Investing Profile

Dave Lu(398)

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Managing Partner at Hyphen Capital. Co-founder at Expo.

hyphencap.comSan Francisco, California
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45 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Pete Flint (NFX), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 42 other investors on Signal.

Networks Dave is a member of
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network
233 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network
233 CONNECTIONS
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Network
160 CONNECTIONS
The Wharton School Network
63 CONNECTIONS
Yahoo! Network
46 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Hyphen Capital Investor
Investment Range
$100K - $3.0M
Sweet Spot
$250K
Investments On Record
2

Dave Lu is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Dave Lu's Investments On Record (2)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Persona
Series BMay 2021$50M
$220M
Co-investors: Andy Chen (Coatue), Napoleon Ta (Founders Fund), Mark Goldberg (Index Ventures), Kyle Harrison (Contrary Capital), Andreas Guldin (Emil Capital Partners), Scott Belsky
Italic
Series BApr 2021
$15M
Co-investors: Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Jason Yeh (Patron), Matthew Kaness (Flexsteel Industries Inc.), Charlie Songhurst (Acequia Capital), Ben Mathews (Night Ventures), Maximilian Niederhofer (Heartcore Capital), Daniel Gulati (Treble Capital), Scott Belsky

Dave Lu's Experience

Advisory Board Member, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Smithsonian Institution2022 - Present
Co-Organizer Stand with Asian Americans2021 - Present
Member YPO2021 - Present
Founder and Managing Partner Hyphen Capital2020 - Present
Co-founder & President Expo2015 - Present
VP of Marketing Luxe2015 - 2015
CEO and Founder Fanpop2006 - 2015
Product Marketing Manager (Pure Digital Technologies) Cisco2004 - 2006
Senior Manager, Product Strategy eBay2004 - 2004
Product Marketing Manager (MBA Intern) Apple2003 - 2003
Senior Associate Sony Corporation of America2001 - 2002
Product Manager Yahoo!1999 - 2001
Business Analyst Deloitte Consulting1998 - 1999

Dave Lu's Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
The Wharton School Bachelor’s Degree
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School BS Finance and Strategic Management
Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA