hi i'm allen.

i'm a guy that loves building and investing.

i started dropshipping and day trading when i was 15. and yes - i made a whopping $0. but somehow...

i still ended up at wharton. at school, i foundedmoso capital, a venture capital club where we work with the best investors from insight partners, menlo ventures, and general catalyst.

been working with startups ever since.

currently, i work as a tech investor athof capital, a multi-stage technology investment firm with over $2.5b in aum. since joining, I've supported three of the firm's investments across various industries and stages.

on the side, i work as founding growth advisor atafterquery, a research lab working with top ai labs to push the frontiers of large language models. i lead all growth strategies to acquire and retain our experts while building brand equity.

previously, I was founding growth atanara, an ai-native research workspace. i built our in-house creator team, managing over 40 creators. i also helped execute our influencer, reddit, campus, brand, paid ads, referrals, and other growth hacking initiatives (basically i touch all things growth).

in 6 months, we added over $2m in arr, doubled our users to 3m, and received over 200m impressions on our socials.

before all of this, i launched my own venture-backed startup. after a short-run, we shut the company down in order to focus on building something that truly mattered.

during my free time, i make content on myinstagramfor 15k+ people.

as a student at penn, the story wouldn't be complete if i didn't work in investment banking. so yes, i did work at bank of america in their real estate, gaming, and lodging group.

i try to write a bunch and you can read my workhere.

now, i'm trying to learn as much as i can.

feel free to reach out:allenyao@wharton.upenn.edu

cheers,
allen

p.s.: enjoy a pic of me hiking in iceland