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Leo Liang
InvestorFounderAdvisor at Sancus Ventures · Founder at CipherOwl
Los Altos, California, United States
FoundedCipherOwl
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766 people in our graph share verified history with Leo — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Lake DaiunlockedLeo: together at Sancus Ventures (2022–2026)
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Leo: together at National ICT Australia
Leo: together at Zillow
About
Advisor to Sancus Ventures; Co-Founder & CEO of CipherOwl.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Founder at CipherOwl
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CipherOwl's investors · 9
57Blocks CapitalPleasantonAME Cloud VenturesPalo Alto · $1M – $10M checks · since 2025Coinbase VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Flourish VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2025OKX VenturesSingapore · $2M – $38M checks · since 2025Predictive VCNew York City · since 2025Road Capitalsince 2025Sancus VenturesSan Francisco · since 2025
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Co-founders at CipherOwl
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Ming JiangFounder
Experience
- CipherOwl IncCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentUnited States
- Sancus VenturesVenture Advisorcurrent2024 — present
- Sancus VenturesVenture Partner2022 — 2024
- MatchA AngelsCo-Foundercurrent2021 — present
- SVLC (Silicon Valley Leadership Community)Member Board of Directors / Chairperson2020 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- CoinbaseHead of Data Platform and Services2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- CoinbaseHead of Coinbase Analytics and Machine Learning Platform2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- MixerBox Inc.CTO then Advisor2011 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- CruiseSenior Engineer Manager, Machine Learning Platform & Ground Truth2018 — 2021Seattle, Washington, United States
- OfferUpLeadership of Platform Engineering2016 — 2018Greater Seattle Area
- TwitterTechnical Lead/Engineering Manager2013 — 2016Greater Seattle Area
- ZillowSnr Cloud Data Infra SDE2012 — 2013Greater Seattle Area
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Development Engineer2011 — 2012
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer2008 — 2011
- Applink Pty Ltd AustraliaFounder2006 — 2009
- University Of New South WalesSoftware Project Manager2003 — 2008
- University Of New South WalesCausual Academic2000 — 2007
- 1001g technologiesCo Founder2005 — 2006
- National ICT AustraliaResearcher2004 — 2005
- MotorolaIntern Researcher2002 — 2003
Skills & more
EthereumAmazon Web Services (AWS)3Java19Linux6.NET3Ruby5PHPPython9Perl6SaaS3.NET Framework1Team Leadership
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Personal DevelopmentNonprofit OrganizationsLeadership Development CoachingMachine LearningData InfrastructureData GovernanceRegulatory CompliancePublic Company ComplianceFundraisingVenture CapitalBig DataBlockchain ArchitectureLanguages Cantonese · Chinese · English
- Becoming Indistractable — LinkedIn
- Microsoft Certified Professional Developer: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (MCPD) — Microsoft
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Colleagues at Sancus Ventures
Angela Hsu
Vice President at Sancus Ventures
Lake Dai
Founder & Managing Partner at Sancus Ventures
Lei Du
Advisor at Sancus Ventures
Lily Zhang
Advisor at Sancus Ventures
Riyaz Faizullabhoy
Advisor at Sancus Ventures
Sherwin Wu
Advisor at Sancus Ventures
Ted Nyman
Advisor at Sancus Ventures
Xueying Dai
General Partner at Sancus Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Leo Liang?
- Advisor to Sancus Ventures; Co-Founder & CEO of CipherOwl.
- Where does Leo Liang work?
- Leo Liang is Founder of CipherOwl and Advisor at Sancus Ventures.
- What does Leo Liang invest in?
- Leo Liang invests in AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure.
- What companies did Leo Liang found?
- Leo Liang founded CipherOwl.
- Where did Leo Liang go to school?
- Leo Liang studied at UNSW (Ph.D Dropout, Databases); UNSW (BE.Software, Computer Science).
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