Jeff Lonsdale is the Managing Director of Asia at Founders Fund. He spearheads the firm’s Asia efforts, looking for opportunities to invest in startups in the fastest growing major economic region in the world. He is particularly fond of companies that bypass rent-seeking business models and benefit both consumers and investors. Prior to joining Founders Fund, Jeff spent a decade at West Coast global macro hedge funds, most recently as a Portfolio Manager at Cabezon Investment Group and before that in research and trading at Clarium Capital Management, finding investment opportunities in world markets. He has also invested in and advised various startups during his time in Silicon Valley. Jeff has long-term interests in economics and strategy. He graduated with a degree in Bioengineering: ABET from the University of California at San Diego.

Managing Director, Asia

Founders Fund

Managing Director, Asia

Founders Fund

Jeff Lonsdale is the Managing Director of Asia at Founders Fund. He spearheads the firm’s Asia efforts, looking for opportunities to invest in startups in the fastest growing major economic region in the world. He is particularly fond of companies that bypass rent-seeking business models and benefit both consumers and investors. Prior to joining Founders Fund, Jeff spent a decade at West Coast global macro hedge funds, most recently as a Portfolio Manager at Cabezon Investment Group and before that in research and trading at Clarium Capital Management, finding investment opportunities in world markets. He has also invested in and advised various startups during his time in Silicon Valley. Jeff has long-term interests in economics and strategy. He graduated with a degree in Bioengineering: ABET from the University of California at San Diego.

Michael Milstein is both a partner at Milstein Properties (a real estate portfolio company built through four generations of management by the Milstein family) and at New York Private Bank & Trust (the country’s largest privately-owned family-run bank, which is chaired by his grandfather, Howard Milstein). Likewise, Michael serves as a general partner at Circle Ventures, the venture arm of Milstein Companies. Michael is also the CEO of the Boylan Bottling Co., a premium beverage company that produces and distributes under the Boylan brand, which is best known for its line of hand-crafted sodas. He is co-founder and chairman of Grand Central Tech, an accelerator that provides below market rent to startups based in New York. He serves on the boards of The Nicklaus Companies and Ostendo Technologies. On the philanthropic side, Michael serves on multiple boards including the Milstein Medical Asian American Partnership Foundation. Michael graduated from Cornell University in 2011 cum laude.

Partner

Milstein Properties

New York Private Bank

Partner

Milstein Properties

New York Private Bank

Michael Milstein is both a partner at Milstein Properties (a real estate portfolio company built through four generations of management by the Milstein family) and at New York Private Bank & Trust (the country’s largest privately-owned family-run bank, which is chaired by his grandfather, Howard Milstein). Likewise, Michael serves as a general partner at Circle Ventures, the venture arm of Milstein Companies. Michael is also the CEO of the Boylan Bottling Co., a premium beverage company that produces and distributes under the Boylan brand, which is best known for its line of hand-crafted sodas. He is co-founder and chairman of Grand Central Tech, an accelerator that provides below market rent to startups based in New York. He serves on the boards of The Nicklaus Companies and Ostendo Technologies. On the philanthropic side, Michael serves on multiple boards including the Milstein Medical Asian American Partnership Foundation. Michael graduated from Cornell University in 2011 cum laude.

Founder & CEO

Illumio

Andrew Rubin is responsible for the overall strategy, vision, and funding of Illumio, a company he founded in 2013. Prior to Illumio, Andrew was president of Cymtec and led business development for VoiceNet. With expertise in the areas of network security and compliance management, Andrew is a frequent participant in panels, articles, and podcasts for leading industry events and publications. Goldman Sachs named Andrew as one of the "100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs" in 2015, 2016 and 2017 as part of their Builders & Innovators program. Andrew graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BSBA in Finance.

Founder & CEO

Illumio

Andrew Rubin is responsible for the overall strategy, vision, and funding of Illumio, a company he founded in 2013. Prior to Illumio, Andrew was president of Cymtec and led business development for VoiceNet. With expertise in the areas of network security and compliance management, Andrew is a frequent participant in panels, articles, and podcasts for leading industry events and publications. Goldman Sachs named Andrew as one of the "100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs" in 2015, 2016 and 2017 as part of their Builders & Innovators program. Andrew graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BSBA in Finance.

