This new series on The Blockchain DNA Podcast is an audio recording of the Finwise Cloud Conference - split into 7 episodes, presenting subject matter experts on the topic of Decentralized Finance and Blockchain.

To watch the video streaming of this conference, visit: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/finwise-cloud-conference/ or Finwise Cloud Conference Playlist on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VpBYxtMkik&list=PLinkmrBZQni_TJogAXzPMo5WUKY0Fio6E

Andrew Tang (Andy Tang) - Managing Director, Draper Dragon Fund / Partner, Draper Associates / CEO, Draper University

Andrew Tang is a partner at Draper DragonFund and Draper Associates, investing in early- stage technology companies and assisting with their business development, particularly international market entry strategy and partnerships. He also serves as CEO of Draper University, which is an incubator and entrepreneurship education program located in Silicon Valley. In his spare time, he teaches finance and fundraising classes to student entrepreneurs.

Tang has over 20 years of operating, research and development, investment banking and investing experience in the high-tech space. He co founded Draper DragonFund in 2006 to focus on cross-border investing. He has led and managed investments in companies such as VeChain, Ledger, CloudMedx, Yeepay, Jin Jing Electric Motors, Alto Beam, Vicarious Artificial Intelligence, Broadbus (MOT), to name a few. Prior to starting his fund, he was a partner and member of the investment committee at ABB Technologies Ventures and Infineon Ventures. Prior to that, he was an investment banker with Credit Suisse First Boston’s technology group in Palo Alto, where he worked on the Magma IPO (SNPS) and Cyras (CIEN) acquisition. Before joining Credit Suisse, Tang was a senior engineer and marketing manager at Intel and was responsible for chip design and market enabling for Pentium and Itanium processors.

Tang grew up in Taiwan and moved to Arlington, Texas, at age 13. He completed his undergraduate degree in electrical and computer engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a U.S. patent in silicon germanium thin film materials.

Tang currently resides in Portola Valley, California, with his wife Emily and their two sons Maxwell and Thatcher.