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Darlene Gu

--Never look for a star team during the start-up period and never look for someone who has already been successful.

📍 Evanston, Wyoming, United States293 connections293 followersphoto: yes#416 · navid-aub

About

I hope to meet more people on LinkedIn, expand my network, and learn from each other. It would be great if we could collaborate with each other in the same field. Currently in semi-retirement, I am mainly expanding more networks and human resources, with a professional team to do plan analysis and create more entrepreneurial opportunities for the new generation of young people.

Skills (3)

Capital MarketsStart-upsMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

Experience (10)

  • Workplace
    GV (Google Ventures)
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    Partners
    Duration
    Jun 2019 - Present · 3 yrs 8 mos
    Workplace Location
    Mountain View, California, United States
    Description
    I invest in life sciences, consumer, enterprise, marketplace and fintech companies, typically in Series A, B or C financings. I have led investments in Digits (board director), Nearby, The Wing, Instawork and Homebound, and also overseen investments in Lambda School and Angelist.
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    GV (Google Ventures)
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    Investment Manager
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    Sep 2014 - May 2019 · 4 yrs 9 mos
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    GV, formerly Google Ventures, is the venture capital arm of Alphabet Inc. and was founded by Bill Maris to provide seed, venture and growth-stage capital to technology companies. The firm has operated independently of Google - Alphabet's search and advertising giant - since 2015 and makes financially driven[clarification needed] investment decisions.GV seeks to invest in startups in a variety of sectors, from the Internet, software and hardware to life sciences, healthcare, artificial intelligence, transportation, cybersecurity and agriculture.
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    GV (Google Ventures)
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    Senior Data Analyst
    Duration
    Feb 2012 - Aug 2014 · 2 yrs 7 mos
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    Do research and analysis on the industries in which the fund invests, and provide references for the fund’s investment and investment decisions; in the actual future, specific industry analysis and financial analysis can also be made for specific projects. Before investing, these analyses are a part of due diligence. After investing, their work is part of the daily management of the project.
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    Investment Associate
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    Investment Associate
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    I am an associate in the investment team, focusing on consumer technology companies.
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    Consultant
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    Consultant
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    Worked alongside the founding team of this venture-incubated molecular diagnostics start-up to develop and validate the business plan and help the company raise their Series A. The company went public in Oct 2013.
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    Data Analyst
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    Goldman Sachs · Full-time
    Duration
    Jan 2004 - Oct 2006 · 2 yrs 10 mos
    Workplace Location
    Beijing, China
    Description
    Assist companies in securing funding through private or public channels (e.g., through IPOs) recruiting, training and retaining senior management, developing new customers or market opportunities in China and globally, developing new channels and positioning strategies in the information technology space I specialize in information services consumer and enterprise software telecommunications networks and related Internet technologies, including digital media delivery technologies and services.公司网址链接：https://www.goldmansachs.com/worldwide/greater-china/
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    Internship
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    In 2004, he officially joined Goldman Sachs Group China Ltd. where he was responsible for building data warehouses, creating ETL, data governance, data security, and improving operational speed and optimizing data structures to provide better services to data users.Formally entered Tsinghua Technology Venture Capital Co., Ltd. in 2003, mainly responsible for building data warehouses, creating ETL, data governance, data security, etc., and improving operation speed, optimizing data structure, and providing better services For the data user.

Education (2)

  • Institute
    Stanford University Graduate School of Business
    Degree
    Master of Business Administration, Strategic Management
    Duration
    2007 - 2009
    Description
    Grade: 学分三十六
  • Institute
    清华大学经济管理学院 Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management
    Degree
    Bachelors, Financial Economics
    Duration
    1998 - 2002
    Description
    Grade: 643 credits in the fourth year of college

Interests (4)