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Alfred Chuang is the founder of Race Capital. Recognized by Andreessen Horowitz as the Silicon Valley CEO’s CEO, Alfred Chuang an accomplished entrepreneur and venture investor. Alfred is also the Founder and Chairman of Magnet Systems. Magnet is a next generation mobile and web platform company that is also the provider of Magnet Beauty. Also known for being the co-founder and CEO of BEA Systems, Alfred led BEA Systems to its acquisition by Oracle for $8.6 billion. Alfred is a proud Hong Kong entrepreneur and alumnus of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong. He also received a B.S. in computer science from the University of San Francisco and a master's degree in computer science with specialization in distributed data management from the University of California, Davis. Alfred's notable awards include C/F Silicon Valley Philanthropist of the Year, SD Forum Visionary Award, CIO Magazine 20/20 Vision Award Honoree and Community Star from Asian Americans for Community Involvement, eChina Forum Silicon Valley Award Honoree, and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist. University of San Francisco President’s Ambassador, UC Davis Outstanding Alumnus Award, UC Davis Distinguished Engineering Alumni Medal. Alfred is also an independent advisor at the University of San Francisco School of Engineering 2020, Member of the UC Davis Chancellor Advisory Board, Member of the UC Davis School of Engineering Dean’s Committee, Member of the School of Business Dean’s Committee, City University of Hong Kong, and Member of the School of Engineering Industrial Advisory Committee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Alfred is also a Trustee Emeritus at the University of San Francisco.
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Phil Chen
Phil Chen is a General Partner at Race Capital, the Decentralized Chief Officer at HTC, and original creator of the HTC Vive and HTC Exodus product lines. He was previously a managing partner at Presence Capital and advisor to Horizons Ventures. He sat on the board of over 15 companies around the world including Improbable, Soul Machines, and Kneron, among others.
Edith Yeung
Edith Yeung is a General Partner at Race Capital - an early-stage Silicon Valley venture capital fund investing in all things infrastructure. Edith is the seed investor in Solana (has been dubbed one of the best venture investments of all time), Lightning Network, Agora.io, Placer.ai, RapidAPI, and 60 other amazing startups. Prior to Race Capital, Edith was a partner at 500 Startups, the world's most active early-stage fund and incubator which invested in Twilio, Credit Karma, Grab, and 2000 more companies.
Chris McCann
Chris McCann is a co-founder of Race Capital and previously served as a community leader at Greylock Partners. He was also an early investor in projects such as Solana, Lightning Labs, and Notifi.