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Vu Tran

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Investor at Surf Club VC · Founder at Framebase

Seattle

FoundedFramebase · YC

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About

A technical YC alumnus and co-founder of Surf Club VC.

Founder at FramebaseYC S12

Intro paths

YC

Vu went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Vu can intro founders to Framebase's investors below.

Framebase's investors · 6

Anvil CapitalBostonCreative HQ — The IncubatorWellingtonInitialized CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksPear VCSan Francisco · $150K – $4M checksStreamlined VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2012

Co-founders at Framebase

TMTyler Menezes
Tyler MenezesFounder
PCPaul Cretu
Paul CretuFounder
DTDavid Tyler
David TylerFounder

Experience

  1. OpendoorChief AI Officercurrent2026 — present
  2. MetaMeta Superintelligence Labscurrent2025 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  3. Surf Club VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2021 — presentHonolulu, Hawaii, United States
  4. Boba.VideoCEO / AI2023 — 2026
  5. Snap Inc.Head of Snap Maps2018 — 2023New York City Metropolitan Area
  6. Postmates Inc.Buyer Consumer Lead2017 — 2018
  7. SlideMail, Inc.Founder, CEO (YC S14)2014 — 2017
  8. TapIn.tvCo-founder (YC S12)2012 — 2013San Francisco
  9. HasOffersSenior Mobile Application Engineer2012Greater Seattle Area
  10. EssenceTech Lead2011 — 2012
  11. SRNDChief Operating Officer2010 — 2011Bellevue, WA
  12. General UITech Lead2010 — 2011Seattle, Wa

Skills & more

Web Development5Software Development4Mobile Devices9Social Media5Online Marketing2User Interface Design1Web Design1Programming1CassandraEC2Start-ups2Entrepreneurship3
+12 moreFundraisingJavaScriptAndroidPythonjQueryAmazon Web Services (AWS)PhotoshopObjective-CCSSPHPHTML 5HTML

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Colleagues at Surf Club VC

Josh Leong
Investor at Surf Club VC
Zack Kim
Investor at Surf Club VC

Frequently asked questions

Who is Vu Tran?
A technical YC alumnus and co-founder of Surf Club VC.
Where does Vu Tran work?
Vu Tran is Founder of Framebase and at Surf Club VC.
What companies did Vu Tran found?
Vu Tran founded Framebase.
Where did Vu Tran go to school?
Vu Tran studied at University of Washington.

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