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Joe Tsai

Investor at Mucker Capital

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Joe Tsai is currently a Seed and Series A Investor at Mucker Capital in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, with a strong background in entrepreneurship, venture capital, and product management. He has held notable roles at Stripes as Vice President and at McKinsey & Company as a Management Consultant, showcasing his expertise in investing and consulting within the tech industry.

Work Experience 

  • Head of Early Fund (Seed and Series A)

    2021 - Current

    Named after Thomas Edison's "Muckers" (OG hackers who experimented in his lab), Mucker Capital partners with founders who share Edison's philosophy of pursuing success via persistent and iterative execution. I currently lead seed and Series A investments at Mucker.

  • Vice President

    2016 - 2021

    Made $10-75m investments in rapidly growing software and consumer companies with best-in-class products. Helped form and establish Stripes' software investment team, and sourced and supported the firm's investments in BacklotCars (acq by KAR for $425m), Cypress.io, Emotive, On Running (NYSE: ONON), Pleo and Sift.

Stripes is a growth equity firm that invests in software and consumer businesses.

  • Management Consultant

    2013 - 2016

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

  • Research and Data Analyst

    2012 - 2012

CB Insights is a market intelligence platform that predicts company health and strategy, investor performance, and technology trends.

Raised $11,650,000.00 from Pilot Growth Equity.

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