Yifan Tang
Managing Director at Paly Ventures
Yifan Tang
Managing Director at Paly Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Board Director
2024 - Current
Chief Technical Advisor
2023
Volektra develops advanced magnet-free motor systems for electric vehicles.
Board Director
2024
Advisor
2023
HEVO develops seamless, safe wireless EV charging technologies and products for L2 and L3 fast charging.
Advisor
2023
Volt14's silicon anode is at cost parity with graphite anode but provides significantly better performance as a drop-in replacement for EV battery cells.
Founder, Managing Director
2023
EV, AI, robotics, power generation, energy storage, aerospace.
Board Director
2022
A Princeton University spinoff, HiT Nano developed sustainable, low-cost cathode manufacturing technologies. Delivering best in class cathode materials for Li-ion, Na-ion and solid-state batteries.
Chief Technology Officer
2022 - 2022
Led engineering, product, data science and IT teams.
CTO, Board Director
2017 - 2022
General Manager of SF Motors global R&D Centers (e-Powertrain, Intelligent Driving, Battery Technology, Vehicle Engineering divisions). Seres EV is registered as SF Motors.
Co-founding Advisor
2020 - 2020
Led the spinoff of SF Motors battery technology division into a VC funded startup based in Japan.
President, SF Motors Japan
2018 - 2020
Founded SF Motors subsidiary and built a team in Japan and Silicon Valley to develop Li-ion and solid state battery technologies.
Co-Founder, General Manager
2017 - 2020
Built and managed an Intelligent Driving division that developed full-stack L2/L4 autonomous driving software and domain controller (acquired in 2020) and OTA software (went into SF5 production vehicle in China in 2020).
Education
Ph.D.
1991 - 1994
Ph.D. candidate, Teaching Assistant
1990 - 1991
M.E.
1987 - 1990
B.E.
1983 - 1987
Certificate
2003 - 2004