Investing Profile

Zhen Cao(83)

Investor

Partner - Crypto Fund at Republic

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Zhen Cao's investing connections

Connected to 9 investors on Signal.

Networks Zhen is a member of

Stanford University Network

1410 CONNECTIONS

University of California, Berkeley Network

757 CONNECTIONS

New York University Network

226 CONNECTIONS

Angel Investor Network

196 CONNECTIONS

Republic Network

83 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

First Republic Bank Partner

Investments On Record

Zhen Cao's Investments On Record (7)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Karmaverse	SeedFeb 2022$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX)
STEPN	SeedJan 2022$5M	$10M
Co-investors: Latif Peracha (M13), Santiago Roel Santos (Skyline Capital Partners), Serj Bez (Unknown Ventures)
Ancient8	SeedJan 2022$4M	$10M
Co-investors: Mia Deng (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Santiago Roel Santos (Skyline Capital Partners), Paul Veradittakit (Saison Capital / Bessemer Ventures (Intern) / Pantera Capital), Richard Ma (Quantstamp, Inc.), Lia Zhang (Stripes Group)
P0x Labs	SeedOct 2021$6M	$31M
Co-investors: Kevin Hu (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Santiago Roel Santos (Skyline Capital Partners), Austin Barack (CoinFund)
Autonomys	SeedJun 2021$5M	$38M
Co-investors: Joey Krug (Pantera Capital)
Star Atlas	Pre SeedFeb 2021
The Graph	Initial Coin OfferingJun 2020$5M	$60M
Co-investors: John Curtius (Tiger Global Management), Spencer Noon (Variant (variant.fund)), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Craig Burel (Reciprocal Ventures), Kyle Samani (Multicoin Capital), Michael Anderson (Framework Ventures), Sean Lippel (FinTech Collective), Sung ho Choi (Self-employed)

most interested in

VR AR AI Blockchain Looking for technology enabling company in VR AR. Would love to see more social function VR companies coming up.

not interested in

We do pre-seed, seed, pre A, and A round.

Zhen Cao's Experience

Partner - Crypto Fund Republic2018 - Present

Investment Director - JLab JD Capital2018 - Present

Gamer MMO RPG Games2003 - Present

Content Development HTC VivePresent

Gamer Alpify (Durcal)Present

Associate Director Alpify (Durcal)Present

Project Manager Alpify (Durcal)Present

Media Lab Researcher NYU SteinhardtPresent

Media Lab Researcher NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human DevelopmentPresent

Chief Cheer Officer Angel InvestorPresent

Partner kmaiPresent

Partner JLAB | JD capital2018 - 2020

Partner, Venture Team JD Capital2018 - 2020

Investment Manager Outpost Capital LLC2016 - 2018

Content Development - Vive Studios HTC Vive2017 - 2017

Media Lab Researcher New York University2015 - 2016

Project Manager Yumao (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.2015 - 2015

Market Research Analyst Volkswagen Group China2014 - 2014

Associate Director CCTV (China Central Television)2013 - 2013

Assistant Director CCTV (China Central Television)2013 - 2013

Zhen Cao's Education

New York University M.A. Tisch School of the Arts, Stern School of Business, Entreprenuership

Zhejiang University of Media and Communications B.A. School of Management

University of California, Berkeley Certificate in Finance

Stanford University Summer Session Business Statistics, Product Design

Zhejiang University of Media and Communications B.A. School of Management, Media Creativity , GPA 3.75

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