Elad Gil is a serial entrepreneur, operating executive, and investor and advisor to private companies including Airbnb, Coinbase, Gusto, Instacart, OpenDoor, Pinterest, Square, Stripe and Wish. He is co-founder and chairman of Color Genomics, a company that provides high-quality, physician-ordered, genetic testing at a low cost. Elad was co-founder of MixerLab (a service helping developers build geo-location applications), which was acquired by Twitter in December 2009. Elad served as VP of Corporate Strategy at Twitter, where he scaled the company from 90 to 1,500 people. Prior to MixerLab, Elad spent many years at Google, where he started the mobile team, helped acquire Android, and was the original product manager for Google Mobile Maps and other key mobile products. He received a BA in Mathematics and a BS in Molecular Biology from the University of California, San Diego and a PhD in Biology from MIT.

Co-Founder & Chairman

Color Genomics

Co-Founder & Chairman

Color Genomics

Elad Gil is a serial entrepreneur, operating executive, and investor and advisor to private companies including Airbnb, Coinbase, Gusto, Instacart, OpenDoor, Pinterest, Square, Stripe and Wish. He is co-founder and chairman of Color Genomics, a company that provides high-quality, physician-ordered, genetic testing at a low cost. Elad was co-founder of MixerLab (a service helping developers build geo-location applications), which was acquired by Twitter in December 2009. Elad served as VP of Corporate Strategy at Twitter, where he scaled the company from 90 to 1,500 people. Prior to MixerLab, Elad spent many years at Google, where he started the mobile team, helped acquire Android, and was the original product manager for Google Mobile Maps and other key mobile products. He received a BA in Mathematics and a BS in Molecular Biology from the University of California, San Diego and a PhD in Biology from MIT.

Dr. Thuc Vu is the CEO and co-founder of Kambria and OhmniLabs. He previously founded Katango and Tappy which were acquired by Google and Weeby.co, respectively. Thuc has deep expertise in game theory, machine learning, tournament design and multi-agent systems. He earned his PhD from Stanford and BS from Carnegie Mellon, both in computer science. He was awarded CRA Best Undergraduate Student in North America for his research in 2004.

As a way to pay it forward, Thuc is involved in several community and non-profit projects in Vietnam. He co-founded VietSeeds and VietAI. VietSeeds is a scholarship program that helps underprivileged students to attend universities. This is the 7th year of VietSeeds and it grows to 12 core staff, 60 mentors supporting 200+ students to go to school each year. Each student will also have a mentor, and receive training and workshop programs that help them do well at school, improve their social skills and get ready for the job market. VietAI is an educational project that bring AI courses from Silicon Valley back to train engineers in Vietnam. VietAI recently opened registrations for its class, with the goal of training 100 entry-level Machine Learning engineers in Vietnam, 10% of which will be mentored further in cool research projects. 

Apart from being an entrepreneur, Thuc is also a Research Scientist and Assistant Professor at John Von Neumann Institute of Vietnam National University. He is also fostering a community of AI & Robotics and helping to grow a tech ecosystem in Vietnam.

In 2017, Thuc was named as one of the “40 Under 40” of Silicon Valley by the Silicon Valley Business Journal for his tireless effort to bring about a significantly positive impact in the business world.

Co-founder & CEO

Kambria & OhmniLabs

Dr. Thuc Vu is the CEO and co-founder of Kambria and OhmniLabs. He previously founded Katango and Tappy which were acquired by Google and Weeby.co, respectively. Thuc has deep expertise in game theory, machine learning, tournament design and multi-agent systems. He earned his PhD from Stanford and BS from Carnegie Mellon, both in computer science. He was awarded CRA Best Undergraduate Student in North America for his research in 2004.

As a way to pay it forward, Thuc is involved in several community and non-profit projects in Vietnam. He co-founded VietSeeds and VietAI. VietSeeds is a scholarship program that helps underprivileged students to attend universities. This is the 7th year of VietSeeds and it grows to 12 core staff, 60 mentors supporting 200+ students to go to school each year. Each student will also have a mentor, and receive training and workshop programs that help them do well at school, improve their social skills and get ready for the job market. VietAI is an educational project that bring AI courses from Silicon Valley back to train engineers in Vietnam. VietAI recently opened registrations for its class, with the goal of training 100 entry-level Machine Learning engineers in Vietnam, 10% of which will be mentored further in cool research projects. 

