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·May 19, 2021

Our Investment in Italic

Everyone loves Costco. Knowing that you are probably getting the best price available on a product (15% over cost) and that it was selected by the Costco team as the best in category, gives you peace of mind as a consumer. The cost savings and peace of mind alone are…

Investing

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Our Investment in Italic
Our Investment in Italic

Dave Lu

Dave Lu

·May 18, 2021

Our Investment in Hyphen Media

One of the main reasons I started Hyphen Capital was to change the narrative around Asian American founders. Representation matters. Whether it’s on the big movie screen or in a children’s book, being able to see yourself as part of a story is so impactful for a young person. But…

Asian American

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Our Investment in Hyphen Media
Our Investment in Hyphen Media

Dave Lu

Dave Lu

·May 14, 2021

Our Investment in Mascot

Teens today are spending more of their time with online friends vs. offline friends. Over half consider only the people they’ve known online as friends. As the first generation to be digitally native, Gen-Z uses multiple online identities in pursuit of self-discovery. Over half identify as non-heterosexual (25% gender fluid…

Startup

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Our Investment in Mascot
Our Investment in Mascot

Dave Lu

Dave Lu

·May 14, 2021

Our Investment in ModernLoop

Anyone who has had to manage a hiring process knows how painful coordinating interviews can be. From coordinating schedules with your team to coordinating schedules with your candidate, it can be such a mess. ModernLoop is changing all of that. …

Investment

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Our Investment in ModernLoop
Our Investment in ModernLoop

Dave Lu

Dave Lu

·May 5, 2021

Our Investment in Persona

I first connected with Persona cofounder and CEO Rick Song after their Series A in February 2020 before COVID. Our VP of Engineering at Pared had talked to him about verifying identities on our platform. It was something that was challenging but critical to our business and many other businesses…

Announcements

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Our Investment in Persona
Our Investment in Persona

Dave Lu

Dave Lu

·Apr 20, 2021

Our Investment in Viva Translate

When Belinda Mo shared with me the origin story of Viva Translate coming out of one of her Stanford classes as a real world challenge that faced legal organizations, I knew that this was a big opportunity. Most of us go through our daily lives in the U.S. not thinking…

Startup

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Our Investment in Viva Translate
Our Investment in Viva Translate

Dave Lu

Dave Lu

·Apr 6, 2021

Companies Started by Asian Americans

People are often surprised when they find out what incredible companies were started by Asian American founders. I’ve been told by many founders that seeing our list of Hyphen Capital LPs is inspiring because they never realized that some of these companies were founded by Asian Americans, and they are…

Founders

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Companies Started by Asian Americans
Companies Started by Asian Americans

Dave Lu

Dave Lu

·Mar 15, 2021

Our Investment in Offsyte

I first heard about Offsyte when co-founder and CEO Emma Guo reached out to me cold off of LinkedIn after reading my post announcing Hyphen Capital (and thankfully we were reconnected by our one of our LPs and amazing founder and investor Holly Liu). I saw her impressive background from…

News

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Our Investment in Offsyte
Our Investment in Offsyte

Dave Lu

Dave Lu

·Mar 10, 2021

Our Investment in Runway

I’m thrilled to announce that Hyphen Capital has made an investment in Runway. Runway helps teams and founders better understand the financial health of their business. It has been called the Figma for finance because it gives visibility into valuable business data and financial metrics to leaders across the entire…

News

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Our Investment in Runway
Our Investment in Runway

Dave Lu

Dave Lu

·Feb 24, 2021

The Hyphen Portfolio: Our First 6 Investments

I started Hyphen in the summer of 2020 with humble expectations. I never expected the outpouring of interest from investors and founders that I received. My initial goal was to start an angel syndicate with a few friends, find a few investments through referrals, and in the process, hopefully help…

Announcements

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The Hyphen Portfolio: Our First 6 Investments
The Hyphen Portfolio: Our First 6 Investments
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Dave Lu

Dave Lu

Co-founder @ Pared. Managing Partner @ Hyphen Capital. Proud Taiwanese-American dad. Passionate about marketplaces and communities.

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