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886 people in our graph share verified history with Sean — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Akshat GoenkaunlockedSean: together at Y Combinator (2017)
×2Sean: together at Zynga
×3Sean: together at Stanford University Graduate School of Business
×3Sean: together at Y Combinator
About
Sean Fu is the founder and CEO of Gravie Links and a YCombinator alumnus. He previously founded Terark, which was acquired by ByteDance, and UWorks, which was acquired by Zhubajie, and has held positions at Microsoft, Yahoo, and Zynga. He holds an MBA from Tsinghua University and participated in an exchange program at Stanford.
Founder/CEO at TerarkYC W17
Intro paths
YC
Sean went through Y Combinator (Winter 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at Terark
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Peng LeiFounder
Experience
- Gravie LinksFounder, CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area / Beijing
- Self-employedStarup advisor, angel investor2019 — 2023Beijing, China
- TerarkFounder, CEO2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area, Beijing
- UWorksCo-Founder, COO2014 — 2016Beijing City, China
- ZyngaProduct Manager2012 — 2013
- Yahoo!Lead Developer / Product Manager2010 — 2012
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer2008 — 2010
- Microsoft Research AsiaIntern2007Beijing City, China
Skills & more
EntrepreneurshipCommercializationStrategic ConsultingStart-upsBusiness DevelopmentProduct OperationsDevelopment of StrategyStrategic Decision MakingGeneral ManagementTMTCooperation
Languages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sean Fu?
- Sean Fu is the founder and CEO of Gravie Links and a YCombinator alumnus. He previously founded Terark, which was acquired by ByteDance, and UWorks, which was acquired by Zhubajie, and has held positions at Microsoft, Yahoo, and Zynga. He holds an MBA from Tsinghua University and participated in an exchange program at Stanford.
- Where does Sean Fu work?
- Sean Fu is Founder/CEO of Terark.
- What companies did Sean Fu found?
- Sean Fu founded Terark.
- Where did Sean Fu go to school?
- Sean Fu studied at Tsinghua University (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management); Stanford University Graduate School of Business; YCombinator.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business mafia748
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Steve JurvetsonMaster of Business Administration (MBA)Founded Future Ventures +1Theresia GouwMBAFounded EarlyTony XuMBAFounded DoorDashDavid VélezMBAFounded Nubank +1IanMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)Founded Apex Technology +3Matt RouifStanford Ignite (Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship)Founded Photoroom +3
+ 741 more
Tsinghua University mafia106
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Adrien CohenMBAFounded Lazada +1Ng Yi YingDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Founded Allsome +1Alice DengStudy AbroadFounded Slope +1Ray LiaoBachelor’s DegreeFounded Empallo +1Konstantin KlinglerMaster of Science - MSFounded Seamflow +1Tim ShiBachelor's DegreeFounded Cresta +1
+ 99 more
Zynga mafia59
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Iansuperlabs (acquired) - Founder, Director of ProductFounded Apex Technology +2Andrew BuseyVP / GM, Zynga AustinFounded Hypergiant +2Robin ChanGeneral Manager, Asia Business OperationsFounded Goat Capital +2Amitt MahajanDirector of EngineeringFounded Rare Bits +1Robin ChanGeneral Manager, Asia Business OperationsFounded Operator +1Mohan ReddyCTO/Technology LeaderFounded SkyHive +1
+ 52 more
Dalian University of Technology mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Tsinghua University310
Zhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalVinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate VenturesTed BreyerPartner at Breyer CapitalAlexander KremerPartner at Keen Venture PartnersCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalSong MaoManaging Director, China at Qualcomm Ventures
+ 304 more
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business2,000
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewScott SandellExecutive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at NEALaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG
+ 1,994 more
Also attended YCombinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Dalian University of Technology12
Giuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesKyle ZhangFinance & Fund Operations Analyst at The Spartan GroupJianwei YuanPartner at Vertex Ventures ChinaJacky ChenGeneral Partner at Archangel Network of FundsMartina Nan ChenExecutive Director at Galdana VenturesYuzhe YanFounder at LogisticsOS
+ 6 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Terark1
Also worked at Zynga117
Nabeel HyattInvestor helping founders and working on AI that enables human creativity and agencyMasoud AdinaHead of Compliance at GreycroftVlad LoktevInvestor at Index VenturesEmily MoskowitzEntrepreneur in Residence at Storm VenturesLinus LiangFounder and Managing Partner at Kyber Knight CapitalNiha GottiparthyInvestor at EMERGENT VENTURES
+ 111 more
Also worked at Yahoo!519
Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal FoundationStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCAmjad MasadCo-founder & CEO of Replit
+ 513 more
Also worked at Microsoft2,000
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
+ 1,994 more