Jonathan Chu
Managing Partner at Protofund
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.
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.
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).
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.
Product Management MBA Intern
2011 - 2011
Defined and executed launch marketing strategy for a new storage hardware device.
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.