Hans Tung

Managing Partner
Hans Tung is a Managing Partner at GGV Capital U.S., focusing on early-stage investments across the global digital economy ecosystem. He is consistently recognized among the top venture capital investors in the world, having been named to the Forbes Midas list 11 consecutive years from 2013-2023, and has been in the top 10 for the last 5 years. He has also been recognized among the Top 100 Asian Americans by Gold House in 2018-2020. In 2023 and 2024, Hans and his team launched the Fintech Innovation 50, a list and community highlighting the rising stars in fintech innovation. Hans oversees the firm’s DE&I initiatives.

His GGV portfolio includes 24 unicorns, plus three unicorns prior to joining GGV, now each valued at more than $1 billion (and many of which were invested in at an early stage). The public portfolio includes Affirm, Airbnb, Coinbase, Peloton, Poshmark, Slack, and Wish, and the private unicorn portfolio includes Bowery Farming, Divvy Homes, Frubana, Function of Beauty, Ibotta, Loggi, OfferUp, Rupeek, StockX, Udaan, and Vedantu.

Hans’ global portfolio at GGV spans six cities across the U.S. as well as three continents:

  • Foodtech: Bowery Farming, Frubana, GrubMarket, Loggi, Odeko, Shelf Engine
  • Communication/Social: Chief, Fishbowl, Minerva, Otter.ai, Slack, Snappy
  • Fintech: Affirm, Clara, Divvy Homes, IDwall, Karat, Northstar, Novo, Rupeek, Stori, Turtlemint
  • Fitness & Digital Health: K Health, Peloton
  • Edtech: Labster, Vedantu
  • B2B2C/SMBTech: Khatabook, Udaan
  • E-commerce: Airbnb, Function of Beauty, Lively, OfferUp, Poshmark, Quince, StockX, Winky Lux, Wish, Yami

Born in Taiwan, Hans grew up in Los Angeles and attended Stanford University, graduating with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. Hans spent eight years investing in Asia before returning to Silicon Valley in 2013 to join GGV Capital to focus on globally-minded founders.

Sector Focus

  • Social/Internet

Office

Silicon Valley

Select Investments

  • Affirm
  • Airbnb
  • Bowery Farming
  • Bustle Digital Group
  • Chief
  • Clara
  • Curse
  • Divvy Homes
  • Fishbowl
  • Frubana
  • Function of Beauty
  • Giphy
  • GrubMarket
  • Ibotta
  • K Health
  • Khatabook
  • Loggi
  • Mason
  • Minerva
  • Misfit
  • Modak
  • Northstar
  • Novo
  • Odeko
  • OfferUp
  • Ownit
  • Peloton
  • Quince
  • Rupeek
  • Shelf Engine
  • Slack
  • Snappy Gifts
  • StockX
  • Stori
  • The Mighty
  • Turtlemint
  • Udaan
  • Vedantu
  • Wish
  • Yami