Allen Duan

General Partner

2017

Launched the New York office with a focus on scaling and growing the global B Capital Group investment portfolio and positioning the teams for subsequent financing and M&A exits. Aligning with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) offices around the world to drive growth acceleration across our investments.

Board Director

2019

Fishbrain is the leading vertical social network for anglers, addressing the passionate users that comprise the world’s largest hobby -- dedicated to sportfishing with over 12M registered users globally. The FishBrain app is free and can be downloaded for Android devices at https://www.fishbrain.com/googleplay and for iOS devices at https://www.fishbrain.com/appstore.

Board Observer

2023

Investor

2014

The culmination of winemaker Richard Luftig's 20 years of experience as a sommelier and professional wine buyer in New York City ... affordable, high quality Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc from Sonoma, CA -- http://www.piedaterrewine.com/index.html

Board Director

2022 - 2023

Journera is a travel technology company. We partner with travel providers, marketers, and technologists to bring together a real-time view of a traveler’s journey. With the secure and private exchange of shared customer data, we elevate travel experiences, strengthen loyalty, increase direct engagement, and facilitate operational efficiencies.

Board Director

2018 - 2022

[ACQUIRED by Mad Street Den] Enterprise SaaS Inventory Disposition Platform and Marketplace: Optimizing global inventory disposition for the Multi-Trillion Dollar Retail Industry to recover more capital faster while ensuring channel protection.

Board Director

2019 - 2020

SchoolCare partners with K-12 school nurse offices to seamlessly connect children and their families to healthcare services.

Senior Vice President, Corporate Technology

2013 - 2017

Head of the cross functional Corporate Technology team of software engineering, user experience, product management, business development, strategic planning, procurement, and analytics leads. Responsible for 120+ technology product initiatives and deals to foster innovation in wireless, video, advertising, audience, machine learning, data/analytics, and related industries representing over $80M in annual revenue and savings. • Lead the Native and Emerging Technologies Engineering team covering Voice Technologies across Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, VR / 360 Video experiences, OTT applications, and IoT solutions. • Spearheading partnerships with major distribution and monetization platforms, establishing Hearst as a primary partner in new market opportunities including Amazon Alexa, Apple News, Facebook Audience Network and Instant Articles, Google AMP and ADX, Instagram, Oculus VR, One by AOL, YouTube, etc. • Driving business value and insights through key relationships with Adobe, AWS, comScore, Fastly, New Relic, Nielsen, Salesforce, Slack, Tableau, and others. • Defined new business line and co-launched Hearst’s CoreAudience programmatic advertising team across 48 digital mobile, web and video properties representing $100M+ in new revenue opportunities. • Sourced, negotiated and closed Branchout M&A acquisition of 12 full stack software development engineers, product managers and user experience managers. Hearst spans over 350 businesses – including Car & Driver, Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Fitch Ratings, Hearst Health, Hearst TV, iCrossing, SF Chronicle and investments in A+E, AwesomenessTV, Buzzfeed, Complex Networks, ESPN, Refinery29, Roku, Snapchat Sweet, Spartan Race, Vice, and others.

Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development

2008 - 2013

Spearheaded strategy and corporate development acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, and strategic alliances at Viacom. Established the San Francisco office in order to align with entrepreneurs, VCs, and leading technology companies that foster innovation in wireless, social media, advertising, e-commerce and related industries. While at MTV Networks, responsible for strategy and revenue generation through digital partnerships (wireless, carriers, paid search, online syndication partners, PCs, game consoles) With 160 media networks reaching ~700 million global subscribers, Viacom's leading brands include Paramount Pictures, MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, BET, CENTRIC, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nick at Nite, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV Land, Spike TV and Tr3s.

Senior Director, Corporate Development and M&A

2004 - 2008

Corporate Development, M&A, Strategic Planning, Executive Projects. • Managed the $260M+ acquisition of Gracenote, Inc. (global leader in music and video metadata services) by leading the structuring, valuation and due diligence teams as well as spearheading the multi-divisional strategic planning. • Created strategic plans and business model while facilitating development activities for video content distribution to PlayStation Network service in conjunction with teams from the US, Europe and Japan. • Initiated and led a team of cross-Sony wireless divisions in preparing a multi-disciplinary plan to pursue a new $1.6B business opportunity that received endorsement and executive sponsorship from the CTO. • Conducted corporate oversight financial analysis for M&A transactions, such as the acquisition of CFM (transportation management services) by Sony Entertainment Manufacturing and Distribution as well as the divestiture of StreamMan to Real Networks.