We invest in fractional founders*
*entrepreneurs transforming their part-time projects into full-time startups
We are former founders, now investing in and teaching fractional founders
Our Story
From the past decade of investing, we noticed a pattern: the best founders validate their ideas part-time, before committing full-time. They build for underserved users like themselves, and they build for underserved customers who they didn't have the right solutions for from their full-time job.
Typical investors and accelerators won't consider anyone who isn't full-time, believing these founders to be "less serious." We saw otherwise, so began extensive research. It turns out, 6 out of 7 of American trillion-dollar companies were founded fractionally, and 1 in 4 Fortune 500 companies were founded fractionally.
Now, we focus on backing the best fractional founders.
Our People
Shuo Chen
General Partner
Sandy diao
General Partner
ben smith
Venture Partner | Executive
Senior Technical Advisor to CEO @ Google
Colby raden
Venture Partner | Executive
Head of Global Growth Marketing @ Meta
David Jen
Venture Partner | Executive
CFO @ Google X
dermot mee
Venture Partner | Executive
Former COO @ Singularity
eric tan
Venture Partner | Executive
Former CIO @ Coupa
gina loften
Venture Partner | Executive
Former CTO @ Microsoft US
jason conyard
Venture Partner | Executive
Former CIO @ VMware
Joel meek
Venture Partner | Executive
VP of Finance & Ops @ Reddit
keith enright
Venture Partner | Executive
Former Chief Privacy Officer @ Google
Mitesh dhruv
Venture Partner | Executive
Former CFO @ RingCentral
joris poort
Venture Partner | Founder
Founder & CEO @ Rescale (IOVC portfolio)
Laks srini
Venture Partner | Founder
CTO @ FlyHomes (IOVC portfolio)
mayank mehta
Venture Partner | Founder
Founder & CEO @ Pulse Q&A (IOVC portfolio)
ryan chan
Venture Partner | Founder
Founder & CEO @ UpKeep (IOVC portfolio)
paul sun
Founding Investor | Family Office
Shef Wang
Founding Investor | Family Office
Wei guo
Founding Investor | Family Office
will duan
Founding Investor | Family Office
About Us
Investing in Fractional Founders since 2013
We are fractional founders turned investors, now investing in fractional founders and teaching entrepreneurship at Stanford and Berkeley.
