Anthony Tjan

Anthony Tjan


Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-tjan-4528125a/detail/recent-activity/posts/
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/anthonytjan
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Accredited investor
Member since December 12, 2017
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  • About
Investor interests
Type of investor Early stage VC
Typical investment size More than $2.5M
Typical investments in a year 4
Categories of interest
Locations of interest
Credentials Accredited Investor
Activity
Investments made ShapeUp, VirginPulse, MiniLuxe, Wahed, ListenMD, Jopwell, Knovel, Banyan Water, SmartZip
Board seats The Parthenon Group, VirginPulse, Overseers
Advisory positions Thomson Reuters, MIT Media Lab
Education
Harvard Business School , MBA , MBA & EIR
Harvard Kennedy School of Government Fellow, Belfer Center & Center for Business & Government
Harvard University , BA , Biology

I am a(n):

Investor

Companies I've founded or co-founded:
MiniLuxe, ZEFER, Cue Ball Group, LLC
Companies I work or worked for:
Thomson Reuters, The Parthenon Group, MIT Media Lab, Cue Ball Group, LLC
My favorite startups:

MiniLuxe, ShapeUp (now Virgin Pulse)

Full bio

Life-long learner of what makes for transformative business-building, great mentorship, and enduring cultures. Entrepreneur and business-builder turned venture investor committed to a people-first philosophy looking to partner with extraordinary human capital seeking extraordinary changes to the status quo. Investment philosophy: people-first (in everything), common-sense business (it's understandable), and long-term view (sea turtles over unicorns).