Gideon Yu

About

Gideon is currently a General Partner at [Khosla Ventures](/financial-organization/khosla-ventures). Previously, Gideon was the Chief Financial Officer of [Facebook](/organization/facebook), where he led the $375 million investment round from [Microsoft](/organization/microsoft) and Hong-Kong billionaire [Li Ka Shing](/person/li-ka-shing) at a record $15 billion valuation. Before that, Gideon was a Partner at [Sequoia Capital](/financial-organization/sequoia-capital), and was also the Chief Financial Officer at [YouTube](/organization/youtube) where he negotiated its $1.65 billion sale to [Google](/organization/google) amidst a highly competitive auction for the company. Prior to YouTube, Gideon was the Treasurer and Senior Vice President of Finance for [Yahoo](/organization/yahoo), executing over 30 acquisitions / investments, including Shimon, Alibaba / Taobao, Overture, Haber, Inktomi, [Flickr](/organization/flickr), and del.icio.us and over $5 billion of capital markets transacti

Investment Focus

Stages

seed

Location

San Francisco, US