Yun-Fang Juan

Yun-Fang Juan is the Founder and General Partner of Brighter Capital. See sector focus and contact routes.

About Yun-Fang Juan

Yun-Fang Juan is the Founder and General Partner of Brighter Capital, having transitioned to angel investing after a decade as a software engineer at Facebook and Yahoo. She focuses on early-stage companies, specifically targeting pre-seed and seed rounds across sectors including advertising, payments, robotics, gaming, hardware, and enterprise software. Her typical investment check size ranges from $100K to $10M, though some reports note checks often exceeding $20K, and she prioritizes backing repeat founders. Notable portfolio companies include Reddit, Matterport (which went public via SPAC), and Envoy (a flexible-workplace unicorn). Juan is recognized as an advocate for female entrepreneurs and has her syndicate on AngelList achieve 28 exits to date. She also co-authored over 10 US patents and previously led engineering efforts for Facebook Ads and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Yun-Fang Juan at a glance

Role
Angel Investor
Location
Palo Alto, CA, United States
Investor type
Individual/Angel
Focus areas
Ms. Yun-Fang Juan is the Co-founder and CEO of Fundastic, a financing platform for small-business owners. Previously, she was the Chief Scientist at Soldsie, a social commerce startup that helps small business owners sell on Facebook. She worked for Facebook for five years. She started as one of the founding engineers of Facebook Ads. Prior to Facebook, she worked for Yahoo! For 6 years on search, data mining and ab testing framework. She graduated with a BS in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University and a MS in operations research from UC Berkeley.

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Yun-Fang Juan (Palo Alto, CA, United States) — sector focus: Ms. Yun-Fang Juan is the Co-founder and CEO of Fundastic, a financing platform for small-business owners. Previously, she was the Chief Scientist at Soldsie, a….
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Yun-Fang Juan is based in Palo Alto, CA, United States.

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