Dave Lu

Over the past decade, I've been curating and building a community of Asian-American founders in Silicon Valley. What started out as a small dinner has grown into a network of creators and builders. From Emmy award winners to New York Times bestsellers to CEOs of public companies, we have always supported one another. But during that time, I've felt that we could be doing more. More to tangibly help new Asian-American founders who want to take that leap but can't find the support or capital because they have no network or access. That changes today as I'm excited to announce that I'm launching a syndicate called Hyphen Capital to invest in the next generation of Asian-American founders. Our focus will be on helping pre-seed companies, because that's when it can make a huge difference in a founder's trajectory, as well as access to our amazing network. If you or someone you know is an Asian-American who has a big idea that you've been dying to work on, please reach out or share this article!

Special thanks to my friends and now LPs: Edward Kim (co-founder of Gusto), Kevin Chou (co-founder Kabam), Patrick Lee (co-founder of Rotten Tomatoes), Sam Yam (co-founder of Patreon), Albert Lee (co-founder of MyFitnessPal) and many others.

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