George Ruan is a serial founder who built five startups before co-founding Honey, which became his first massive success and sold to PayPal for $4 billion after raising comparatively modest venture capital. As an investor at Protagonist, he brings a cross-cultural perspective from his time observing China's tech ecosystem and focuses on friction removal and capital efficiency rather than heavy spending, drawing from his rare experience taking a browser extension to a decacorn-style exit. George Ruan is a serial founder who built five startups before co-founding Honey, which became his first massive success and sold to PayPal for $4 billion after raising comparatively modest venture capital. As an investor at Protagonist, he brings a cross-cultural perspective from his time observing China's tech ecosystem and focuses on friction removal and capital efficiency rather than heavy spending, drawing from his rare experience taking a browser extension to a decacorn-style exit.