TC

Tony Chao

HardTech VC

Menlo Park, California

VC

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Series A

Sectors:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $3,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $500,000.00

Skills

Java
Salesforce.com
Venture Capital
Mandarin
New Business Development
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Start-ups
Corporate Development
Strategy
Investments
Mergers & Acquisitions
Product Management
Competitive Analysis
Cross-border Transactions
China Business Development
Business Development
Financial Modeling
C (Programming Language)

Education

Investments

Celestial AI

Seed

Total Funding: $330M

Lightforce Orthodontics

Series B

Total Funding: $150M

Ayar Labs

Series C

Total Funding: $270M

Tendo Technologies

Seed

Total Funding:

Vence

Series A

Total Funding: $17M

Playnitride

Series E

Total Funding: $52M

Rayvio

Series B

Total Funding: $40M

Work Experience

Tyche Partners

2018

  • Partner

    2018

Harvard Business School (HBS) Association of Northern California

2019 - 2021

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2019 - 2021

Applied Materials

2007 - 2018

  • Applied Ventures - General Manager, Senior Investment Director

    2007 - 2018

  • China Corporate Development Manager

    2010 - 2012

Mustang Ventures

2006 - 2006

  • Investment Associate

    2006 - 2006

Cymfony

2002 - 2005

  • Director of Application Engineering

    2002 - 2005

Putnam Investments

2002 - 2002

  • Systems Consultant

    2002 - 2002

LOBBY7

2000 - 2001

  • Developer

    2000 - 2001