Sam Yu

Founder CEO

2018 - Current

Founding Partner

2016

Long Venture Partners is an early and growth stage venture capital focusing on Big Data and AI related investment in the Silicon Valley • Invested $10.2M in 26 startups mainly sourced from Stanford alumni network and achieved ROI of over 15x and DPI of over 50% by March 2022 • Signature deals include Bolt Financial, Amplitude, and Firework

Director and Venture Partner

2014

CD Capital (www.cd-pe.com) is an early and growth stage venture capital focusing on Medical Technologies and Life Sciences investment in China • Led the execution of $24M investment in 3 startups; total investment valuation is over $100M by March 2022

Founding Partner

2015 - 2016

Invested $350k in 10 startups sourced from Stanford alumni network and Y-Combinator

Investment Professional

2008 - 2014

SAIF Partners is a leading growth equity investment firm in China and India with over $4 billion assets under management Senior Associate, China VC and PE Investment Team • Led the execution of $32M investment in 3 portfolio companies • Assisted in portfolio management of 10 companies ($160M invested) and served as board director for 3 of them • Convinced investment committee to drop a $40M pre-IPO investment and avoided serious investment loss Analyst and Associate, China VC and PE Investment Team • Assisted in the investment of $63M in 6 portfolio companies; major role included business due diligence, financial modeling, investment memo preparation, and coordination of legal transactions • Assisted in financial analysis of 2 public stock portfolios and transition management of a distressed portfolio • Convinced deal partner to drop a $40M growth equity investment and avoided serious investment loss

President

2010 - 2013

YVCC was the largest service platform with over 500 members of elite VC/PE professionals in Beijing and Shanghai.

Business and Finance Analyst

2003 - 2008

Commercial Finance Analyst, GE Healthcare China Medical Equipment Service 2007 - 2008, Shanghai • Led a cross-functional team on project "Commercial Toolkit" for service contract margin analysis, and significantly improved margin visibility and pricing decisions for the $100M medical equipment service business • Facilitated brainstorm discussions and ongoing collaborations among sales, finance, logistics and field service teams to revise the cash collection process, and hence significantly reduced overdue accounts receivables • Stepped up and led the year end FP&A closing during the absence of FP&A manager • Won “Management Award” and rated “Top Talent” of GE Healthcare China for year 2007 Leadership Trainee, Financial Management Program 2005 - 2006, Guangdong, Beijing, and Shanghai • Took 4 rotational assignments in Plastics, Healthcare and Sensing businesses; supported on various finance work from routine accounting work such as accounts payables and general ledger accounts reconciliations to operational finance projects such as designing product configuration pricing models and initiating a digitized credit control process Sourcing Specialist, GE Transportation China Sourcing 2003 - 2004, Shanghai • Assisted in planning and analysis of volume, YOY depreciation, and on-time deliveries for the $20M sourcing business • Certified Six-Sigma Green Belt and won Six-Sigma Award for effectively leading the “On-Time-Delivery” project