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Gideon Yu

North America, California, United States, San Francisco

Description

Gideon is currently a General Partner at Khosla Ventures. Previously, Gideon was the Chief Finan...

Investor Profile

Gideon Yu has backed more than 8 startups, with 0 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 0 rounds, about 0% of its total and boasts 7 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Series A, Seed, Series B rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States.
  • Strong thematic focus on Software, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning.

Stage Focus

  • Series A (50%)
  • Seed (25%)
  • Series B (13%)
  • Debt Financing (13%)

Country Focus

  • United States (100%)

Industry Focus

  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Machine Learning
  • Mobile
  • Marketplace
  • Property Development
  • Property Management
  • Proptech
  • Real Estate
  • Environmental Engineering
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Who does Gideon Yu frequently co-invest with?

Chang Corporation
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 1
Felicis
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 1
EVA Automation
North America, California, United States, Redwood City
Co-Investments: 1
SV Angel
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 3
SierraMaya360
North America, California, United States, Los Angeles
Co-Investments: 1
Accel
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Co-Investments: 2
GW
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Resolute Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Initialized Capital
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Khosla Ventures
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 1

Which angels does Gideon Yu often collaborate with?

Dan Rose
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Shared Deals: 1
David King
North America, Georgia, United States, Atlanta
Shared Deals: 1
AL
North America, California, United States
Shared Deals: 1
AO
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
BG
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
David O. Sacks
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
NR
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
CC
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
Dave Morin
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
AS
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Gideon Yu?

280 Earth

Mountain View, California, United States

280 Earth manufactures Direct Air Capture systems to extract CO2 permanently from the atmosphere.

Environmental EngineeringIndustrial ManufacturingManufacturingSoftwareSustainability
Series BMay 20, 2024
Amount Raised: $50,000,000
Opendoor

San Francisco, California, United States

Opendoor is a real estate technology company that simplifies the process of buying and selling homes.

MarketplaceProperty DevelopmentProperty ManagementPropTechReal Estate
Series AJul 8, 2014
Amount Raised: $9,950,000
Amitree

San Francisco, California, United States

Amitree transforms the chaos of business email into an AI-powered deal organizer, project manager, and virtual assistant.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)EmailProductivity ToolsSaaS
SeedJan 8, 2014
Amount Raised: $2,700,000
Sparks

California City, California, United States

Sparks develops a platform that enables users to create memes on mobile.

E-CommerceMessagingMobile
SeedOct 1, 2013
Amount Raised: $2,300,000
Hitpost

San Francisco, California, United States

Hitpost is an application developer for sports fans that allows fans to connect and compete online.

LocalMobilePhotographySocial MediaSports
Debt FinancingJan 1, 2010
Luminate

Mountain View, California, United States

Luminate provides an image advertising and related content platform that combines computer vision, machine learning, and crowd-sourcing.

AdvertisingContentCrowdsourcingInternetMachine Learning
Series AMar 24, 2009
Amount Raised: $5,750,000
Cloudera

Santa Clara, California, United States

Cloudera is a software development company that offers data management and cloud-native data analytic solutions.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingData GovernanceData ManagementEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechMachine LearningSoftware
Series AMar 16, 2009
Amount Raised: $5,000,000
Vobile

Santa Clara, California, United States

Vobile offers complete solutions to protect, measure, and monetize the best movies and TV content across the Internet and on all screens.

Digital EntertainmentInformation TechnologyVideo
Series AJun 1, 2007
Amount Raised: $7,000,000