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Lucy Zhang

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Former Partner at Pear VC

Palo Alto, California

Writes $250K – $10M checks · typically $5M

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About

Lucy Zhang co-founded Beluga, acquired by Facebook in 2011, where she served as founding engineer on Facebook Messenger and contributed to educational technology initiatives at the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative. Previously, she built products at Google spanning AdWords, Google News, and Google Docs. She has been active as an angel investor for over a decade, became a full-time angel in 2018, and holds memberships and LP positions with First Round Capital's Angel Track, SignalFire, Initialized, Ribbit Capital, and Founders Fund.

Experience

  1. Pear VCVisiting Partner2020 — 2021
  2. First Round CapitalAngel Track & Fast Track2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  3. FacebookSoftware Engineer2011 — 2018
  4. Beluga Inc.Co-Founder2010 — 2011
  5. Google Inc.Software Engineer2003 — 2009
  6. IBM Alamaden ResearchSoftware Engineer Intern2002 — 2003

Skills & more

Distributed Systems3Mobile Applications5Software Engineering2Facebook2Scalability1

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Lucy Zhang?
Lucy Zhang co-founded Beluga, acquired by Facebook in 2011, where she served as founding engineer on Facebook Messenger and contributed to educational technology initiatives at the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative. Previously, she built products at Google spanning AdWords, Google News, and Google Docs. She has been active as an angel investor for over a decade, became a full-time angel in 2018, and holds memberships and LP positions with First Round Capital's Angel Track, SignalFire, Initialized, Ribbit Capital, and Founders Fund.
What check size does Lucy Zhang write?
Lucy Zhang typically writes checks of $250K – $10M.
What companies has Lucy Zhang invested in?
Investments tracked here include Probably Genetic.
Where did Lucy Zhang go to school?
Lucy Zhang studied at University of California, Berkeley (BA, Computer Science).

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