John Tian
Founder at Stealth Startup
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Tian is a founder and investor with a decade-long track record building China’s tech media and startup ecosystem, from early editorial roles at 36Kr to co-founding KrSpace and incubating 200+ startups. He combines hands-on product instincts with VC experience, having served as partner and managing director at multiple funds while running a popular paid newsletter, 投资实习所, followed by vcsmemo.com. Known for spotting trends and new business models, he blends storytelling—having written thousands of articles—with practical deal-making that helped portfolio companies raise significant capital. Currently he leads The Signal and continues to grow an influential WeChat audience of 100,000+ founders and investors. His background in applied mathematics and early logistics project work gives him a data-minded, operational approach that complements his media and investing fluency. An advocate for clear technical thinking, he also quips that “Java is the best language in the world,” hinting at a pragmatic engineering appreciation beneath his investor-writer persona.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science Applied Mathematics at Xiamen University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (5)
java4
mysql3
oracle2
testing2
javascript1
Github contributions (5)
Hannaseyes/ORACLE
Apr 2016 - Dec 2018
Contributions:30 commits, 3 PRs, 27 pushes in 2 years 8 months
oraclejavamysql
Hannaseyes/Blog
Sep 2017 - Jan 2020
Contributions:71 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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