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Roy Lu

ex-Head of Strategy & TGE Lead at 0G Labs | ex-VC @Lightspeed @LHV | ex-PM @AWS | ex-Tech Lead @BlackLake | Stanford MBA

United States

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

2024

  • Head of Strategy & TGE Lead

    2024

    At 0G, I had the privilege of leading and scaling teams through both high-growth and high-stakes environments. Focused on driving narrative direction, tokenomics clarity, and strategic impact while building the internal trust and alignment necessary to execute at scale. Most proud of helping the team grow and adapt through shared mission, accountability, and structure. 0G is building the world's first DeAIOS to make AI a Public Good. 0G raised over $300M from Tier 1 VCs including Hack VC, Delphi, and Bankless Ventures, and pioneered the Largest AI L1 Ecosystem with over 300 ecosystem partners.

2023 - 2024

  • Partner

    2023 - 2024

    At LHV, I sourced and led investments into 0G, Ether.fi, Union, and Hyperbolic — building trust with and advised visionary founders at the intersection of AI and crypto. As a member of the Investment Committee, I played a key role in shaping portfolio strategy and capital allocation decisions. I also led associates in deal sourcing, evaluation, and investment decisions — focusing on building strategic conviction, market alignment, and narrative strategy. LHV values strong conviction and deep partnership with crypto-native visionaries. Select portfolio includes Balancer, zkSync, Safe, Dodo, and Coinshift. We specialize in helping protocols bootstrap ecosystems and scale market presence.

2022 - 2023

  • Partner

    2022 - 2023

    Hashkey Capital, with $1B+ AUM, is a multi-stage venture capital firm investing in visionary blockchain founders. Since founding in 2015, Hashkey has invested in the most enduring blockchain companies including dydx, Blockdaemon, CoinList, FalconX, Cosmos, Ava Labs, and Dapper Labs.

  • MBA Senior Product Manager - Technical

    2021 - 2021

  • MBA Growth Equity Investor

    2019 - 2020

    Venture capital and growth equity firm with $10.2Bn in AUM across Silicon Valley, China, India, and Israel. Portfolio include Affirm, Blend, Carta, DoubleClick (NSDQ: DCLK), Docker, Grafana, Arctic Wolf, Snapchat (NYSE: SNAP), Pinduoduo (NSDQ: PDD), Ripple, and more.

  • Fullstack Tech Lead

    2017 - 2019

    AI SaaS Unicorn backed by Lightspeed, Temasek, and GGV. Sub-10 employee, full stack engineer promoted to tech lead, and helped take Black Lake from 0 to 1.

2014 - 2017

  • Software Engineering Manager

    2014 - 2017

    Fortune #24. Provided data storage and security solutions.

  • Biochemical Engineer

    2013 - 2014

    Fortune #153. Provided antibody therapeutics molecular testing.