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Tony C. Luh is a venture partner of DFJ DragonFund. He has years of experience in investments at all stages of development in the East Asia region.



Born in Japan, raised in Thailand, and possessing profound knowledge of the Chinese language and culture, Mr. Luh spent his professional career in both Asia and the U.S. Mr. Luh has over 18 years of experience in capital markets, sales, strategic alliances and new business development. Prior to DFJ DragonFund, Tony was a managing director with DragonVenture, which he co-founded in 1999. Before DragonVenture, Mr. Luh was an executive at InfoWave Communications, an early-stage, first-generation Chinese Internet company. At the time, Infowave was one of the pioneers in the Internet portal business. His position at Infowave brought Mr. Luh in close contact with Yahoo! and eBay, communicating closely with both companies on strategic direction in the international markets. In many ways, Mr. Luh influenced the early development of the Internet in Taiwan and China. In the mid to late 1980s in Taiwan as the corporate fund manager for Kosheng Enterprises, Mr. Luh accumulated public investment expertise in sectors ranging from information technology to high-volume manufacturing in Asia. In 1999 Mr. Luh and his partner Bobby Chao co-founded DragonVenture, an investment advisory and seed fund management firm specializing in Greater China regions. Mr. Luh later became the seed investor and advisor of OSA Technologies and InphoMatch (a.k.a. Mobile365). Both companies were very successful, with OSA acquired by Avocent (Nasdaq: AVCT) and Mobile365 acquired by Sybase (NYSE: SY). With his partner Bobby, Mr. Luh also advised eFriendsNet – one of the first social networking companies in China, later acquired by French SNS Giant Meetic.