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    Hyphen Capital

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2020
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    ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

    Hyphen Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm founded by Dave Lu that backs Asian American entrepreneurs. Based in San Francisco, it provides capital, mentorship, and network access to AAPI founders across sectors including consumer, enterprise software, and SaaS.

    Their most common stage is seed (45% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $13.8M (across 28 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    28

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Dave Lu

    Dave Lu

    Founder & Managing Partner

    KZ

    Kevin Zhang

    Partner, Upfront Ventures

    AC

    Albert Cheng

    VP, Head of Amazon AI Studios

    AL

    Allen Lo

    VP and Deputy General Counsel, Meta

    HY

    Hannah Yang

    Chief Growth Officer, The New York Times

    MT

    Michelle Tang

    Global Chief Growth Officer, McCann

    AC

    Andrew Chau

    CEO and Co-Founder, Boba Guys

    BC

    Bryant Chou

    Co-Founder & CTO, Webflow

    JH

    Julia Hu

    CEO and Co-Founder, Lark Health

    SW

    Shuo Wang

    Co-Founder & CRO, Deel

    TT

    Tien Tzuo

    CEO and Co-Founder, Zuora

    AW

    Amy Wei

    Chief Commercial Officer, Kayak

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    29 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Revive logoReviveSeed$3.5MMay 2024
    Simplify logoSimplifySeed$3MFeb 2024
    ((Re)viveSeed$3.5MJan 2024
    Prime Roots logoPrime RootsSeries B$30MMay 2023
    Super logoSuperGrowth$60MApr 2023
    TBD Health logoTBD HealthSeed$4.4MJan 2023
    Omneky logoOmnekySeed$11.4MNov 2022
    XXiao Chi JieSeries A$10MOct 2022
    XXiao Chi Jie (XCJ)Series A$10MOct 2022
    TTrash WarriorPre-Seed$8MOct 2022
    Block Party logoBlock PartySeed$4.8MSep 2022
    TomoCredit logoTomoCreditGrowth$122MJul 2022
    TomoCredit logoTomoCreditSeries B$22MJul 2022
    Playbook logoPlaybookSeries A$18MApr 2022
    Calico logoCalicoSeed$2.1MMar 2022
    Sanzo logoSanzoSeries A$10MFeb 2022
    Leverage logoLeverageGrowth$5MFeb 2022
    Playbook logoPlaybookSeries A$18MJan 2022
    Concreit logoConcreitUnknown$6MSep 2021
    Rocket Dollar logoRocket DollarSeries A$8MSep 2021
    ZZettePre-Seed—Mar 2021
    EarlyDay logoEarlyDayPre-Seed$1MJan 2021
    PPrySeed$4.2MJan 2021
    Pry Financials logoPry FinancialsUnknown$4.2MJan 2021
    Sudowrite logoSudowriteSeed$3MJan 2021
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    Top Co-Investors

    Gaingels4 shared
    Gold House Ventures4 shared
    Y Combinator3 shared
    Global Founders Capital3 shared
    Maple VC3 shared
    Bain Capital Ventures2 shared
    Blank Ventures2 shared
    Abstract Ventures2 shared
    Founders Fund2 shared
    Inovia Capital2 shared
    Coalition Operators2 shared
    Hustle Fund2 shared
    Mastercard2 shared
    Human Ventures2 shared
    The Community Fund2 shared
    Imaginary Ventures2 shared
    500 Global2 shared
    Village Global2 shared
    Pioneer Fund2 shared
    Craft Ventures1 shared

    Last updated: 9 September 2026