Tim Chang

Mayfield Fund

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Overview

Tim Chang is a Managing Director at Mayfield Fund, focusing on venture capital invests in Mobile, Gaming, Digital Media, Social Media. eCommerce and AdTech in the US and China. He has been twice named on the Midas List of top 100 VCs. Tim led Mayfield's investments in Basis (acquired by Intel), MOAT, 3Drobotics, Massdrop, HealthTap, Fitmob, Zirtual, Lantern, and Ouya. Tim was previously a Partner at Norwest Venture Partners, where he led NVP's investment in Playdom (acquired by Disney for up to $763M), ngmoco (acquired by DeNA for up to $403M), AdChina (acquired by Alibaba), PCH International, Lumosity, Badgeville, Basis, and Brite Semiconductor, as well as working with the boards of TrueX (acquired by Fox), deCarta and Borqs. Prior to joining Norwest, Tim was a Principal at Gabriel Venture Partners, where he established and led their wireless practice, investing and joining the board of Iridigm Display (acquired by Qualcomm for $200M). He was also actively involved with the boards of Placeware (acquired by Microsoft for $200M), IPWireless (acquired by NextWave) and NextG Networks (acquired by private equity syndicate). Before entering the venture capital industry, Tim was a Product Manager at Gateway, where he launched Enterprise products into the Japanese market, and began his career as a tri-lingual development engineer for General Motors, working across China, Korea, and Japan. Tim received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he graduated in the top 10% of his class as an Arjay Miller Scholar. He also holds an MSEE and BSEE in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, where he was a Deparmental Scholar and received full fellowship.