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Ming Duan

Builder, investor

New York, New York

Investor
VC

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Pre-seed

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Market Research
Secondary Research
Data Analysis
Private Equity
Financial Modeling
Competitive Intelligence
Due Diligence
Valuation
Competitive Analysis
Qualitative Research
Market Intelligence
Primary Research
SQL
Blockchain
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
JavaScript
Venture Capital
Entrepreneurship
Fundraising

Education

Lists including Ming

AM
AR
AG
AH

Based in NYC

2600 people

AM
AT
AS
AR

All Seed Investors

19695 people

AT
AE
AE
AL

All Pre-Seed Investors

7974 people

Work Experience

FC
Fenbushi Capital

2019

  • Partner

    2019

    Led investments in: Blockdaemon seed, Yellow Card seed, Flashbots seed, Arbitrum seed, ConsenSys seed, Coinlist A and many more

AV
Argonautic Ventures

2021

  • Partner

    2021

U
Umee

2022

  • Cofounder and COO

    2022

W
WeWork

2016 - 2018

  • Market Expansion

    2016 - 2018

    Led market launch efforts in Asia. Responsibilities and accomplishments include: • Fundraise, M&A • $480M acquisition of NakedHub • Strategic planning: sales and operations

SF
Star Farm Ventures

2015 - 2015

  • Investment Analyst

    2015 - 2015

    Seed investor in WeWork

ES
Endeavor South Africa

2015 - 2015

  • Investment Analyst

    2015 - 2015

James & Hina Capital Management

2012 - 2014

  • Director

    2013 - 2014

    Managed private equity fund focused on late stage ventures

  • Investment Manager

    2012 - 2013