Tuff Yen
President, Seraph Group

Tuff is a successful investor, entrepreneur and speaker. He founded Seraph Group, a leading and fast growing super angel/seed investment firm. (www.seraphgroup.net)

Tuff received his Bachelor in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of California Berkeley and MBA from the Yale School of Management.

Tuff worked at leading biotechnology companies Amgen and Genentech prior entering the world of venture capital and entrepreneurship. Beginning in 1994, Tuff spent his first decade by working at large ($8billion) and small ($750million) venture funds in New York City and San Francisco investing in Information Technology, Life Science, Telecom, eCommerice, Consumer Internet and Enterprise Software.

In 2004, witnessed the challenges of angel investing, the fragmented angel group, the inefficient process of raising seed capital, and the lack of institution offering, Tuff invented Structured Angel Fund™ (SAF™), and launched Seraph Group. SAF™ is the first diversified seed stage fund designed for angel investors to access a portfolio of 20+ startups with the ability to co-invest on a deal-by-deal basis. Since then, over 300 investors from 100+ cities joined SAF™ and Seraph invested approximately $50 million into 76 companies.

Besides MIT, Seraph has partnered with the House Fund to invest in the University of California Berkeley community and is looking forward to partner with other leading Universities.