Tanguy Chau

Tanguy earned his PhD and MS degrees in chemical engineering, as well as his MBA in finance, from MIT. He was also a University Medal Finalist at UC Berkeley, where he completed his undergraduate studies. 

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Tanguy served on the Board of Directors for the Harvard COOP, and was elected to the MIT Board of Trustees in 2012. He has competed internationally as a member of the Belgian national sailing team and the Belgian chemistry Olympiad team.

Tanguy is a Venture Investor with Mayfield Fund in Menlo Park, California, focusing on the enterprise sector. 

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Previously, Tanguy was an Investment Principal with Formation 8, a $1B+ venture firm in San Francisco, where he focused on IT and diversified technology investments. 

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Prior to Formation 8, Tanguy managed teams and projects for McKinsey & Company's tech and healthcare practice in Palo Alto. Before that, he led energy investments with the Angeleno Group, a growth equity firm in Los Angeles. Tanguy also founded Sample6 Technologies (formerly Novophage), a synthetic biology company enhancing food safety.

A member of Class 20, Tanguy served his fellowship under the mentorship of Formation 8 founding partners Jim Kim, Brian Koo, and Joe Lonsdale.