Wilson Kyi
InvestorPartner at Basis Set Ventures
San Francisco, California
Writes $2M – $3M checks · typically $2M
About
Wilson Kyi targets AI mafias—tight-knit spinoff teams from leading AI companies—using operator experience scaling Square, DiDi and CloudKitchens to help early go-to-market and business-model experiments; he co-hosts Fish Sauce.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Experience
- Basis SetPartnercurrent2021 — present
- AtomsFounding Team, New Business2019 — 2021
- DiDiFounding Team, DiDi Food2018 — 2019Latin America, China
- Fifth WallVenture Investor2017Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- SquareGrowth and Product2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- IBMStrategy & Product2012 — 2014New York, Chicago, Boston, Miami, India
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolMBA, Entrepreneurship
- University of Southern CaliforniaBS, Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Peking UniversityExchange Program
Skills & more
Global Expansion10Venture Capital14Product Management11Sales Operations8Management Consulting30Marketing8Financial Modeling9Market Research12Mergers & Acquisitions8Data Analysis31Finance9Business Strategy12
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Financial AnalysisCorporate FinanceProject ManagementEntrepreneurshipSocial MediaResearchSocial Media MarketingEconomicsGeneral ManagementStrategyStrategic PlanningLeadershipLanguages Chinese - Cantonese · Chinese - Mandarin · English · Spanish
- Real Estate License — CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
From Wilson's professional profile.
Colleagues at Basis Set Ventures
Catherine Stewart
Venture Partner at Basis Set Ventures
Chang Xu
Partner at Basis Set Ventures
Ding Zhou
Head of Content Engineering at Snap, Inc. at SignalFire
Dr. Lan Xuezhao
Founder & Partner at Basis Set Ventures
Eduardo Fonseca
Technical Advisor at Basis Set Ventures
Fahad Noor
Staff Engineer at Basis Set Ventures
Ian Wong
Technical Advisor at Basis Set Ventures
Ingrid Chen
Controller & Partner at Basis Set Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Wilson Kyi work?
- Wilson Kyi is Partner at Basis Set Ventures.
- What does Wilson Kyi invest in?
- Wilson Kyi invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, SaaS.
- What check size does Wilson Kyi write?
- Wilson Kyi typically writes checks of $2M – $3M.
Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School1,969
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter Capital; architect of Invest America; BG2 co-hostAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins
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Also attended University of Southern California474
Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesVojtech HornaInvestor at Index VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark CapitalErica BresciaManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesDylan PearcePartner at Greycroft
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Also attended Peking University136
Erica WuInvestment Director at Intel CapitalGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesLucy BradyHead of Product at Giant Ventures Global LlpLuke TangManaging Partner at G Vision CapitalJonathan BarekChief Operating Officer at Next47Raaj RayatPrincipal at AirTree Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Atoms14
Charlotte HowardInvestor at Index VenturesMerritt HummerInvestor at Bain Capital VenturesGautam GuptaCo-Founder & Venture Partner at BA CapitalCloë StanbridgeTalent Lead at AirTree VenturesViplav SharmaPartner, Associate General Counsel at RTP GlobalCharly MwangiPartner at Eclipse Ventures
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Also worked at DiDi10
James ChenVenture Partner at Foothill VenturesJames ChanCFO at Breakout VenturesLaurens GroenendijkFounding Partner at DFF VenturesMinhao ChenMentor at Lair East LabsJimmy (Jin) LinManaging Director at Cipholio VenturesShervin PishevarInvestor at Craft Ventures
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Also worked at Fifth Wall42
Agustina Soriano SergiSenior Associate — Ventures at Energize VenturesJulie McCrimliskInvestor at Illuminate FinancialAdam DemuyakorFounder & Managing Partner at Wilshire Lane CapitalJeff FlynnDirector at Citi VenturesBrad GreiweCo-Founder and Chairman at Fifth WallBrendan WallaceCEO and CIO at Fifth Wall
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Also worked at Square77
Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of VardaClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow VenturesSaket SrivastavaInvestor at Foundation CapitalJustin LiuVice President at Sapphire VenturesAnne FoorInvestor at Khosla Ventures
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