AME Cloud Ventures
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This is Jerry Yang's personal piggy bank fund - no traditional LPs, which means faster decisions and unusual flexibility in check sizes, but also means they follow three strict anti-Yahoo rules: avoid consumer internet, invest early-stage only, and back only data-driven deep tech. The flat structure with just four investors means you get direct access to decision-makers, not junior associates. Jerry's China connections are legit - he's still on Alibaba's board and has deep Asia-Pacific relationships that most Silicon Valley funds can only dream of. The catch? They reportedly require distant companies to relocate headquarters to Silicon Valley for hands-on support - so if you're not willing to move, don't bother. With 251 investments generating 16 unicorns and 83 acquisitions including Slack and Okta, their hit rate speaks for itself.
- —Best for: Deep tech data companies willing to relocate to Silicon Valley
- —Watch out for: The relocation requirement if you're not Bay Area based
- —Known for: Jerry Yang's legendary China connections and anti-consumer playbook
AME Cloud Ventures focuses on seed to later stage companies building infrastructure and value chains around data. They believe that accurate, actionable data will be a major life-blood in the future economy.
Primarily Series A focused with average round size of $14.9M across 68 investments, also active in seed ($6.46M average) and Series B ($44.4M average). Invests across virtually all verticals where data creation, analysis, or infrastructure plays a central role, from infrastructure to applications, sensors, and end-user products.
Co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc. and founding partner of AME Cloud Ventures with a net worth of $3.1 billion. Known for the 'best investment an American company has ever made in China' with Alibaba and continues to be a thought leader in China and Asia. Currently sits on Board of Directors for Workday and Alibaba.
Prior to AME, invested in growth stage tech companies at Silver Lake and earned his BS from UC Berkeley and MBA from Harvard. Passionate about empowering big thinkers and frontier technologies, believing in a world where data and machine intelligence transform every aspect of life. Has been with AME since 2013, initially as Principal before being promoted to Managing Director in 2016.
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