Sam Yu - Partner
Sam is a Partner at LVP. Before founding Long Venture Partners, Sam was a venture capitalist at SAIF Partners and CDBI Partners, where he sourced, executed and managed growth stage investments. Prior to this, Sam was a finance leader at General Electric.
Sam is passionate about building a venture firm and holds an M.S., Management degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was a Sloan Fellow. He also holds a BS in applied mathematics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
syu@longvp.com
Liza Wang - Partner
Liza is a Partner at LVP. She previously was the co-founder of Guru Online (Holdings) Limited (8121:HK), a digital and marketing leader in Asia Pacific and Greater China. Before this, she was a growth consultant for Edmodo, and a manager for Proctor and Gamble.
Liza is a long time and trusted angel investor, board member, and mentor for many companies. She has degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Berkeley Haas School of Business.
liza@longvp.com
Ryan Burke - Partner
Ryan is a Partner at LVP. He previously was a founding team member and head of strategy at Look, a mobile messaging app that reached top 20 overall in the Apple App Store and delivered over 1 billion messages. Before Look, he was a Vice President at E. J. McKay, a leading Chinese boutique investment bank specializing in cross-border M&A transactions.
Ryan holds degrees from Rye Country Day School, Phillips Academy Andover, and Harvard College, where he is an active alumni interviewer.
ryan@longvp.com
Aayush Patel - Analyst
Aayush is an Analyst at LVP. Previously, he worked on design engineering and project management at Boeing and mechanical engineering at NovaWurks, a satellite startup company. Additionally, he has managed student-led consulting projects for LinkedIn and Google.
Aayush currently attends UC Berkeley, where he is obtaining a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on computer science, electrical engineering and entrepreneurship.
aayush@longvp.com