Jonathan Chu
Managing Partner at Protofund
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
2021 - Current
Protofund is an early-stage venture fund founded by builders for builders. We invest in passionate teams building blockchain/web3 and consumer products.
Protofund is an early-stage venture fund investing in blockchain/web3 and consumer products.
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
2021 - 2023
Finding ways to strengthen the bond between humans and animals. Tried a bunch of cool ideas but ultimately never found PMF.
Head of Product, FTX App
2020 - 2021
Blockfolio was rebranded as the FTX app in July 2021.
SVP of Product & Operations
2020 - 2021
Acquired by FTX in August 2020.
VP of Product
2018 - 2020
Led product, design, and growth marketing at the world's most popular Bitcoin & cryptocurrency portfolio tracking platform. Proudly backed by Founders Fund, Pantera Capital, DCM Ventures & other top venture firms.
Blockfolio offers mobile portfolio tracking and management for the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry.
Raised $15,950,500.00 from John Cynn, Hashkey Exchange, NKB Ventures, Pantera Capital, Toy Ventures, Kaimin Hu, Pathfinder, imToken, COIND and Abstract Ventures.
Director of Product
2017 - 2018
Integrated Flipagram into Bytedance's global suite of video apps, including TikTok, Vigo Video, & others post-acquisition.
Director of Product
2015 - 2017
Acquired by ByteDance, parent company to TikTok, in January 2017.
Senior Product Manager
2014 - 2015
First product hire leading product development for our iOS, Android, & web apps. Flipagram is backed by Sequoia (Michael Moritz), KPCB (John Doerr), Index Ventures (Danny Rimer), Hit Forge (Naval Ravikant), and CRV (George Zachary).
Flipagram allows users to create and share compelling, visual stories with the music they love.
Raised $70,000,000.00 from Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital.
Product Manager
2013 - 2014
Product lead for Google Search As You Type, a search autocomplete product for use on online retail sites.
Partner Technology Manager
2012 - 2013
Built products to scale and accelerate the onboarding of merchants onto the Google Shopping platform.
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.
Product Management MBA Intern
2011 - 2011
Defined and executed launch marketing strategy for a new storage hardware device.
NetApp specializes in data storage, data infrastructure, and data management solutions.
Manager
2005 - 2010
Led onshore/offshore engineering teams that delivered custom enterprise software solutions for numerous Fortune 500 clients. Promoted from Analyst to Consultant to Manager during this time.
Accenture Ventures is a venture capital firm arm of Accenture, delivers innovative solutions with strategic partnerships and investments.