Founder56
38th percentile
Investor88
92nd percentile
Profile ClaimedSerial FounderAcquired10+ EmployeesAngel Investor
Investor Matrix
Credibility
this founder typical investor (50th pct)
Capital Deployed · 98th percentile
- Previously served as Venture Investor at IDG Ventures Vietnam, a $100M fund, and at PNP Ventures, helping launch multiple startups.
Founder score
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)Currently shipping public code on GitHub, with the most recent push 34 days ago to the repo 'conductor-playground'.
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)GitHub account @donhojr has been active for approximately 8 years, created in January 2018.
- 82%Probability of being accurate (82%)Current founder and CEO of Chainproof, the world's first licensed insurance company for onchain deposits.
- 75%Probability of being accurate (75%)Past founder of Orange Fund (Orange DAO), a YC alumni investment collective.
- 70%Probability of being accurate (70%)GitHub account @donhojr identified as Don Ho's account.
- 60%Probability of being accurate (60%)Exit: Decrypt was acquired, representing a confirmed exit from a company Don Ho was involved with.
- 55%Probability of being accurate (55%)Chainproof and Orange Fund both had co-founders or co-GPs involved in their formation.
- 55%Probability of being accurate (55%)Stack Overflow account has 1,299 reputation, placing it in the 1,000–4,999 tier.
- 55%Probability of being accurate (55%)Identified Stack Overflow account for Don Ho with 1,299 reputation.
Investor score
- 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)SEC Form D confirms Don Ho as a named GP on YC ALUMS FUND 2021 LLC and two series of First Frame LLC, authoritative evidence of active fund management.
- 92%Probability of being accurate (92%)Active GP and fund manager at Orange Fund (Orange DAO), confirmed by SEC Form D filings as a named related person on multiple pooled investment funds.
- 88%Probability of being accurate (88%)Partner / Principal at Pioneer Fund, a recognized YC alumni venture capital firm with 300+ portfolio companies.
- 82%Probability of being accurate (82%)Publicly identified as an angel investor and entrepreneur across multiple independent sources, with investments in OpenSocial and Alliance DAO.
- 78%Probability of being accurate (78%)Investing experience spanning approximately 13 years, from his time at IDG Ventures Vietnam starting in 2013 through current roles.
- 75%Probability of being accurate (75%)Previously served as Venture Investor at IDG Ventures Vietnam, a $100M fund, and at PNP Ventures, helping launch multiple startups.
- 65%Probability of being accurate (65%)Has at least 3 confirmed active investments including OpenSocial, Alliance DAO, and portfolio companies through Pioneer Fund.
What you likely need
Don Ho is a seasoned operator-investor straddling the crypto/DeFi and venture worlds, currently running Chainproof (a regulated DeFi insurance company) while managing multiple investment vehicles including Orange Fund and Pioneer Fund. His strongest leverage is at the intersection of blockchain infrastructure and institutional finance, where his YC network and regulatory expertise are rare. To maximize impact, he should focus on raising Chainproof's profile with institutional reinsurers and DeFi protocols while formalizing his fund vehicles to attract LP capital at scale.
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- fundraisingPursue a formal seed or Series A raise for Chainproof, leveraging the Munich Re reinsurance relationship as a credibility anchor for institutional crypto-native LPs.
- fundraisingFormalize Orange Fund's LP structure and increase its SEC Form D filing size beyond the current $1M cap to attract larger YC alumni and crypto-native LPs.
- introsPursue formal partnership agreements with top-10 DeFi protocols (Aave, Compound, Uniswap) to make Chainproof insurance a native feature of their smart contract deployments.
- introsUse your Pioneer Fund Venture Partner role to co-invest alongside YC's Continuity fund in later-stage YC alumni companies, increasing deal flow visibility and check size.
- hiringChainproof's headcount has declined 37.5% YoY — prioritize hiring a Head of Partnerships and a Regulatory Affairs lead to support expansion beyond Bermuda.
- positioningYour GitHub has only 3 public repos and 0 followers — open-sourcing Chainproof's smart contract audit tooling or DeFi insurance primitives would build technical credibility in the web3 developer community.
- positioningLeverage your IDG Ventures Vietnam network and stated excitement about Southeast Asia to position Chainproof as the first regulated DeFi insurer for the region's rapidly growing crypto market.