Jordan Kong
Principal at Atomic
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Principal
2020 - Current
I spearhead creating new startups in the 0-to-1 phase and act as the founding General Manager / Product Manager. Expertise include: thesis development & ideation, user & market research, product scope & build, go-to-market launch, and rapid iterations to get to PMF. Companies I've helped launch and scale include: Villa Homes (PropTech), Found (Consumer Healthcare), OpenStore (B2B Ecommerce), Sauron (Home Security & AI), Fire (Web3)
Vice President
2019 - 2020
Venture Partner
2018 - 2019
Polychain Capital is the world's premier investor in cryptocurrency protocols and companies
Polychain Capital invests in cryptocurrency and blockchain assets.
Raised $10,000,000.00 from Alexander Pack, DCM Ventures, Pantera Capital, DHVC, Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Abstract.
Operator-in-Residence @ Eco
2017 - 2018
Collaborated w/ Expa founder Garrett Camp to co-create Eco, a new digital currency network.
Head of Business Operations @ Ando
2015 - 2017
Employee #1 at Ando, an on-demand food startup founded by Expa and Momofuku (Chef David Chang). Acquired by UberEats.
Expa Labs is a program for early stage companies.
Associate
2013 - 2015
IVP is one of the premier later-stage venture capital and growth equity firms with $7 billion of committed capital and a 37-year IRR of 43.1%.
IVP is a later-stage venture capital firm investing in fast-growing technology companies.
Analyst
2011 - 2013
Investment Banking, Global Technology, Media, and Telecom Group
Operations
2011 - 2011
Rent the Runway is an online e-commerce website that allows women to rent designer apparel and accessories.
Raised $626,149,985.00 from Ares Management.