James Vuong

James received an MBA from the Berkeley Haas School of Business with certificates in Entrepreneurship and in Management of Technology. He holds a BS in electrical engineering and computer science, also from UC Berkeley. James was selected as a Mayfield Fellow in 2005. 

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In addition to English, James is fluent in Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese, and two other Chinese dialects.

James is a Principal at IDG Ventures Vietnam. He brings to the firm experiences ranging from product management to chip design and founding high-tech startups. His experiences are broad in industry, deep in technology, and rich in the startup process. He is passionate about high-tech venture creation and has learned much about the process from the trenches at two Silicon Valley startups (Pluris and Candera). 

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Prior to IDGVV, James managed a product line at Formfactor, a MEMS-based semiconductor equipment company, where he was responsible for two platform products and two derivatives products. Earlier in his career, James built a strong technical foundation and acquired domain expertise in various industries after spending seven years as a lead chip designer. His domain expertise includes semiconductors, EDA, networking, communications, and Internet.

James served his fellowship at IDGVV as a member of Class 12 under the mentorship of Hoang (Henry) Nguyen.