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Joining Terra as the Head of Ecosystem Development
Talks about Terra, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
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Natalie Luu
Investor at Ringside Ventures
United States
Overview
Natalie Luu is an experienced investor and advisor with a background at Lightspeed and Binance, currently serving as an Investor & Advisor at Ringside Ventures. She has held key roles in venture capital, strategic partnerships, and business development, with a focus on sectors like SMB Software, Cloud Infrastructure, and FinTech. Natalie has a strong track record in investing in early-stage companies and has contributed significantly to the growth and success of various startups throughout her career.
Work Experience
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
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.
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
Accel-KKR is a technology-focused private equity firm specialized in growth and middle market investments.
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.
Microsoft Advertising provides digital advertising solutions.
Research Intern - Office of Development
2011 - 2013