Bernard Liang
Founer at Doorstead
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Venture Metageneralist
2021 - Current
Solving cross-functional BHAGs throughout the aggregate venture ecosystem (more details TBD). Opportunistically on the lookout for suitable folks also interested in any collaborations across this seminal research & development area.
Limited Partner || Ecosystem Whisperer
2025
FYI: This is a major position. This is the first fully new bet made in this new investment era (2025+) after being forced into hibernation by the 2022 market crash -- which also features a major revamp in investment strategy. (I would term myself more of a "holistic asset allocator" these days) It is fully inline with my general philosophy of blitzscaling best-in-class entities across domains, leveraging the "generalised dot connector" superpower. And it serves as a concrete example of the "BHAG"s referenced above -- in fact, the first one that has manifested beyond wishful brainstorming. Might you have a nontrivial amount of personal assets "sitting around" in index funds or other marginally superior alternatives, and wondering how much better you could be doing? At MCC, we do not seek to merely somewhat improve the status quo, but completely rethink asset allocation in general, with a heavily top-weighted focus. If this might be aligned with your investment objectives, let us know! cf. https://x.com/omnilinguist/status/1906621949566185546 ======== Main Character Capital (MCC) is the first GP seeding fund aiming to provide family offices and institutions a more diversified, cash-flowing, and downside-protected way to pursue top 5% performing VC returns (4-5x+). The fund invests in small niche funds (under $100mm AUM) across uncorrelated strategies in vc/pe/crypto (70% US/30% global). MCC anchors fund managers typically on their second to fourth funds while securing both LP & GP economics to provide LPs with multiple cash streams and works to help the funds institutionalize & scale into best-in-class franchises. We asked ourselves: how do we best invest our own money AND the hard earned money of others into alternative assets over the uncertainty of the next decade & beyond? MCC is our answer. Looking to partner with the boldest & most innovative next gen fund managers in VC/PE/crypto aiming for top 5% returns across all sectors, geos, niches, and strategies.
Co-founder, CTO || Investor
2019
[NOTE: Since summer 2020, I am not actively involved with the company; please adjust outreaches accordingly.] Doorstead is a technology-operations company. We are a full-service property management brokerage that provides cash-flow certainty to rental property owners. Traditionally, property managers (NPS 8) overpromise on rent to sign owners, creating months of vacancy and lost income. By collecting precise data during inspections and leveraging historical rental data, we are able to provide an unconditional rental guarantee to owners (ex. $3,500/mo starting in 28 days).
Doorstead uses data and operations technology to provide landlords with upfront guaranteed rent and full property management service.
Raised $37,300,000.00 from M13, Avanta Ventures, MetaProp and Madrona.
Fellow || Investor
2020
OD No Code OD Community Builders OD Angels OD Writers OD Fellows LP @ Runway Fund, OD Community Fund Investor @ Series A (via SPV)
Limited Partner
2022
Investor || Advisor
2022
Helping to blitzscale a nascent security revolution in crypto / web3.
Limited Partner
2022
Limited Partner
2022
Redbeard Ventures builds, invests, and advises startups across web 3.0 and crypto.
Raised $25,000,000.00 from John Crain, Animoca Brands, Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon.
Limited Partner
2022
Limited Partner
2022
Education
BA
2004 - 2008