Christopher Kong
Software Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorChris Kong is an investor and founder with 9 years of experience at the intersection of finance, product, and early-stage technology, based in San Diego. As General Partner of PaperJet Ventures and an active angel, he backs deep tech and AI startups—from electric aviation and satellites to LLM-driven insurance automation—while advising founders on fundraising, product, and go-to-market. His background spans product leadership and hands-on app development (founding consumer and SaaS products) and earlier careers in leveraged finance and hedge funds, giving him a rare blend of capital markets rigor and product-level empathy. Chris publishes investment and founder lessons via his Substack and runs an angel syndicate, signaling a commitment to community-building and repeatable deal flow. Notably, he pairs technical product training (Stanford/Product School) with real-world startup operating experience, making him a pragmatic value-add investor for pre-seed to Series A teams.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (11)
pixel-art10
unity2d10
mern9
roguelike9
ccxt9
trading8
ripple7
cryptocurrency7
crypto5
unreal3
javascript1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Groundbreakers/Groundbreakers
Jan 2019 - Jun 2019
A roguelike tower-defense RPG game made with Unity
Contributions:172 commits, 7 PRs, 56 pushes in 4 months
roguelikeunity2dtower-defenserougelikesammy-showcase
NicolaeChristof/CMPM-120-Final-Game
May 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 29 days
game
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