at Sourceress.

What check size does Kanjun Qiu write?

Kanjun Qiu typically writes checks of $200K – $400K.

What companies did Kanjun Qiu found?

Kanjun Qiu founded Kanjun, Sourceress.

Where did Kanjun Qiu go to school?

Kanjun Qiu studied at Y Combinator; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master’s Degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science and Engineering).

Kanjun Qiu

InvestorFounder

Co-Founder and General Partner at Outset Capital · Founder/CEO at Sourceress · Founder at Kanjun

San Francisco, California, United States

Writes $200K – $400K checks

FoundedKanjun Sourceress · YC

30 Under 30 2020 · Enterprise Technology

Find your path to Kanjun

871 people in our graph share verified history with Kanjun — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Ana AndreescuunlockedKanjun: together at Dropbox (2013–2015)

×3Kanjun: together at Dropbox

×2Kanjun: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

×5Kanjun: together at Y Combinator

About

Kanjun Qiu is a founder-investor who pairs investing in startups with leading AI unicorn startup Imbue. She studied EECS at MIT, and then was the first Chief of Staff at Dropbox, helping the company scale from 200 to 1200 people.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkRoboticsSaaS

Founder/CEO at Sourceress YC S17

Intro paths

Kanjun went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Sourceress's investors · 4

Astera Institutesince 2023 Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks NVIDIASanta Clara · since 2023 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017

Co-founders at Sourceress

Josh AlbrechtFounder

Founder at Kanjun

Intro paths

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Kanjun's investors · 1

Outset CapitalSan Francisco · $200K – $400K checks

Experience

ImbueCEO & Cofoundercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Outset CapitalGeneral Partnercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Sequoia CapitalSequoia Capital Scoutcurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
SourceressCEO & Cofounder2016 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
South Park CommonsMember2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
Ember HardwareCo-Founder2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
DropboxChief of Staff2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
DropboxProduct Manager2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
DropboxBusiness Operations2013San Francisco Bay Area
Sew ElectricAuthor2012 — 2013
MIT Media LabGraduate Research Assistant2010 — 2013Cambridge, MA
MIT Media LabResearcher, High-Low Tech Group2009 — 2010Cambridge, MA
Jump Trading, LLCAlgorithmic Trader2012Chicago, IL
J.P. MorganAlgorithmic Trader2011New York, NY

Skills & more

Java12Machine Learning9Python14C++6R6Algorithms6Product Management5Data Analysis4Linux1Financial Modeling2Wearable Computing1High Frequency Trading1

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Colleagues at Outset Capital

Alexandra Beth Rohde

General Partner at Outset Capital

Ali Rohde

Co-Founder and General Partner at Outset Capital

Banks Hunter

CEO, Charge Robotics at Outset Capital

Josh Albrecht

General Partner at Outset Capital

Michelle Lee

CEO, Medra at Outset Capital

Nikhil Rao

CEO, Reflex at Outset Capital

Niya Dragova

CEO, Candor at Outset Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is Kanjun Qiu?: Kanjun Qiu is a founder-investor who pairs investing in startups with leading AI unicorn startup Imbue. She studied EECS at MIT, and then was the first Chief of Staff at Dropbox, helping the company scale from 200 to 1200 people.
Where does Kanjun Qiu work?: Kanjun Qiu is Founder of Kanjun and Co-Founder and General Partner at Outset Capital and Founder/CEO at Sourceress.
What does Kanjun Qiu invest in?: Kanjun Qiu invests in AI & Machine Learning, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Future of Work, Robotics, SaaS.
What check size does Kanjun Qiu write?: Kanjun Qiu typically writes checks of $200K – $400K.
What companies did Kanjun Qiu found?: Kanjun Qiu founded Kanjun, Sourceress.
Where did Kanjun Qiu go to school?: Kanjun Qiu studied at Y Combinator; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master’s Degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science and Engineering).