Kun Gao Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1
- Investments
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32
- Portfolio
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25
- Exits
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5
Kun Gao General Information
Description
Dr. Kun Gao is a Co-Founder & serves as Chief Operating Officer at GGWP. Mr. Gao co-founded Frappr. He is a Co-Founder of Crunchyroll. He is also a Co-Founder and serves as President & Chief Operating Officer at Forge. He has helped drive Crunchyroll from idea to a profitable company with multi-millions in revenue, spearheading international content licensing, product, operations and monetization. He has over 7 years of experience in consumer facing websites, including founding Frappr.com (acquired by Slide), and joining HOTorNOT. He graduated from U.C. Berkeley with honors B.S. in Electrical Engineer and Computer Science and B.A. in Applied Mathematics in 2004, and was a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon focusing on Database research. Having worked with the founders of PayPal and HOTorNOT, Kun became a serial entrepreneur, having founded multiple social media and content platforms including geo-social network Frappr and the leading anime media company Crunchyroll, acquired for over $1B by Sony Pictures. He is an Angel Investor.
Business Details
Investor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- San Francisco, CA
- United States
Kun Gao Investments (32)
| Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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| welevel | 06-Mar-2025 | Early Stage VC | Entertainment Software | Startup | ||
| Clout Kitchen | 04-Oct-2024 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Orange Cap Games | 10-Sep-2024 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Redacted (Financial Services) | 26-Jun-2024 | Other Financial Services | Generating Revenue | |||
| Metagood | 06-Mar-2024 | Other Financial Services | Generating Revenue | |||
| AniLive | 27-Nov-2023 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Series (Financial Software) | 26-Sep-2023 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Seen (Media and Information Services) | 01-Apr-2023 | Social/Platform Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Metagood | 08-Dec-2022 | Seed Round | Other Financial Services | Generating Revenue | ||
| HeyMarvin | 15-Nov-2022 | Seed Round | Media and Information Services (B2B) | Generating Revenue |
Kun Gao Exits (5)
| Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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| Offsyte | 16-Nov-2023 | Out of Business | |
| Azarus | 28-Oct-2023 | ||
| Trend (Texas) | 27-Jun-2023 | ||
| Redacted | 01-Jun-2023 | Out of Business | |
| Lookmark | 15-Jun-2013 | Out of Business |
Kun Gao Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Investments by Industry
Investments by Year
Investments by Region
Kun Gao Co-Investors (429)
| Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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| Holly Liu | 14 |
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Kun Gao FAQs
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Who is Kun Gao?
Kun Gao is an angel Investor who has made 32 investments.
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What kind of investor is Kun Gao?
Kun Gao is an angel investor.
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What does Kun Gao do?
As an angel investor, Kun Gao invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Kun Gao invested in?
Kun Gao has made numerous investments in companies like welevel, Clout Kitchen, and Orange Cap Games within the Entertainment Software industry.
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What has Kun Gao invested in recently?
Kun Gao's latest investment was on 06-Mar-2025 in welevel, a company within the Entertainment Software industry.
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