Karine Hsu

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!

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.

Angel Investor

2019

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

Visiting Partner

2023

Iterative is a YC-style accelerator for Southeast Asia

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.

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.

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.

Strategy & Analytics

2016 - 2017

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.

Analytics

2015 - 2015