Investing Profile

Sam Yu

VC
San Francisco Bay Area
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Networks Sam is a member of
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network
298 CONNECTIONS
GE Network
15 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Long Ventures Partners Managing Partner
Investments On Record
9

Sam Yu is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Sam Yu's Investments On Record (7)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Firework
Series AAug 2018$11M
$11M
Co-investors: Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures)
Senreve
SeedJun 2018
Bolt
Series BJun 2018$22M
Series AOct 2016$19M
$2.4B
Co-investors: Bruce Sachs (CRV), Brad Feld (Foundry Group), Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Joey Krug (Founders Fund), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Hao Huang (UpHonest Capital), David Murray-Hundley (Pario Ventures), Jonathan Weiner (Oak HC/FT), Kingsley Advani (305 Ventures), David Heath (Bombas), Steven Sarracino (Activant Capital), Mikko Silventola (Soma Capital), Semyon Dukach (One Way Ventures), Benjamin Tsai (Wave Financial), Laurence A. Tosi (WestCap), Brian Bell (Team Ignite Ventures), Michael Antonov (Formic Ventures), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures), Chris Sang (CP Ventures), Laurent Drion (E-Merge), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Jeff Fluhr (Craft Ventures), Marco Valta (Ambridge Capital), Anton Levy (General Atlantic), Khaled Helioui, Russell Cook, Andrus Purde, Christopher Zemina, Märt Kelder, Ryan Duranso, Martin Villig, Sung ho Choi, Indrek Kasela, Preetha Parthasarathy
Cabin
SeedMay 2018
$3M
Co-investors: Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Justin Rosenstein
FaceRig
Series AJan 2018$2M
$2M
Amplitude
Series UnknownJun 2017
Series BJun 2016$16M
$310M
Co-investors: Neeraj Agrawal (Battery Ventures), Eric Vishria (Benchmark), Patrick Grady (Sequoia Capital), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Somesh Dash (IVP), Matt Huang (Paradigm), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Peter Hsing (Merus Capital), Brian Neider (Lead Edge Capital), Mitchell Green (Lead Edge Capital), Kevin Moore (KRM Interests LLC), Adam Draper (Boost VC), Charlie Cheever, Todd Corenson
Sail Internet
SeedJan 2017$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Ashmeet Sidana (Engineering Capital)

Sam Yu's Experience

Founding Partner Long Venture Partners2016 - Present
Founding Partner Thinkers Capital2015 - 2016
Director CDBI Partners2014 - 2014
President Young Venture Capitalist Club (YVCC)2010 - 2013
Commercial Finance Leader GE Healthcare2007 - 2008
FMP Trainee GE2005 - 2007

Sam Yu's Education

Shanghai Jiao Tong University BS Applied Maths
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Master of Science in Management for Experienced Leaders