CULTURE & TEAM

Drive, Curiosity and Resourcefulness

 

We build our tight-knit team with individuals that demonstrate an insatiable drive for excellence, a curious mind that treats unknowns as opportunities to learn and a resourceful personality that seeks solutions for every problem.

Team Members :

Jerry Tang

Jerry Tang is an entrepreneur and investor with background in both engineering and finance. He founded VCV in 2021. He created TigerDC, Gentle Scan, Atlas Cloud AI and SnowballX.  Prior to VCV, he was a senior executive in French investment bank, Natixis, overseeing their commercial real estate business. 

Jerry has a BS from Huazhong Univ. of Sci & Tech and a MS from Columbia University. He also attends the Owner President Manager program in Harvard Business School. 

He resides in New York City with his wife and three children. 

Jerry Tang
Matt Feast

Matt Feast is a Partner in VCV. He helped co-found VCV in 2021. He is in charge of financing for VCV and its portfolio companies. Prior to VCV, he worked in several global banks including Credit Suisse, Natixis and SBI Shinsei Bank. 

Matt received a BS from University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School. 

He lives in New York with his wife and two children. 

Matt Feast
Amanda Klier

Amanda Klier is a Partner in VCV. She is a managing director in Gentle Scan, a portfolio company in health tech. Prior to VCV, she worked in several Fortune 500 firms including GE, Deloitte and US Trust. 

Amanda has a JD from Syracuse University. 

She lives in Rochester, New York with her two children. 

Amanda Klier
Wei Xu

Wei Xu is a Partner in VCV. He is in charge of business development and operations for AI related activities. Prior to VCV, he worked in a Fortune 500 telecom firm, responsible for its MENA sales division.  

Wei received a BS and a MS from Huazhong Univ. of Sci & Tech. 

Wei Xu
John Jiang

John is the Chief Scientist of VCV. He has led an accomplished career in multiple Fortune 100 tech companies including IBM, Google, Lockheed Martin, Hitachi. He started his career as a scientist in NASA. 

John’s academic credentials includes Stanford, Stony Brook and USTC. 

John lives in the California Bay Area with his family. 

John Jiang
Josh Crass

Josh Crass is the data center project manager in TigerDC. His responsibilities include data center development and operational management. His experiences include stints in Google, Meta and CrowdStrike.

He lives in Oregon with his wife and six children.

Josh Crass
Leydanette Castillo

Leydanette Castillo is a data center site manager in TigerDC. Her responsibilities include data center operations and electrical installation and maintenance.

She lives in South Carolina with her four children.

Leydanette Castillo
Harry He

Harry is an Investment Associate in VCV. His responsibilities include sourcing, researching/analyzing and pitching new opportunities in the Blockchain space. 

Harry received a MS from Fordham University. 

He is based in New York City.

Harry He
Johnny Zhang

Johnny is an Investment Associate in VCV. His responsibilities include sourcing, researching/analyzing and pitching new opportunities in Digital Infrastructure space. 

Johnny received a MS from Columbia University. 

He is based in New York City.  

Johnny Zhang
Cheney Li

Cheney is an Investment Associate in VCV. His responsibilities include sourcing, researching/analyzing and pitching new opportunities in AI space. 

Cheney received a MS from Columbia University. 

He is based in New York City. 

Cheney Li
Francis Shen

Francis is an Investment Associate in VCV. His responsibilities include sourcing, researching/analyzing and pitching new opportunities in AI space. 

Francis received a MS from Boston University. 

He is based in San Francisco. 

Francis Shen
Jeffrey Pan

Jeffrey is a technology analyst in VCV. His responsibilities include technology diligence, programming and application development in the AI space. 

Jeffrey received a BS from Zhejiang University. 

Jeffrey Pan

Advisors :

Joe Lavorgna

Joe is an Economic Advisor for VCV. He is the Chief Economist of SMBC, a global banking giant based in Tokyo. Prior to that, he was the Chief Economist of White House Economic Council and Special Advisor to the President of United States. Joe is a regular in CNBC, the premier channel for business news in US. 

Joe received a BS from Villanova University. 

He is based in New York.  

Joe Lavorgna
Peng Liu

Peng is a Real Estate Advisor for VCV. He is an accomplished professor in the prestigious Cornell University Hotel School. Before his academic career, Mr. Liu worked in Goldman Sachs. 
Mr. Peng received a PhD from UC Berkeley. 
He is based in New York.  

Peng Liu
Keith Siilat

Keith is a Technology Advisor for VCV. He is an avid aviator, having flown many private planes for leisure and business. He is now focused on robotic airplane applications. Keith was the CTO of Hear.com and several other tech startups. 
Keith received a PhD from Stanford University. 
He is based in Florida.  

Keith Siilat