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Education

UC Berkeley – Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology (M.E.T.) Program
Berkeley, California • GPA: 3.8/4.0 • Graduation: May 2025
Dual Degree: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and Business, Minor: Data Science
Classes: Engineering Economics, Accounting, Manufacturing and Design, Stochastic Processes, Probability and Statistics for Engineers, Management of Technological Innovation, Data Science, Ethics & AI, Blockchain Fundamentals, Zero Knowledge Proofs

Experience

Hyperbolic Labs (Crypto & AI Startup Funded by Polychain Capital)
San Francisco, CA • Ecosystem Growth & BD Intern • Nov 2024 – Present
  • Creating product synergies, researching 60+ DeAI infrastructure and AI Agent protocols to partner with for our GPU Marketplace and AI Inference Services, and performing market research on AI verifiability, multi-agent systems, Bittensor subnets, AI DePIN and etc
Pantera Capital
San Francisco, CA • Ventures & Platform Intern • May 2024 – Aug 2024
  • Launched a token launch playbook to assist 233+ asks regarding tokenomics, and developing a resource repository for crypto portfolio companies, market-making, ICO/IEO/IDOs, fundraising, business development, go-to-market strategies, and regulations
  • Analyzed 80+ VC funds and conducting due diligence on DeFi, GameFi, AI, crypto infrastructure, and consumer deals to uncover investment theses, identify gaps, and pinpoint industry trends, successfully closing an early-stage venture DePIN/AI CDN deal
General Catalyst
San Francisco, CA • Venture Capital Fellow & Head of Community • October 2023 – Present
  • Invested in 3 student-founded startups, performing due diligence for AI, SaaS, Blockchain and Climate Tech startups, integrating AI tools to enhance and optimize our due diligence processes, and spearheading events and competitions for students to increase deal flow
Berkeley Frontier Fund
Berkeley, CA • Venture Capital Investment Fellow • May 2023 – August 2023
  • Conducting due diligence on AI, healthcare, supply chain, blockchain startups for later stage VC investments, including research, financial modeling, competitor analysis, and portfolio monitoring. Compiling research and investment verticals for AI in 60+ pages deck
  • Managing 1B+, 500M, and AI pipelines with 1000+ startups, researching products, business models, financials, competitors, market size, and team highlights. Wrote investment memos for cell therapy and semiconductor startups and presenting to managing partners and LPs
Blockchain at Berkeley and Accelerator Program
Berkeley, CA • Managing Director • January 2022 – May 2024
  • Managing 15 portfolio companies, raised $50M+, and evaluated 40 Web3 start-ups, looking at technical differentiators, traction, competitors. Advised Hito (hardware crypto wallet) and Societal Labs (tooling for Blockchain communities) in growth strategies
  • Spearheaded creation of NFT Ticketing System and Marketplace, working cross-functionally with developers and designers. Conducted analysis on 10 competitors, 3 user personas, potential partnerships, and received $2500 grant
Third Sphere – Climate VC Fund
San Francisco, CA • Venture Capital Fellow • September 2023 – December 2023
  • Delivered tailored metrics and reports to Limited Partners (LPs), led Request for Proposal (RFP) initiatives, drafted transparent communications for stakeholders, and actively evaluated early-stage climate and consumer startup deals
TK & Partners – Venture Capital Firm formed by McKinsey's ex-senior partner, Dr. Tomas Koch
Bangkok, Thailand • Venture Capital Analyst Intern • June 2021 – August 2021
  • Conducted quantitative analysis to calculate market sizes for 7 countries and 4 markets: fertility, food allergies, DNA, indoor allergies
  • Presented an investment thesis for WelalaDNA, a healthcare startup, which was later successfully acquired and secured a >10x MOIC

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