Qingyun Cao
InvestorVenture Partner at iFly.vc
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $10K – $1M checks · typically $400K
About
Qingyun Cao founded Silicon Valley Vector, a tech and investment media platform based in the Bay Area, and serves as Venture Partner at iFly.VC. He previously worked as a U.S. Senior Economics Correspondent at China Central Television and as Bureau Chief in Mexico, and has contributed to the Financial Times. Cao is trilingual in Chinese, English, and Spanish.
Experience
- Silicon Valley VectorFoundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- iFly.vcVenture Partnercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Bank of China USAStrategy&Research2022 — 2023New York City Metropolitan Area
- China Central TelevisionSenior U.S. Economics Correspondent2015 — 2019Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- China Central TelevisionBureau Chief of Mexico2010 — 2015Mexico
Education
- The Wharton SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Business Analytics and Entrepreneurial Management2019 — 2021
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Sloan Fellows MBA 20202019
- Beijing Foreign Studies UniversityMaster of Arts (M.A.)
- Nanjing UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Skills & more
Microsoft Excel1Microsoft Office1SQLPYTHONGeneral Management1LeadershipNegotiationEntrepreneurship4Venture Financing1Strategic Communications5Business Strategy3Business Development2
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BrandingMarketingInternational RelationsProject ManagementBusiness AnalyticsFinancial AccountingCorporate FinanceFinanceStorytellingIntercultural CommunicationCross-functional Team LeadershipStrategic NegotiationsLanguages Chinese · English · Spanish
- Leading at a Distance — LinkedIn
From Qingyun's professional profile.
Colleagues at iFly.vc
Aayush Phumbhra
Investor at Streamlined Ventures
Alfred Chu
Managing Partner, Starlite Investment Group at iFly.vc
Brian Goodall
Founder, First Garden City Consulting at iFly.vc
Danny Bin
Head of Private Market Technology, Principal Asset Management at iFly.vc
Eric Johnson
VP of Product, Modular A at iFly.vc
Free Wu
Founder, Welight Capital at iFly.vc
Han Shen
Founding Partner at iFly.vc
Hernán Fernández
Managing Partner, Angel Ventures at iFly.vc
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Qingyun Cao work?
- Qingyun Cao is Venture Partner at iFly.vc.
- What check size does Qingyun Cao write?
- Qingyun Cao typically writes checks of $10K – $1M.
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