About
Nathan Yu is a Principal at Afore Capital. Previously, he held product leadership roles at Inworld, Microsoft, and Amazon. His investment interests include technology focused on personal wellness, self-improvement, education, and human connection.
Experience
- Afore CapitalPrincipalcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Inworld AIGeneral Manager, Labs2024 — 2025
- Inworld AIDirector of Product Management2022 — 2024
- Inworld AIFounding PM2022
- KYZN LabsSidequest Maxxing2024 — 2025
- Various StartupsAngel Investor & Advisor2022 — 2025
- ExponentPM Career Coach2021 — 2025
- MicrosoftProduct Lead, Mixed Reality2021 — 2022United States
- MicrosoftSenior Product Manager, IVAS2020 — 2021United States
- PisonFounding Product Manager2018 — 2020Greater Boston
- Amazon Lab126Software Development Engineer, Alexa2018Sunnyvale, CA
- IrisVR - [We're Hiring!]Software Engineer, AR2017 — 2018Greater New York City Area
- Northrop GrummanMachine Learning Engineer2017Greater San Diego Area
- University of OklahomaSoftware Engineer Intern2015
- i2E, Inc.Business Development Intern2014 — 2015
Education
- Dartmouth CollegeBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science
- The Wharton SchoolManagement and Technology Summer Institue
- Oklahoma School of Science and MathematicsHigh School, Advanced Studies
Skills & more
Product InnovationEntrepreneurshipProduct Management7Coaching5Human Centered Design2Human Computer Interaction3Product Leadership5Product Design6Project Management8Business Strategy6Virtual Reality5Augmented Reality4
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Product StrategyAgile MethodologiesGenerative AILifemaxxingSidequestmaxxingLeadershipManagementPrototypingCommunicationTeamworkPublic SpeakingDesign ThinkingLanguages Chinese · English
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Colleagues at Afore Capital
Anamitra Banerji
Co-founder, Managing Partner at Afore Capital
Derrick Li
Principal at Afore Capital
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Siegle
Scout at Afore Capital
Gaurav Jain
Co-founder, Managing Partner at Afore Capital
Jack McClelland
Analyst at Afore Capital
Jackson Moses
Venture Partner at Afore Capital
Jared Luttrell
VP of Finance at Afore Capital
Jay Chen
Partner at Afore Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Nathan Yu work?
- Nathan Yu is Investor at Afore Capital.
Same school
Also attended Dartmouth College398
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Also attended The Wharton School1,481
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Also attended Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics2
Shared employers
Also worked at Microsoft1,066
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Also worked at Amazon Lab12617
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Also worked at Northrop Grumman53
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Also worked at University of Oklahoma8
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