Wayne Hu
Partner
Venture Partner, Cocoon Ignite Ventures. Wharton MBA.
Our team
Investors, founders, operators and subject matter experts who help early-stage companies get started, position themselves to raise capital and accelerate.
Tess Hau
Founder and General Partner
Investor and advisor to deep tech companies and extraordinary technical founders. Former COO of GCBC at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and former advisor to Stanford's Office of Technology Licensing. Named one of Thrive Global’s “Top Women to Watch” (2019).
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Douglas Park
Partner and Fintech Mentor
General Counsel and investor. Harvard; Stanford GSB PhD.
John Lee
Venture Partner
Entrepreneur, investor, speaker and mentor.
Calvin Zhou
Partner
Julija Bainiaksina
AI Partner
Engineer and entrepreneur. PhD in machine learning and NLP.
David Liu
AI Partner
Google, McKinsey, Intel. UC Berkeley.
Adam Giambrone
Partner
VC. MBA. Saudi Arabia and Canada.
Li Sun
Venture Fellow
FTI Consulting.
Mentors
Dr. Stephen Tse
Cryptography and Security Mentor
Startup acquired by Apple. CEO. PhD.
Tony Chen
Biotech Mentor
Entrepreneur, CEO and angel investor.
Jessica Chao
Health Tech Mentor
Investor. UCSF Innovation Director.
Paul Chen
Health Tech Mentor
VC at Alibaba. CEO. Harvard; Stanford MBA.
Ada Jonuse
Health Tech Mentor
Founder and CEO. Public policy, Europe.
John Cornelis Corcoran
Product Growth and Design Mentor
Early growth lead at Parachute, Freebird, Recovery Brands and SFOX.
Kelsey Morgan
Consumer Tech Mentor
VC. Harvard MBA. Techstars.
Clara Chow
Edtech and CPG Tech Mentor
Chief Product Officer. Stanford MBA.
Brian Ma
Property Tech Mentor
Southeast Asia investor. Startup acquired by eBay.
Jonathan Ip
Legal Tech Mentor
Investor and legal counsel. Osgoode.
Milojko Mickey Spajic
Fintech Mentor
VC. Goldman Sachs. Tsinghua University.
Vivian Cheng
Fintech Mentor
VC. Uber.
Ray Pulungan
Fintech and Indonesia Mentor
CEO of Pintar. PE investor, Monk's Hill VC. Stanford MBA, Harvard, Yale.
Wilson Kwan
Finance Mentor
CPA, fractional CFO and deal advisory. Former PwC Director.
Work with us
Mentors
Built a company, raised money and scaled? Help technical founders avoid the mistakes you made.
Brain Trust
Trusted advisors who guide how Tess Ventures champions ground-breaking companies.
Ambassadors
Industry experts who introduce Tess Ventures to founders and investors. We advocate for our Ambassadors in return.