Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist on What It Takes for Successful Investments | Eugene Zhang

Our guest today is Eugene Zhang, founding partner at #TSVC, a leading early-stage #venturecapital fund in #SiliconValley.

He has led investments in over 200 startups, including Jasper Therapeutics, Carta, and the well-known video conference company Zoom. Eugene only invests in U.S. companies and does not invest in China, and his team’s track record is very impressive. While on average 1 out of every 10,000 startups that are funded reach ‘Unicorn’ status (defined as a startup with a value of $1 billion or more), his team’s portfolio includes 9 unicorns and 5 IPOs (initial public offerings) from the 225 firms they’ve invested in.

Eugene takes us through his early days as an engineer at Amdahl, Sun Microsystems, Cisco, and Juniper, and discusses the 3 pillars his team need to consider before investing in a startup.
I also asked him about the changes AI will bring to the landscape of Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist on What It Takes for Successful #Investments | Eugene Zhang
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