Investment Overview
Rounds in the past year
1
Total rounds
11
Portfolio Numbers
12
Lead Investment
0
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Igor Igamberdiev
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Michael Price
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Frank Chaparro
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Alice Hou
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Ke Zhang
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Mika Honkasalo
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