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Dylan Chiu

Principal at Berkeley Frontier Fund

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Dylan Chiu is a Principal at Berkeley Frontier Fund in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a background in entrepreneurship, venture capital, and public-private partnerships. He has experience at various organizations like Ironfire Ventures, University of California, Berkeley, and Plug and Play Tech Center, showcasing expertise in due diligence, market research, and community outreach. Chiu's career highlights include serving as a Principal at Berkeley Frontier Fund and gaining experience in venture capital at Ironfire Ventures, demonstrating a strong skill set in entrepreneurship, public-private partnerships, and market research.

Work Experience 

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Berkeley Frontier Fund

  • Principal

    2022 - Current

    We’re a new breed of philanthropic VC designed to align incentives in the private markets for Berkeley’s public benefit. Select portfolio: Databricks, Mammoth Biosciences, AyarLabs, Neurona Therapeutics

Berkeley Frontier Fund provides growth-stage funding to companies emerging out of the University of California campus.

berkeleyfrontier.com
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Ironfire Ventures

  • Associate

    2019 - 2022

    Ironfire Ventures is a cross-border family office with in-house design and research services for our portfolio companies. We invest in startups from seed to series B in AI, Lifestyle/Marketplace, frontier and blockchain verticals as well as fund-of-funds. Select portfolio: Iota Biosciences (Acq. Astellas), Gradescope (Acq. Turnitin), Mercury, Retool, Lambda School, Boxbot, Imprimed, Krisp, Zendar

  • Analyst

    2017 - 2019

  • Undergraduate Fellow

    2016 - 2017

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University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

  • Student Instructor

    2016 - 2016

    Taught a semester-long course on digital health innovation with a focus on creating socially responsible startups serving global health needs. Our students are from a variety of technical and non-technical majors and are encouraged to use human centered design principles in creating their solutions.

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Plug and Play Tech Center

  • Associate

    2016 - 2016

Plug & Play Topeka is a Venture Capital company that offers corporate Innovation, open Innovation, and accelerator Programs.

plugandplaytechcenter.com
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The Batchery

  • Associate

    2015 - 2016

The Batchery is a Bay Area-based global incubator for seed stage startups poised for rapid growth.

batchery.com
VL

Venture Lab at UC Berkeley

  • Venture Outreach/Program Development Intern

    2015 - 2015

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Plug and Play Tech Center

  • Venture/Corporate Development Associate

    2015 - 2015

Plug & Play Topeka is a Venture Capital company that offers corporate Innovation, open Innovation, and accelerator Programs.

plugandplaytechcenter.com
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HP

  • Corporate Innovation & VC Intern

    2014 - 2014

HP Labs creates, identifies, and develops technologies to connect people and define their future.

hp.com

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