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174 people in our graph share verified history with Nathan — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Erica VanunlockedNathan: together at Inworld AI (2022–2025)
Nathan: together at Inworld AI
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×2Nathan: together at Afore Capital
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
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
From Nathan's professional profile.
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
Jackson Moses
Venture Partner at Afore Capital
Jared Luttrell
VP of Finance at Afore Capital
Jay Chen
Partner at Afore Capital
Joseph Cardini
Investor at Afore Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nathan Yu?
- 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.
- Where does Nathan Yu work?
- Nathan Yu is Investor at Afore Capital.
- Where did Nathan Yu go to school?
- Nathan Yu studied at Dartmouth College (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science); The Wharton School (Management and Technology Summer Institue); Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics (High School, Advanced Studies).
Same school
Also attended Dartmouth College574
Scott SandellExecutive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at NEAJames DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis VenturesBen RobbinsInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Mounisha AnumoluInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Ren RileyAdvisor at Oak Investment PartnersJeffrey PaineFounding Partner at Golden Gate Ventures
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Also attended The Wharton School2,000
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesSarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKunal BahlCo-founder of Snapdeal; co-founder of Titan CapitalJack AbrahamFounder, CEO & Managing Partner of Atomic
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Also attended Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics2
Shared employers
Also worked at Microsoft1,854
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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Also worked at Amazon Lab12627
Kevin TuPartner at DFJBeliz GunelExperts | Advisor at 212Alibek DostiyarovInvestor at FEBE VenturesBryan BalinInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsMichelle McHarguePartner at Costanoa VenturesVaidehi BhandariSenior Manager, Portfolio Development at Lam Capital
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Also worked at Northrop Grumman85
Peter SpasovCo-President at Marlin Equity PartnersJeff PetersPartner at Ibex InvestorsDan KultranCo-Founder & CEO, Claros at Red Cell IncubationJJ AghaChief Information Security Officer & SVP, IT at Asymmetric Capital PartnersFelix ShpilmanVenture Partner at Moses CapitalHrach SimonianAdvisor at Driven
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Also worked at University of Oklahoma10
Sarah PappasSocial Media Strategist at Curate CapitalAaron WebsterManaging Partner at Cameron VenturesHunter MeisterBusiness Development Manager at Infinity Capital PartnersKristin GarciaEcosystem Advisor at Cortado VenturesAbigail RozenblitTechnology Energy Transition Expert at TechEnergy VenturesTom RayFounder at Mindstate Design Labs
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