Hans Tung, Lord In Venture Capitalists World

Hans Tung is one of the top 100 venture capitalists in the world, specializing in early-stage investments in ecommerce, social technology, the sharing economy, and other areas. Hans Tung’s portfolio spans three continents and includes breakouts like Airbnb, Coinbase, and Musical.ly, which later became TikTok. He has been featured on the Forbes Midas List every year since 2013, and his portfolio includes breakouts like Airbnb, Coinbase, and Musical.ly, which later became TikTok.

Hans was born in Taiwan and raised in Los Angeles, where he graduated with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University. He was one of the first Silicon Valley VCs to relocate to China full-time in 2005 as an Asian American, spending eight years investing in the world’s fastest-changing tech landscape before returning to Silicon Valley in 2013 to join GGV Capital to focus on globally-minded founders in the Americas and Asia. He is a Managing Partner at GGV Capital, where he specializes in early-stage investments in the global digital economy.

Affirm, Airbnb, Bytedance, Coinbase, Lime, Meili, OfferUp, Peloton, Poshmark, Slack, SmartMi, StockX, Udaan, Wish, Xiaohongshu, and Xiaomi are among the 16 startups funded by the Stanford grad and ex-investment banker. Udaan, Vedantu, Khatabook, Rupeek, and Snapdeal are among his India ventures. Hans formerly worked at Bessemer Venture Partners, where he assisted multinational companies such as Skype in expanding into China.

From 2016 to 2019, he was named to the New York Times/CB Insights Top 100 Venture Capitalists list four times, most recently at #18. He was also named to Gold House’s Top 100 Asian Americans in 2018-2020. Hans is the director of GGV’s DE&I programmes and co-host of the popular podcast “Evolving for the Next Billion,” which focuses on entrepreneurship in the United States, China, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.