Nancy Hua

Nancy Hua is an American entrepreneur and CEO and co-founder of Apptimize, a mobile A/B testing and analytics start-up based in Menlo Park, CA.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

Hua is the daughter of Chinese immigrants who she said raised her in an environment with "plenty of autonomy."[5] She is a graduate of MIT where she double majored in writing and in math with computer science and MIT Varsity Fencing Team Captain.[6] Hua went to work for GETCO, an algorithmic trading firm from 2007 to 2012.[7][8][9][10]

Between 2010 and 2011, Hua's father was diagnosed with stage 3 color cancer, but recovered, however, her mother passed away from stage 4 lung cancer.[11][12]

Career

In 2013, Hua co-founded Apptimize, Y Combinator S13, subsequently raising $2.1 million in seed funding and an additional $4 million 11 months later.[13][14][15] Rakuten was Apptimize's first paying customer in January 2014.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "The state of mobile: Exciting times, exploding choices - SD Times". SD Times. 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  2. ↑ "Nancy Hua: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  3. ↑ "The secret to enhancing apps". Fox Business. 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  4. ↑ "Study suggests female founders took a step back in Bay Area last year - Silicon Valley Business Journal". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  5. ↑ "Nancy Hua: Apptimize founder. Mobile visionary. Fencer. - TechRepublic". TechRepublic. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  6. ↑ "Funderbeam". www.funderbeam.com. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  7. ↑ "Nancy Hua: Apptimize | Quoracast". quoracast.com. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  8. ↑ Upbin, Bruce. "Nancy Hua, 29 - pg.14". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  9. ↑ Rath, Samir; Georgieva, Teodora (2014-12-13). No Startup Hipsters: Build Scalable Technology Companies. Samir Rath. ISBN 9780996010634.
  10. ↑ Olson, Parmy. "Latest Batch Of Y Combinator Startups: Established Entrepreneurs Solving Real-World Problems". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  11. ↑ Maxwell, Jill Hecht. "Former Trader Nancy Hua '07 Founded a Company That Streamlines App Development". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  12. ↑ "Nancy Hua - Apptimize - YC Female Founder Stories". YC Female Founder Stories. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  13. ↑ "Apptimize lets your team do mobile A/B testing with just a couple clicks". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  14. ↑ Isaac, Mike (2015-07-06). "For Start-Ups, How Many Angels Is Too Many?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  15. ↑ Harrison, Kate. "10 Ways To Create Investor Demand When Raising Money". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  16. ↑ Talks, Forbes Trep. "This Wall Street Trader Walked Away From Millions To Build Apps". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
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