Tony Huang
Managing Partner at K2 Venture Finance
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Advisory Board and Investment Committee Member
2018 - Current
Venture and growth debt fund for South East Asia market
Partner
2014
Corporate development advisory with emphasis on cross-border (US & Korea) M&A and private placement transactions
Managing Partner
2019
Venture and growth debt fund for bootstrapped and venture backed emerging growth companies
K2 Venture Finance is a specialty finance company that provides creative growth capital debt financing solutions to high growth companies.
Partner
2016 - 2018
Multi-family office investing in seed stage deep-tech companies in Asia and US
Early Stage Venture Capital Fund
Partner
2012 - 2016
• Early stage cross-border VC fund • $1B AUM across 9 funds • Led investments in Percolata, ThinkBig Analytics, Wallaby Financial, Kloudless, Synthego • BOD and observer roles at Critical Path, Quixey, Penske Media Corp., and Ooma
WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm that focuses on early and expansion investments in Mainland China, Taiwan and Silicon Valley.
Vice President
2008 - 2012
• Originally established as Velocity Financial Group (VFG) in 2007 • Sponsored by American Capital Ltd and capitalized with $500M in committed capital • Established Velocity’s Silicon Valley operation in 2008 • Led all investments activities on the West Coast • VFG joined forces with NXT Capital in 11/2011 to form NXT Capital Venture Finance
NXT Capital is a provider of structured financing to the U.S. middle market.
Raised $75,000,000.00 from Aflac and Stone Point Capital.
Vice President of Corporate Development
2005 - 2007
• Inventor of the AsanteTalk Ethernet to local port bridge adapter for Macs • Founded in 1988 • NASDAQ IPO 1992 • Delisted and reverse merged with TechnoConcepts (TCPS.PK) • Managed investor relations and raised capital through PIPE • Exited through asset sale to UIC in Taiwan
Director - International Venture Capital & Strategic Alliances
1995 - 2004
• Deployed over $300M venture debt to over 200 early and growth stage tech companies • Led LP investments in 25 VC funds • Formed and managed strategic alliances and joint ventures across APAC including KTB Incubator in Korea, Aozora Bank in Japan, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank in China, among others • Direct investments, including the Bank's first investment in China - Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) • Raised equity funding for numerous SVB clients • Served as the single point of contact for SVB for all in-bound and outbound APAC related capital markets, market entry, and business development activities • Managed SVB's market development activities and network of startups and VC relationships across APAC.
SVB Financial Group offers banking, asset management, wealth management, investment services, and funds management services.
Raised $800,000,000.00.