Thomas Pun
FounderFounder at Nowmov
Hong Kong
Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K
FoundedNowmov · YC
About
Thomas Pun is a Founding Partner at Fair Engine. He works with early-stage tech startups in areas including team building, product strategy, and fundraising.
Founder at NowmovYC W10
Intro paths
YC
Thomas went through Y Combinator (Winter 2010) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Thomas can intro founders to Nowmov's investors below.
Nowmov's investors · 1
Co-founders at Nowmov
DK
David KelsoFounder
JF
James Felix BlackFounder
Experience
- Fair EngineFounding Partnercurrent2020 — present
- Orange DAOSenior Venture Partner2022 — 2024
- Find RecruiterAdvisor2020 — 2023
- Double - Recruitment ops made easyFounder2021 — 2023
- CASETiFYPeople Ops2021 — 2022
- Hustle FundAngel Squad Member2021 — 2022
- ReapAdvisor2018 — 2021Hong Kong
- GoodNotesSpecial Projects2018 — 2020Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
- GoodNotesAdvisor2016 — 2018Hong Kong
- KipwiseAdvisor2017 — 2019Tallinn, Harjumaa
- WeavaAdvisor2016 — 2019Hong Kong
- HeartisansAdvisor2017 — 2019Hong Kong
- Y CombinatorStartup School Advisor2017 — 2019Online
- Penfield.AIAdvisor2017 — 2018Toronto, Canada Area
- The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyGuest Lecturer2017 — 2018Hong Kong
- ZWC VenturesTechnical Advisor2016 — 2017
- StripeGrowth Consultant2016 — 2017Hong Kong
- FloshipAdvisor2014 — 2017Hong Kong
- DoubleFounder2015 — 2016Hong Kong
- MailTimeAdvisor2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- Hong Kong Entrepreneurs FundVenture Partner2013 — 2014
Skills & more
Objective-CH.26417Video11Multimedia4Video Processing3Video Coding13Video Compression12Software Project Management1Entrepreneurship11Early-stage Startups2Mobile Applications14User Experience9
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Signal ProcessingMobile DevicesStart-upsProduct ManagementSoftware DevelopmentSoftware EngineeringUser Experience (UX)ManagementStrategyGreat QuestionLanguages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Thomas Pun?
- Thomas Pun is a Founding Partner at Fair Engine. He works with early-stage tech startups in areas including team building, product strategy, and fundraising.
- Where does Thomas Pun work?
- Thomas Pun is Founder of Nowmov.
- What check size does Thomas Pun write?
- Thomas Pun typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
- What companies did Thomas Pun found?
- Thomas Pun founded Nowmov.
- Where did Thomas Pun go to school?
- Thomas Pun studied at Stanford University (Master, Electrical Engineering); Y Combinator; The University of British Columbia (Bachelor, Computer Engineering).
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