Andrew Tan
Founder of Nova
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & CEO
2020 - Current
Nova (previously Ladder) is the professional community platform for the next generation to find opportunities, learn from industry experts, and grow their careers together. Nova was acquired in 2022. Join now: joinnova.co
Nova is the professional community platform for the next generation.
Raised $3,700,000.00 from Pear VC, Forerunner, Alexis Ohanian, The Twenty Minute VC, Seven Seven Six, Script Capital, Tony Xu, Harry Stebbings, Josh Buckley and Scribble Ventures.
Founder
2022
Investing in exceptional companies and even better people. Join syndicate: https://venture.angellist.com/builders/syndicate
Venture Partner
2024
Investing in applied AI and vertical SaaS
Tower Research Capital is a computerized trading firm in the field of high-frequency trading.
AI & Founders Newsletters
2023
TLDR is a modern media company running 8 curated newsletters with over 1.5 million readers covering the latest in startups, tech, programming, AI, crypto, and more. tldr.tech/ai tldr.tech/founders
AI Product Management
2022 - 2024
Leading Handshake's Generative AI products Handshake is the leading early-career platform with 15M+ active student users, 1,500+ college and university partners, and 900K+ employers.
Handshake is a college career network that helps students and recent graduates find their next opportunity.
Raised $434,000,000.00 from Spark Capital, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Emerson Collective, Coatue, EQT Ventures, Valiant Peregrine Fund, True Ventures, Base10’s Advancement Initiative, Kleiner Perkins and Notable Capital.
Data Science
2019 - 2020
Sequoia Talent Network, InSITE Fellow
Sequoia Capital is a VC firm that invests in startups in the energy, financial, enterprise, healthcare, internet, and mobile industries.
AI Product Management
2019 - 2019
Google AI, Research & Machine Intelligence, Image Understanding
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Venture Capital
2019 - 2019
Ironfire Ventures is an early stage, cross-border venture fund with offices in San Francisco and Hong Kong. Focusing on artificial intelligence, enterprise software, and deep tech.
AI & Systems Research
2018 - 2019
Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning, Distributed Systems Open source contributor to Ray: https://github.com/ray-project/ray
UC Berkeley RISELab develops technologies that enable applications to make low-latency decisions on live data with strong security.
Portfolio Management & Quantitative Research
2018 - 2018
Long-Short Equity (Global Stock Selection)
AQR develops inventive practical investment strategies and customized solutions.