In January, we broke the news that prolific Silicon Valley angel investor Dave McClure was to set up his own venture capital fund. About a month ago, he formally filed for the ($30 million) seed fund and incubator, naming it 500 Startups.
McClure has now made his first hire for the investment firm, attracting former YouTube and Google product manager Christine Tsai to serve as Principal.
Tsai spent more than 7 years at Google, where she once led product marketing for YouTube and also worked in the AdSense and Google Analytics units, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Most recently, Tsai was the lead for Google I/O, the company’s largest annual developer event. Judging from her Twitter bio, she dances ballet and enjoys a good latte.
500 Startups boasts investments in companies like Medialets, Appbistro, OtherInbox and Rapportive. The entire portfolio can be viewed on the firm’s CrunchBase page.
Christine Tsai is a partner at 500 Startups. Prior to joining 500 Startups, she was in product marketing at Google and YouTube. She worked on Developer Platforms and was the lead for Google I/O, Google’s annual developer conference. She also worked on Google AdSense and early-stage video monetization offerings as well as Google Analytics and YouTube syndication. Before life in consumer internet, Christine worked in International Sales at OSIsoft and Refining Central Technologies at ChevronTexaco. Christine holds a BA...
500 Startups is an early-stage seed fund and incubator program located in Mountain View, CA. They invest primarily in consumer & SMB internet startups, and related web infrastructure services. Their initial investment size is typically $25K-$250K. Selected areas of interest include financial services & e-commerce, search/social/mobile platforms, personal & business productivity, education & language, family & healthcare and web infrastructure.
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