Sherman Lee
InvestorInvestor at Deep Ventures
San Francisco, California
Writes $100K – $500K checks · typically $300K
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About
Sherman Lee is a co-founder of Raven Protocol, a decentralized and distributed AI/ML training platform that is open-sourced on GitHub, supported by Mozilla Builders grant funding, and venture backed. He is a partner at Deep Ventures and an angel investor focused on AI training infrastructure, spanning hardware, software, edge devices, cloud infrastructure, data encryption, distributed training algorithms, and blockchain. Lee previously served as a partner at Zeroth.AI, which partnered with Softbank's Deepcore AI fund and was acquired by Animoca Brands, and he advises companies including Animoca Brands, Polkadex, Numbers Protocol, UTU, Revv by F1, Gamee, 3D Gamers Guild, and Interverse.
Experience
- Raven ProtocolCo-foundercurrent2017 — presentHong Kong SAR
- Deep VenturesCo-foundercurrent2020 — presentDecentralized
- Cluster CapitalLimited Partnercurrent2017 — presentDecentralized
- Zeroth.aiPartner (Acquired)2018 — 2020Hong Kong
- Rocco AICo-founder2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area and Hong Kong
- Good Audience: Featuring the Rising Stars of Deep TechCo-founder (Techstars London 2014)2013 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- SuperbDirector, Product Management and User Experience2012San Francisco Bay Area
- YahooSr. Product Manager2011 — 2012Sunnyvale, California, USA
- YahooSoftware Engineer2007 — 2010Sunnyvale, California, USA
- Ask.comSoftware Engineer2006 — 2007Oakland, California, USA
- Yahoo!Software Engineer Intern2005Sunnyvale, California, USA
Skills & more
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sherman Lee?
- Sherman Lee is a co-founder of Raven Protocol, a decentralized and distributed AI/ML training platform that is open-sourced on GitHub, supported by Mozilla Builders grant funding, and venture backed. He is a partner at Deep Ventures and an angel investor focused on AI training infrastructure, spanning hardware, software, edge devices, cloud infrastructure, data encryption, distributed training algorithms, and blockchain. Lee previously served as a partner at Zeroth.AI, which partnered with Softbank's Deepcore AI fund and was acquired by Animoca Brands, and he advises companies including Animoca Brands, Polkadex, Numbers Protocol, UTU, Revv by F1, Gamee, 3D Gamers Guild, and Interverse.
- Where does Sherman Lee work?
- Sherman Lee is Investor at Deep Ventures.
- What check size does Sherman Lee write?
- Sherman Lee typically writes checks of $100K – $500K.
- Where did Sherman Lee go to school?
- Sherman Lee studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelors, Computer Science and Linguistics).
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