Kai Huang - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

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Location Cupertino, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast
Gender Male

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Kai Huang is the Senior Advisor of Grishin Robotics. He attended the University of California Berkeley.

Kai is a Venture Partner at Idea Bulb Ventures. He is the co-founder and ex-CEO of RedOctane and the co-creator of the Guitar Hero video game franchise, acquired by Activision in June 2006. Kai was also co-founder and CEO of Adux Software, a

software company developing solutions for the server appliance market. Prior to Adux Software, he was a consultant with Accenture, where he worked with Fortune 500 clients in the area of supply chain management. He is an active, serial angel investor. Kai holds a BA in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Personal Investments

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Kai Huang

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Pre Seed Round - Taelor

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Taelor

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Taelor	—	Pre Seed Round - Taelor	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	4D Sight	—	Pre Seed Round - 4D Sight	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Tresl	—	Seed Round - Tresl	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	FamePick	—	Series A - FamePick	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	humm	Yes	Pre Seed Round - humm	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Spaces	No	Seed Round - Spaces	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Insensi	No	Seed Round - Insensi	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Orange Chef	No	Seed Round - Orange Chef	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Real Food Works	—	Seed Round - Real Food Works	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Eruptive Games	—	Venture Round - Eruptive Games	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

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exits. Their most notable exits are

Spaces

Orange Chef

, and

Insensi

Spaces SPACES designs VR, AR and MR experiences for theme parks, retail, and other public locations worldwide.
Orange Chef Orange Chef designs and manufactures hardware and software applications to answer questions regarding health and nutrition.
Insensi Insensi builds ILY, a home phone for families with both a hardware and a software component.

Jobs

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Kai Huang

has

current jobs including

Senior Advisor

Grishin Robotics

CEO & Co-Founder

flash-bike

, and

Venture Partner

Sinovation Ventures

. Additionally,

Kai Huang

has had

past job as the

Co-Founder & CEO

Blue Goji

Grishin Robotics Senior AdvisorDec 2019
flash-bike CEO & Co-Founder2016
Sinovation Ventures Venture PartnerMay 1, 2014
Sentri Chief Strategy Officer

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Blue Goji	Co-Founder & CEO	2011	Jun 2014

Board and Advisor Roles

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Kai Huang

holds

board and advisor roles including

Advisor

Binded

Advisor

SPRYFIT

, and

Senior Advisor

Grishin Robotics

Binded AdvisorJan 1, 2015
SPRYFIT Advisor
Grishin Robotics Senior Advisor
SkyDeck Berkeley Advisor
SparkLabs Taiwan Advisor
humm Strategic Advisor

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Yobble	Advisor	—	—

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