We are excited to announce Thuan Le’s promotion to Partner and Head of Founder Platform at Electric Capital.
Thuan Le is the heart of Electric’s Founder Platform.
Thuan was Electric’s first employee in 2018. She leads Electric’s founder platform initiatives.
Thuan connects founders with the expert resources they need to thrive. She creates opportunities for founders to learn and unwind at Electric’s Founder Summit. She adds a human touch to all of our engagements, from designing custom swag to sending gifts for founders’ new babies. Thuan also builds the broader crypto community by hosting dozens of open cafes and events at global conferences like EthCC, Solana Breakpoint, Token2049, and more.
The Head of the Electric Founder Platform has an active role in our investment strategy since beyond the investment decision, it is one of the primary means through which we help founders. Thuan’s promotion to Partner recognizes both her contributions and the importance of founders to Electric. We would not be the firm we are without her, and we are grateful she has chosen to be part of our team.
Supporting visionary founders is the heart of everything we do.
Many investment firms treat ongoing founder support as an afterthought. Our approach is different. Every marginal dollar we make goes back into helping our founders succeed. 50% of our employees are former founders and 66% are engineers. We know first-hand how difficult it is to create real value in the world.
The founders with whom we partner are exceptional and our founder platform under Thuan’s leadership delivers exceptional value for them:
- Our general partners and engineers work closely with founders on infrastructure, governance, mechanism design, and other cutting-edge technical challenges. We often build directly with engineering teams to help them move as fast as possible. We only invest in companies when we have deep conviction in the founders and their vision — and when we can provide meaningful support.
- Our network of world-class experts, within and outside Electric, consult with founders on engineering, design, hiring, regulatory issues, and everything else needed to build outstanding companies. Advisors like Akash Garg (former CTO), Jay Clayton (former head of SEC), Kevin Warsh (formerly on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve), Rebecca Rettig (current Chief Policy Officer at Polygon), and others provide deep subject matter expertise for every challenge founders face.
- Our events and conferences encourage connections that enable long-term founder success. We create opportunities for founders to help each other navigate the rapidly-changing crypto landscape and find new opportunities for growth.
Thuan has spearheaded and built many of these services for founders over the last two years, which is why we are delighted to have her be a partner at Electric Capital.
About Electric Capital
Electric Capital is one of the largest crypto-native venture capital firms. Electric has raised nearly $2 billion in capital to invest in early-stage crypto companies and protocols with investment sizes ranging from $1m to $50m. Electric is unique in its ability to provide founders with deep expertise in engineering, product design, token economic design, liquidity provisioning, on-chain governance support and cryptography. Two-thirds of the Electric Capital team are engineers and former founders with successful exits. Electric Capital’s investments include Bitwise, Eigenlayer, Ellipsis, Espresso, Frax, Magic Eden, Monad, NEAR, Solana and more.
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