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Peter Yuan Pan

Founder of Hydra Ventures

Lisbon, Lisbon

Overview 

Peter Yuan Pan is a seasoned professional with a strong background in user experience, team management, and business development. Currently serving as a Partner at 1kx and Co-founder of Hydra Ventures, he has made significant contributions in the Web3/Blockchain sector, investing in companies like Pudgy Penguins at the Seed stage. Peter's career highlights include co-founding MetaCartel Ventures and serving as a UX Design Mentor at Designlab, showcasing his expertise in user research, creative problem-solving, and digital marketing.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2020 - Current

    Early stage investing: https://twitter.com/pet3rpan_

  • Co-founder & Co-Summoner

    2022

    First dedicated fund of funds for investment DAOs. Incubated by 1kx.

Hydra Ventures DAO provides investment and incubation solutions as well as guidance for DAO companies in the web3 ecosystem.

Raised $10,000,000.00 from seedclub, Wicklow Capital, Collab+Currency, NxGen.xyz, 1kx and ConsenSys.

  • Co-founder & Summoner

    2019 - 2023

    Invested in the Ethereum's earliest cohort of end user applications during 2019-2021, with a focus on being the first check. Became the first live legally wrapped investment DAO to ever have launched.

  • Summoner

    2018 - 2022

    Created Ethereum's first dedicated founder community focused on end user applications.

  • Product manager

    2018 - 2018

    Building and working on meta transactions in the Ethereum ecosystem

  • UX Design Mentor

    2017 - 2018

    Teaching design and product thinking for the 12 week UX beginners course.

  • Lead Designer

    2017 - 2018

    Lead user research, design and product discovery for CancerAid's patient-facing mobile app. Company was backed by TechStars '17 Health tech accelerator.

Digital Health company

  • Lead Designer

    2016 - 2017

    Design and research around 1Scope’s web app. UX research, UI design, user testing, and product growth.

  • Maker

    2017 - 2017

    Tried to build a product that helps product people transcribe, make notes and collect insights. Talked to 30+ designers & PMs and surveyed over 100 potential customers ranging from Dell, StackOverflow, ColumbiaU, Tyro & ING Bank. Discontinued the project after discovering the product: Notion.so

  • Contributing Writer

    2017 - 2017

    Wrote some articles that were published in UXDesign.cc, also participated in Product Coalition and Design Hangout communities.

UX Collective designs publications and blogs built to elevate unheard design voices all over the world.

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