Derrick Li

Principal

2023 - Current

Angel

2016

Retool, Ollama, LangChain, Pulley, CommandBar, Nuvo, TravelJoy, Extend, Causal, Rundoo Wisely (acq. $OLO), Reflect (acq. SmartBear), Hyper (acq. Tradeshift), xCheck (acq. FLYR) and more -> derrickli.com/#investing

Cofounder

2019 - 2022

Automatable checklists for any human-in-the-loop process - like customer onboarding, employee onboarding, etc. https://www.producthunt.com/products/macro-3

Member

2019 - 2020

Traveling / warehouses / yoga

2018 - 2019

Quit my job at Altimeter because I was antsy and wanted to travel the world.  Didn't end up traveling the world but saw a big chunk of Asia. Came back to San Francisco in late 2018 and needed a place to stay.  Found a warehouse on Craigslist and became friends with the owner - ended up investing in his cannabis startup in Puerto Rico and helped him and his partner rollup $100mm+ of warehouses in Puerto Rico. Also did plenty of yoga and worked on v1 of Macro and other projects.

Analyst / Chief of Staff to Brad Gerstner

2014 - 2018

Reached out to Brad via a cold email, convinced him to let me intern at Altimeter Boston as a 21-year-old that knew next to nothing about investing.  Next thing I knew, I was driving across the country to join Brad as he opened the Menlo office.  Was a ride of a lifetime. Forever thankful to Brad, Kevin, John, Ram, Hab, and the rest of the team for taking a chance on me and teaching me so many life lessons (in addition to what good investing looks like).

Global Marketing Intern - Alzheimer's (Solanezumab)

2013 - 2013