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Geoff Yang

Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures

Redwood City, California

Overview 

Geoff Yang is a seasoned founder and investor in early-stage start-ups in media, consumer, and communications industries, with notable roles including Founder of Sake ONO and Founding Partner and Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures. He has successfully invested in and supported companies like Tastemade and Scribd, showcasing his expertise in identifying and nurturing high-potential ventures in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

  • Founder

    2021 - Current

  • Founding Partner and Managing Director

    1999

    Lead investor in early stage and early growth stage companies in social, mobile, and consumer services Internet companies

Redpoint partners with visionary founders to create new markets or redefine existing ones at the seed, early, and growth stages.

  • Chairman and Co-founder

    2019

    Rock the Bells is the preeminent voice for classic and timeless Hip Hop and its culture. Founded by LLCoolJ, the company focuses on content, commerce, and experiences that honor the culture and core elements of Hip-Hop.

Rock The Bells is an online store for hip-hop culture merchandise.

Raised $23,000,000.00 from American Express Ventures, Raine Ventures, Paramount, Capstar Ventures, Wildcat Capital Management, AME Cloud Ventures, Irving Azoff, North Island, xo and ASK Capital.

  • Founder and CEO

    2019

    PHS uses leading-edge human physiology and performance science to help executives achieve improve performance, prevent injury, and increase long-term health span.

  • Board Member

    2022

    Global entertainment and media company

  • Board Member

    2011

Franklin Templeton is a global investment management organization known as Franklin Templeton Investments.

  • Board Member

    2016

    Esquel Group is one of the world's leading producers of premium cotton shirts. Esquel is one the world's largest and progressive textile and apparel manufacturers with vertical integrated facilities around the world.

  • Board member

    2012

    Tastemade is a global entertainment company focusing on lifestyle content and services around food, travel, and home.

Tastemade is a media company that engages a global audience on all major digital, mobile, and streaming television platforms.

Raised $115,300,000.00 from Redpoint, Liberty Media, Raine Ventures, Cool Japan Fund, Amazon, GS Growth and Comcast Ventures.

  • Board member

    2007

    Scribd is the world's largest subscription reading company with millions of books, audiobooks, journalism, and papers in a single library.

Scribd is an unlimited reading subscription that offers access to books, audiobooks, magazine articles, documents and more.

Raised $106,750,000.00 from Spectrum Equity.

  • Chairman, US Olympic and Paralympic Foundation

    2023

The mission of USA Triathlon is to grow and inspire the triathlon and multisport community.

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