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Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 125 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Shawn Tsao on this week's show. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday and Saturday, so stay tuned! Shawn is a proud Chinese-American immigrant who grew up in the Los Angeles area and an alumnus of UC Berkeley. During his senior year, he joined his college friends to start a daily deals company called Munch On Me (YC class of S11) and dove into the tech startup industry. He later co-founded a food delivery company, Caviar, in early 2012. Caviar was later acquired by Square, now a public company, in 2014 and then acquired again by DoorDash in 2019. He is currently a Co-Founder and General Partner of Beluga Capital and LUNAtic Capital, a tech investment syndicate and crypto-focused fund, respectively. He is also currently an advisor to a few tech startups and a part-time advisor at The House Fund. Besides tech, Shawn is the founding partner of Umai Hospitality Group, a restaurant group investing in major franchises like The Halal Guys and Bonchon Fried Chicken, along with local brands like Rooster and Rice. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asianhustlenetwork/support

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 125 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Shawn Tsao on this week's show. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday and Saturday, so stay tuned! Shawn is a proud Chinese-American immigrant who grew up in the Los Angeles area and an alumnus of UC Berkeley. During his senior year, he joined his college friends to start a daily deals company called Munch On Me (YC class of S11) and dove into the tech startup industry. He later co-founded a food delivery company, Caviar, in early 2012. Caviar was later acquired by Square, now a public company, in 2014 and then acquired again by DoorDash in 2019. He is currently a Co-Founder and General Partner of Beluga Capital and LUNAtic Capital, a tech investment syndicate and crypto-focused fund, respectively. He is also currently an advisor to a few tech startups and a part-time advisor at The House Fund. Besides tech, Shawn is the founding partner of Umai Hospitality Group, a restaurant group investing in major franchises like The Halal Guys and Bonchon Fried Chicken, along with local brands like Rooster and Rice. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: <a href="http://bit.ly/AHNDirectory" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/AHNDirectory</a>--- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asianhustlenetwork/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asianhustlenetwork/support</a>

Shawn Tsao // S2 Ep 125 // How an Innate Love of Architecture Led to Co-founding the Curated Food Delivery Service, Caviar

It wasn't too long ago that we would have to dial to order delivery food without seeing menus, customizing orders, and seeing updates on delivery statuses. In this episode we speak with Shawn Tsao, co-founder of Caviar, one of the early apps that created the wave of food delivery. Shawn didn't stop there and went on to create Beluga Capital, a venture capital fund investing in early stage technology companies. Shawn liked food so much, he even started a Halal Guys franchise! That is right, this food-entrepreneur has good taste! Shawn is one of the entrepreneurs that defined what food delivery looks like today!Tune in to hear how Shawn started Caviar, the early days of building a business with accounts as big as Ike's, and how Shawn looks at investing in Founders rather than just ideas.Support the show

It wasn't too long ago that we would have to dial to order delivery food without seeing menus, customizing orders, and seeing updates on delivery statuses. In this episode we speak with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-tsao-9361142a/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shawn Tsao</a>, co-founder of <a href="https://www.trycaviar.com/en-US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Caviar,</a> one of the early apps that created the wave of food delivery. Shawn didn't stop there and went on to create <a href="http://www.belugacapital.ch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beluga Capital</a>, a venture capital fund investing in early stage technology companies.  Shawn liked food so much, he even started a Halal Guys franchise! That is right, this food-entrepreneur has good taste! Shawn is one of the entrepreneurs that defined what food delivery looks like today! Tune in to hear how Shawn started Caviar, the early days of building a business with accounts as big as Ike's, and how Shawn looks at investing in Founders rather than just ideas.<a href="https://www.thc-pod.com/" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

The Evolution of Food Delivery and Takeout – with Shawn Tsao