Alan Du

M12 - Microsoft's Venture Capital Fund
Partner
Alan has spent over a decade working across investing, operational, and advisory roles within the tech startup ecosystem. Most recently, Alan served as an investment partner at PayPal Ventures, focusing on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Fintech. Prior to PayPal Ventures, he served as the interim Head of Operations for Greater China at Docker, where he opened Docker’s first office in Asia in 2016 and drove major commercial agreements with local partners. Before Docker, he was an early team member at the Washington D.C.-based growth equity firm Revolution and invested across Enterprise SaaS and Tech-Enabled Services. Notable investments Alan has previously led include Cart.com, Deep Instcint, Kite AI, Magic, MineOS, Prime Security, Rasa, SafeBreach, Seal Security, Skipify, Thoropass, and TrueML. Alan holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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