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Karine Hsu

Visiting Partner at Iterative

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Karine Hsu is a Partner at Slope and the Founder of Assembly, specializing in design and marketing for startups in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in entrepreneurship and product management, she has successfully invested in companies like Copilot (Series A) and held leadership roles at companies like And Comfort (YC S17) and Verishop. Karine Hsu has made significant contributions to the startup ecosystem through her roles as a Partner at Slope and Founder of Assembly, showcasing expertise in entrepreneurship, product management, and angel investing. She has successfully invested in companies like Copilot (Series A) and held leadership positions at notable organizations such as And Comfort (YC S17) and Verishop.

Work Experience 

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Slope

  • Partner

    2019 - Current

    Slope is an end-to-end creative agency focused on working with high-growth startups. We are former venture-backed founders with deep expertise across design and marketing. Select Clients: Superhuman, Langchain, Daily Harvest, Olympus DAO, Amplify Partners, and more. Services-wise, we focus on the following three categories: Brand: Brand Strategy & Brand Visual Identity Digital: Website Design, Website Development, UI/UX Marketing: Campaign Work, Ad Creatives, Ongoing design services Email me at karine@slope.agency for more details!

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Assembly

  • Co-Founder

    2023

    Manage your social content like magic. Assembly is the first end-to-end platform to draft, plan, and schedule content. Building the tool I wished I always had.

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Angel Investor

  • Angel Investor

    2019

    Investor in amazing founders and companies: Eco, TrueAccord, Settle, Cabal, Levro, Mozart Data, Trendsi, Voyage SMS, and more.

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Iterative

  • Visiting Partner

    2023

    Iterative is a YC-style accelerator for Southeast Asia

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First Round Capital

  • Angel Track

    2022 - 2022

    Member of First Round Capital's Spring 2022 Angel Track  cohort —  a masterclass and community for angel investors and established operators. One of 35 people selected to this cohort from 2,000+ applications.

First Round Angel Track is a community of operators and founders looking to develop their skills and identities as early-stage investors.

angeltrack.firstround.com
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And Comfort (YC S17)

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2017 - 2019

    And Comfort is a direct-to-consumer plus-size fashion brand that went through YC S17 batch. Our pieces have been worn by Melissa McCarthy, Katie Sturino, and featured by Glamour, Refinery29, WSJ, Nylon, and much more. Acquired by a strategic competitor in 2019.

And Comfort produces clothing for plus-sized women.

andcomfort.com
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Verishop

  • Marketing / Founding Team

    2019 - 2019

    First marketing and growth hire brought on to launch the brand, and grow the marketing and e-commerce team. Managed and ran six figure performance budget across channels. Testing, rapid landing page creation, and brand activations across social/community to fuel growth.

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Affirm, Inc.

  • Strategy & Analytics

    2016 - 2017

Affirm is a financial technology services company that offers installment loans to consumers at the point of sale.

Raised $2,020,000,000.00 from PGIM Fixed Income.

affirm.com
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Dorm Room Fund

  • Managing Partner

    2014 - 2016

    Managed $5M+ venture capital fund (with $3B+ portfolio valuation) backed by First Round Capital. To date, we've invested in 300+ startups that have raised $500M+ in follow-on capital from investors like a16z, Sequoia Capital, and Y Combinator.

Dorm Room Fund is the strongest community of entrepreneurial students in the nation.

dormroomfund.com
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BlackRock

  • Analytics

    2015 - 2015

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blackrock.com

Education 

Investments 

Copilot

Series A

Total funding: $16M

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