Cheryl Sun

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Principal at Peregrine Seed Fund | ex-SK Hynix

Peregrine Seed Fund
Taipei, Taiwan · CST (UTC+8)
8+ years experience
INSEAD Singapore
English, Mandarin
Investing
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Overview

8 years around startups; now investing in consumer. Backed 55 founders at pre-seed and seed. Led or co-led 35 investments, 7 of them now at Series B or later. Before that: SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics. Most at home with marketplaces and venture capital. Learning to sail.

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  • Founders building in consumer
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
  • Second opinions on regulation decisions
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  • Decks without a clear ask

Replies between meetings, usually same day

Skills
venture capitalregulationbrandsmarketplaces
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $250k cheques into seed consumer in North America

Cheque size
$250k
Stages
Seed
Sectors
Consumer, fintech
Geographies
US and Europe
Lead or follow
Co-lead
Decision time
About two weeks
How I help
Hiring the first ten people

Typically lead or co-lead. Decisions within 1 weeks.

Taipei, Taiwan · remote OKventure capitalmarketplacesbrands
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Experience

  1. Principal
    Feb 2025 - Present
    Peregrine Seed Fund · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Taipei, Taiwan
    • Sit on 2 boards.
    • Previously an operator for 12 years before investing.
    • Led or co-led 6 investments, 7 of them now at Series B or later.
  2. Consultant
    Mar 2023 - Feb 2025
    SK Hynix · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Taipei, Taiwan
    • Ran commercial diligence on 30 deals.
  3. Engagement Manager
    Apr 2021 - Feb 2023
    Samsung Electronics · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Taipei, Taiwan
    • Delivered 21 engagements across 4 countries.
    • Ran commercial diligence on 18 deals.
  4. Consultant
    Oct 2018 - Apr 2021
    SK Hynix · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Taipei, Taiwan
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $67 million.
    • Designed the operating model for a 15 thousand-person transformation.

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Education

  1. INSEAD Singapore
    MBA, Business Administration
    2021 - 2023
  2. Nanyang Technological University
    BEng, Computer Science
    2014 - 2018

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