Apart from being an entrepreneur, Thuc is also a Research Scientist and Assistant Professor at John Von Neumann Institute of Vietnam National University. He is also fostering a community of AI & Robotics and helping to grow a tech ecosystem in Vietnam.

In 2017, Thuc was named as one of the “40 Under 40” of Silicon Valley by the Silicon Valley Business Journal for his tireless effort to bring about a significantly positive impact in the business world.

Co-founder & CEO

Kambria & OhmniLabs

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have been angel investors and entrepreneurs in emerging technologies since 2003, most recently co-founding Gemini, a next-generation digital asset exchange. They are also currently principals of Winklevoss Capital Management, a private investment firm that partners with a select number of early stage companies. The company’s portfolio includes Hukkster, an online shopping tool for sale alerts; SumZero, an online community of investment professionals; and Bitcoin, a decentralized cryptocurrency that uses peer-to-peer technology for frictionless payments. Cameron and Tyler, both NCAA rowing champions, represented the United States at the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing, China. They both graduated from Harvard University with degrees in Economics and received their MBAs from Oxford University.

Co-founder & CEO

Gemini

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have been angel investors and entrepreneurs in emerging technologies since 2003, most recently co-founding Gemini, a next-generation digital asset exchange. They are also currently principals of Winklevoss Capital Management, a private investment firm that partners with a select number of early stage companies. The company’s portfolio includes Hukkster, an online shopping tool for sale alerts; SumZero, an online community of investment professionals; and Bitcoin, a decentralized cryptocurrency that uses peer-to-peer technology for frictionless payments. Cameron and Tyler, both NCAA rowing champions, represented the United States at the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing, China. They both graduated from Harvard University with degrees in Economics and received their MBAs from Oxford University.

Co-founder & CEO

Gemini

Joe Lonsdale is a partner at 8VC, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm. He was an early institutional investor in many notable companies including Wish, Oculus, Illumio, Joby Aviation, Blend, RelateIQ, ZenReach, Color Genomics and uBiome, and in 2016 and 2017 was the youngest member of the Forbes 100 Midas List.

Joe is a co-founder of Palantir, a multi-billion dollar global software company best known for its work in defense and finance. Most recently, he was a founding partner at Formation 8, one of the top performing private funds and the precursor to 8VC. Together, these funds manage a total committed capital of over $2.7 billion. Before that, he founded Addepar, which has over $1 trillion managed on its wealth management technology platform, and OpenGov, which modernizes various processes for over 2,000 municipalities and state agencies. He is also a founder of Affinity, Anduin and Esper. Previously, Joe was an early executive at Clarium Capital, which he helped grow into a large global macro hedge fund. He also worked with PayPal while he was at Stanford.

Joe received a BS in Computer Science from Stanford in 2003. He often lectures and writes on entrepreneurship, technology and public policy.

Investor & Founding Partner

8VC

Investor & Founding Partner

8VC

Joe Lonsdale is a partner at 8VC, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm. He was an early institutional investor in many notable companies including Wish, Oculus, Illumio, Joby Aviation, Blend, RelateIQ, ZenReach, Color Genomics and uBiome, and in 2016 and 2017 was the youngest member of the Forbes 100 Midas List.

Joe is a co-founder of Palantir, a multi-billion dollar global software company best known for its work in defense and finance. Most recently, he was a founding partner at Formation 8, one of the top performing private funds and the precursor to 8VC. Together, these funds manage a total committed capital of over $2.7 billion. Before that, he founded Addepar, which has over $1 trillion managed on its wealth management technology platform, and OpenGov, which modernizes various processes for over 2,000 municipalities and state agencies. He is also a founder of Affinity, Anduin and Esper. Previously, Joe was an early executive at Clarium Capital, which he helped grow into a large global macro hedge fund. He also worked with PayPal while he was at Stanford.

Joe received a BS in Computer Science from Stanford in 2003. He often lectures and writes on entrepreneurship, technology and public policy.

