Brian Truong Email & Phone Number

San Francisco , Us

Sourced and/or championed 30+ investments on behalf of Graph, including: - Aperture Data (Pre-Seed)- Atticus (Seed)- Beaubble (Pre-Seed)- Birdstop (Seed)- Bundle (Pre-Seed)- Cheeky Bonsai (Pre-Seed)- Cubbo (Pre-Seed)- Disclo (Pre-Seed)- Dub (Pre-Seed)- Game Jolt (Seed)- Hang (Seed)- Klyne (Pre-Seed)- Koltin (Seed)- Lava (Pre-Seed)- Lex (Seed)- Lighthouse (Seed)- Manatee (Seed)- Mesha (Pre-Seed)- Morty (Pre-Seed)- Nas Company (Series A)- Neupeak (Pre-Seed)- OlaClick (Pre-Seed)- Oversee (Pre-Seed)- Pillar (Seed)- Pluto (Seed)- Ramped (Pre-Seed)- Returnmates (Pre-Seed)- Sunroom (Pre-Seed)- SUSH (Pre-Seed)- Tavrn (Pre-Seed)

San Francisco , Us

Graph Ventures is an early-stage VC firm with an operator-centric team and model. Established by leading technology entrepreneurs and executives in 2011, Graph has since backed 200+ startups around the world, including BetterUp, Blue Apron, Dapper Labs, Envoy, Extend, Hinge, Ipsy, Loft, PicsArt, Porch, and TrueLayer, and VGS. graphventures.com

Investor: Dandy, Zetachain, LiftIt, SimpleBet, The Custom Movement, and Li.Fi.Advisor: Door of Clubs (acquired), ParkIt (acquired), and Quintus Capital.

Served as first growth hire for multiple Benchmark and Sequoia-backed startups, setting up growth infrastructure, creative acquisition channels, and analytics. Clients upon request. Also previously paid my way through college by working every semester and summer for Founders of different startups (6 in total). Some were acquired, some reached venture scale, and some failed. Supported on marketing, product, UI/UX design, and anything else needed, like watering the plants.

We were a venture studio building healthier consumer social products for Gen Z. Content created on our platforms reached millions of teens per week. Acquired in 2020 by a Sequoia-backed competitor.We raised multiple rounds of financing from Pear Ventures, Shrug Capital, First Round Capital (Product Co-op), Valia Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Hustle Fund, Ride Ventures, and 20+ angels.

Brooklyn, New York, Us

Slightly is a design studio focused on imperfection. -Plants: https://SlightlyBrowningFakePlants.comCeramics: http://officehours.club

We enabled creators and publishers to monetize their audiences with “micro-work,” such as quick surveys and data labeling tasks. We worked towards becoming the de-facto digital currency for content access. Raised seed round and scaled our distribution network to 25 million people across 300+ publishers.

Sourced and/or led the firm's diligence in 10+ seed investments including Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD), Lightwell (acq. Twitter), Freight Farms (acq. Agrinam), and Codeship (acq. CloudBees). Provided support in marketing, product development, and recruiting for 20+ companies.

New York, Ny, Us

Evaluated secondary private equity deals in leveraged-buyout, distressed, venture capital, and real estate funds for $500M+ in potential commitments.

San Francisco, California , Us

Healthcare technology investment team; portfolio support with DocuTap (acq. Experity).

Bachelor'S Degree, Human Evolutionary Biology, Computer Science

Thiel Fellow

High School, Texas Academy Of Mathematics And Science