Tony Huang
Managing Partner at K2 Venture Finance
San Francisco Bay Area
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Advisory Board and Investment Committee Member
2018
Venture and growth debt fund for South East Asia market
2014
Partner
2014
Corporate development advisory with emphasis on cross-border (US & Korea) M&A and private placement transactions
Managing Partner
2019
Venture and growth debt fund for bootstrapped and venture backed emerging growth companies
2016 - 2018
Partner
2016 - 2018
Multi-family office investing in seed stage deep-tech companies in Asia and US
2012 - 2016
Partner
2012 - 2016
• Early stage cross-border VC fund • $1B AUM across 9 funds • Led investments in Percolata, ThinkBig Analytics, Wallaby Financial, Kloudless, Synthego • BOD and observer roles at Critical Path, Quixey, Penske Media Corp., and Ooma
2008 - 2012
Vice President
2008 - 2012
• Originally established as Velocity Financial Group (VFG) in 2007 • Sponsored by American Capital Ltd and capitalized with $500M in committed capital • Established Velocity’s Silicon Valley operation in 2008 • Led all investments activities on the West Coast • VFG joined forces with NXT Capital in 11/2011 to form NXT Capital Venture Finance
2005 - 2007
Vice President of Corporate Development
2005 - 2007
• Inventor of the AsanteTalk Ethernet to local port bridge adapter for Macs • Founded in 1988 • NASDAQ IPO 1992 • Delisted and reverse merged with TechnoConcepts (TCPS.PK) • Managed investor relations and raised capital through PIPE • Exited through asset sale to UIC in Taiwan
1995 - 2004
Director - International Venture Capital & Strategic Alliances
1995 - 2004
• Deployed over $300M venture debt to over 200 early and growth stage tech companies • Led LP investments in 25 VC funds • Formed and managed strategic alliances and joint ventures across APAC including KTB Incubator in Korea, Aozora Bank in Japan, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank in China, among others • Direct investments, including the Bank's first investment in China - Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) • Raised equity funding for numerous SVB clients • Served as the single point of contact for SVB for all in-bound and outbound APAC related capital markets, market entry, and business development activities • Managed SVB's market development activities and network of startups and VC relationships across APAC.