Team

500 Startups

Ben Chiang

- Co-founded CNEX
- Co-founded Sina.com
- Former VP of global products, GM of SINA Taiwan, GM of SINA Mobile

Chien Lin

Chien Lin is the Managing Director for Ring's Asia operations. He joined Ring in 2016 and today oversees key functions across supply chain and product management areas. Before Ring, he spent over 12 years at Foxconn, the largest EMS company in the world today. While at Foxconn he served in operational and investment management roles across Asia and the US. Chien graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Economics in 2003. Today he splits his time between Taipei and the US.

D.A.Consortium Inc.

DAC is an integrated digital advertising business, ranging from the purchase and sale of Internet advertising to ad serving technology and social media marketing.

Draper Associates

Tim Draper founded Draper Associates, DFJ and the Draper Venture Network, a global network of venture capital funds. Funded Coinbase, Baidu, Tesla, Skype, SpaceX, Twitch, Hotmail, Focus Media, Robinhood, Athenahealth, Box, Cruise Automation, Carta, Planet, PTC and 15 other unicorns from early/first rounds.

Felix Hong

Felix has worked in the consumer electronics industry from both ends: manufacturing process development at Foxconn for Apple iPods, IoT startup experience as an early member of Nest, and management experience as part of Google Taiwan.
He is experienced in consumer product development, team building, manufacturing operations, startup and resource strategies, and people management.

Kevin Lin

Co-founder, Twitch

North Base Media

North Base Media is a specialized firm that has pioneered global digital-media investing over the last decade, successfully building top brands in many of the world’s fastest-growing markets.

Steve Chen

Co-founder, YouTube

Yasuyoshi Yanagisawa

CEO, FAN Communications, Inc.
After working for an advertising agency and provider, founded FAN Communications, Inc. in 1999. Listed on JASDAQ in 2005 and moved to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (now the Prime Market) in 2014. He is still the president and CEO of the company. As an angel investor, he supports about 20 companies at any given time.