Jack Abraham is the founder and CEO of Atomic, a venture incubator that launches companies across the consumer and enterprise space. Jack founded Atomic in 2013 with the goal of developing a better way to build companies. Prior to Atomic, Jack was the founder and CEO of Milo.com, which was acquired by eBay in December 2010. As Director of eBay Local, Jack led the redesign of eBay’s homepage, which is visited by 120 million users a month. He also led the efforts behind eBay Now, the company’s same-day delivery option. Jack is an angel investor in Invite Media (acquired by Google), Pinterest, Postmates, Ampush Media and Flatiron Health. He is an advisor to Felicis Ventures and has previously advised John Donahoe, the former CEO of eBay. Jack has been named one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business” by FastCompany, was nominated for “America’s Best Young Entrepreneurs” by BusinessWeek, and has made Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list two times. Jack studied Technological Entrepreneurship at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Founder & Managing Partner

Atomic

Founder & Managing Partner

Atomic

Jack Abraham is the founder and CEO of Atomic, a venture incubator that launches companies across the consumer and enterprise space. Jack founded Atomic in 2013 with the goal of developing a better way to build companies. Prior to Atomic, Jack was the founder and CEO of Milo.com, which was acquired by eBay in December 2010. As Director of eBay Local, Jack led the redesign of eBay’s homepage, which is visited by 120 million users a month. He also led the efforts behind eBay Now, the company’s same-day delivery option. Jack is an angel investor in Invite Media (acquired by Google), Pinterest, Postmates, Ampush Media and Flatiron Health. He is an advisor to Felicis Ventures and has previously advised John Donahoe, the former CEO of eBay. Jack has been named one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business” by FastCompany, was nominated for “America’s Best Young Entrepreneurs” by BusinessWeek, and has made Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list two times. Jack studied Technological Entrepreneurship at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have been angel investors and entrepreneurs in emerging technologies since 2003, most recently co-founding Gemini, a next-generation digital asset exchange. They are also currently principals of Winklevoss Capital Management, a private investment firm that partners with a select number of early stage companies. The company’s portfolio includes Hukkster, an online shopping tool for sale alerts; SumZero, an online community of investment professionals; and Bitcoin, a decentralized cryptocurrency that uses peer-to-peer technology for frictionless payments. Cameron and Tyler, both NCAA rowing champions, represented the United States at the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing, China. They both graduated from Harvard University with degrees in Economics and received their MBAs from Oxford University.

Co-founder & Chairman Gemini

Co-founder & Chairman Gemini

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have been angel investors and entrepreneurs in emerging technologies since 2003, most recently co-founding Gemini, a next-generation digital asset exchange. They are also currently principals of Winklevoss Capital Management, a private investment firm that partners with a select number of early stage companies. The company’s portfolio includes Hukkster, an online shopping tool for sale alerts; SumZero, an online community of investment professionals; and Bitcoin, a decentralized cryptocurrency that uses peer-to-peer technology for frictionless payments. Cameron and Tyler, both NCAA rowing champions, represented the United States at the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing, China. They both graduated from Harvard University with degrees in Economics and received their MBAs from Oxford University.

Previously working at Morgan Stanley with a background in M&A, international tax, accounting and finance. Sao is known to be the behind- the -scene woman to push forward many of the Vietnam tech and entrepreneur initiatives and is the connector between the Vietnam tech talents and rising tech startups in Silicon Valley. She invested several startups in both Vietnam and US, advised these companies with product development, strategic direction and operational processes. She is currently running Lixibox as a CEO with a mission to provide a modern beauty shopping experience for Asia best kept secret products. Sao graduated with a honor degree in Corporate Finance at San Jose State University.

Founder & CEO

Lixibox

Founder & CEO

Lixibox

Previously working at Morgan Stanley with a background in M&A, international tax, accounting and finance. Sao is known to be the behind- the -scene woman to push forward many of the Vietnam tech and entrepreneur initiatives and is the connector between the Vietnam tech talents and rising tech startups in Silicon Valley. She invested several startups in both Vietnam and US, advised these companies with product development, strategic direction and operational processes. She is currently running Lixibox as a CEO with a mission to provide a modern beauty shopping experience for Asia best kept secret products. Sao graduated with a honor degree in Corporate Finance at San Jose State University.