Mickey Du
CEO at Brewbird
San Francisco, California
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Education
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
(2013 - 2015)
High School
Palo Alto High School
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Work Experience
2021
Chief Executive Officer
2021
Sequoia and Maveron-backed company reinventing single-serve coffee for the world's leading businesses
2013
Investor
2013
Early stage angel / advisor to consumer + emerging technology companies. Advisor / angel: • Brewbird (2018): sustainable + delicious coffee. Syndicated and was lead investor in seed raise; worked closely with CEO / founder to define vision, articulate strategy, and raise capital. • Modern Meadow (2013): sustainable, next-gen biofabricated materials platform. Company has raised $250m+ • Onebrief (2020): vertical SaaS company that makes military planning fast, collaborative, and efficient. Investor and advisor since friends and family raise; helped company define go-to-market process, strategy, and fundraising process. Angel: • Tartine (2018; investor in first institutional round): artisanal and upscale bakery and coffee retailer with category-leading sales / sq ft • Tone / SaveMySales (2019; seed investor): SMS messaging platform for businesses. Acquired by Attentive (2021) • Boom Sports (2017; pre-seed investor): consumer sports + gaming platform. Secondary: • Discord (2018): social gaming and communication platform • Airbnb (2019): consumer hospitality marketplace
2018 - 2021
Venture Capitalist
2018 - 2021
Helped start first-time VC fund, backing founders at Seed / Series A. Worked with a 12-year GP with top 1% VC industry returns
2016 - 2018
Product Manager
2016 - 2018
Led an amazing team of engineers, designers working on credit + debt products at NerdWallet, as well as the marketplace monetization product team. Scaled from $50 million to $150 million+ annualized revenue in <2 years
2014 - 2014
Investment Team
2014 - 2014
Worked with consumer investment team and partner at a16z as an intern during MBA. Product / thematic deep-dives of China-US products (WeChat, Baidu etc.)
2011 - 2013
Venture Capitalist
2011 - 2013
$4 Billion AUM VC fund founded by ex-Google China CEO, Kai-Fu Lee. Joined before $180M Fund I had closed. Founded / headed up $30 million US seed fund, based in San Francisco and focused on consumer / prosumer investments. - First employee in the US - led seed fund; sourced and invested in inaugural investments in the US: Vurb (acquired by Snap Inc. in 2016), Distill (acquired by Yahoo in 2014), Kamcord (acquired by Lyft) - Co-led fundraising effort alongside GP and Partner - raised an oversubscribed, $275 million USD fund in 6 months
2009 - 2011
Corporate Finance/Strategy
2009 - 2011
Diageo: $100Bn market cap multinational CPG company that owns brands such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Guinness, Baileys etc. Drove digital transformation and pricing strategy. Acquired and divested multiple alcohol brands / wineries via M&A.
2008 - 2008
Investment Banking Division
2008 - 2008
TMT industry. Worked on Nasdaq IPO offering.