Dave Lu

Founder and Managing Partner

2020

Investing in the next generation of Asian American founders. Led syndicate of 1000+ angels to invest over $30M in 90+ companies since 2020. Our portfolio includes companies including Gamma, Persona, Super.com, Nitra, Slope, Formation Bio, MiLa, Sanzo and many others. Three notable exits to date: Pry Financial acquired by Brex. Revela acquired by Oddity (NASDAQ:ODD). SafeBase acquired by Drata. Launched first institutional Hyphen Capital Fund I to invest in early stage software founders.

Co-Founder of Asian Leadership Center

2024

Partnered with CEO Michael Takagawa and the Corporate Edge team to launch the Asian Leadership Center to help connect Asian executives with certified executive coaches with expertise spanning leadership, coaching, psychology, and entrepreneurship. They provide valuable insights that blend an understanding of Asian cultural dynamics with proven Western leadership practices. Visit https://corporatedge.com/asian-leadership for more information.

Advisory Board Member, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

2022

From our establishment in 1997 as an initiative critical to the mission of the Smithsonian until today, the vision for the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center has been to enrich the American Story with the voices of Asian Pacific Americans.

Member

2023

Co-Founder

2021

Wrote a letter denouncing Asian American hate crimes and committing to raise $10M to support non-profits fighting discrimination against AAPIs that was signed by thousands of business leaders and printed in a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal. Signatories include the CEOs of Google, LinkedIn, DoorDash, Zoom, Universal McCann, Docusign, and hundreds of other companies as well as President George W. Bush, NBA players Andre Iguodala and Jeremy Lin and Hollywood director and producer JJ Abrams.

Member

2023

Co-founder & President

2015 - 2025

Building AI for restaurant operators. Expo sits on your data and can answer your operations questions instantly. Partners include Popeye’s, Burger King, CAVA, Wingstop, Whataburger and more. Backed by CRV, Uncork Capital, True Ventures, Calibrate Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Jeremy Stoppelman (Yelp), Thomas Keller, and Steve Chen (YouTube) among others.

Member

2021 - 2024

Executive Producer

2021 - 2022

Co-Produced Emmy-winning sports documentary about Jeremy Lin’s sensational stretch with the New York Knicks in 2012 known famously as Linsanity. HBO acquired the film. It won the 2023 Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Documentary and was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

VP of Marketing

2015 - 2015