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George Ruan

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Protagonist

About

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.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Sectors
Web3
Crypto
AI
FinTech
Consumer
Enterprise

Investment details

Avg check size$10K - $1M
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA