Natalie Luu

Investor & Advisor

2022 - Current

Investor, advisor, and fractional CFO to early and growth-stage startups. Advisory: Skip Protocol, Masa AI, Ondo Finance Portfolio: Chipper Cash, Persona, Formation Bio, Alif Semiconductor, Lithic, Finix, Empower, Kanmon, Fal AI, ModernLoop, Liquifi, TrueNorth, Liquido (LatAm), Lob API, Series Financial Exits: CoinHall (acquired by Jupiter), Arctype (acquired by ClickhouseDB)

VP, Head of Ventures & Incubation

2023 - 2023

Led VC investment and incubation at Binance Labs, the venture arm of Binance with a portfolio of 200+ companies in blockchain and web 3.0. Investments: Initia (pre-seed), Masa (incubation/accelerator)

Head of Ecosystem (Partnerships, GTM)

2022 - 2022

- Growth and Partnerships: Formed strategic partnerships with companies seeking to build blockchain applications. - Developer Relations: my team led integration engineering, developer workshops, and hacker events. - Investments and Grants: funded developer tooling, education, and new blockchain apps.

Partner

2018 - 2022

Led venture capital investments into startups from seed to growth stage. Invested across sectors including SaaS, fintech, blockchain, marketplaces, and internet. Deployed over $200M in capital. Investments: - Seed in Shipper (Board Observer) - Series A in Elementus (Board Observer) - Series A in Beam - Series B in Finix (Board Observer) - Series B in Alif Semiconductor - Token investment in Terraform Labs - Growth Round (2018) in Epic Games - Series C in Navan (fka TripActions) - Series D in Blend (NYSE:BLND) - Series D in ezCater - Series E in Seismic

Special Projects

2017 - 2018

Developed Y Combinator's new programs to support founders coming from academia or PhD programs building frontier tech startups, which led to the launch of YC Bio, YC Energy, and the YC Fellowship

Investment Banking - Tech M&A

2015 - 2017

Worked on multiple $1Bn+ M&A transactions in software, internet, and semiconductors

Admissions & Outreach

2013 - 2015

Sourced and evaluated founders applying to Y Combinator as part of the admissions process. Organized YC Office Hours and speaker events at universities across the country such as Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, Harvard, and Dartmouth.

Private & Growth Equity Intern

2014 - 2014

Worked with Investment Professionals to identify SaaS growth/private equity targets and create market maps

Associate Product Manager Intern

2013 - 2013

Created, executed, and measured a new product-led growth campaign that generated 40,000 new signups for Outlook.com. Served as the 2013-2014 Stanford Campus Ambassador.

Research Intern - Office of Development

2011 - 2013