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VC in three exited Unicorns. Angel investor. Harvard Business School Lecturer. Obsessed with fly fishing and a recovering ENTJ.

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Angel Investment: Voluna

August 19, 2025 Jo Tango

I’m happy to announce that our family angel program (back 80+ entrepreneurs and donate all gains to charity; details here) has invested in Voluna. I am really excited to be part of what Harvard Business School graduate Al Strange is doing. Voluna is at the intersection of drones, AI, and mining. I was fortunate to

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Angel Investment: Argus Systems

June 12, 2025June 27, 2025 Jo Tango

I’m happy to announce that our family angel program (back 80+ entrepreneurs and donate all gains to charity; details here) has invested in Argus Systems. I am really excited to be part of what Harvard Business School graduates Lisa Yan and Drew Borinstein are doing. Argus is in the physical AI space. I was fortunate

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Angel Investment: Alchemi

June 4, 2025June 4, 2025 Jo Tango

We’re happy to announce that our family angel program (back 80+ entrepreneurs over eight years and donate all gains to charity; details here) has invested in Alchemi. We invested last year, but the company now has emerged from stealth mode. We’re really excited to be part of what Harvard Business School graduates Anuj Chadha and

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AI: Five Pieces of Advice for My Students

December 13, 2024December 14, 2024 Jo Tango

I am old enough to have made many venture capital mistakes and to see good luck occasionally bounce my way. One thing I’ve learned throughout is this: what are the smartest technical people with the highest opportunity costs most excited about? VC is notorious for hyping up trends since firms are paid a lot of

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Silicon Valley Bank and the Aftermath

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Jo Tango

Geez. Where is the floor? #svb at $60 one hour ago pic.twitter.com/6qOBTu2BSW — Jo Tango (@jtangoVC) March 10, 2023 SVB. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is something I am still processing, honestly. I know many good people at the bank and, a long time ago, served on one of their Advisory Boards. It was

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Comfort with Discomfort

May 7, 2021May 1, 2024 Jo Tango

When the New England cold and rains hit last fall, I jumped for the first time on a Peloton bike. It has been a lifeline for me since. Biking has always fascinated me. Before the pandemic, our family tried to take a biking trip each summer. These days, it is a great outlet through which

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Writing My Wrongs
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
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Man's Search for Meaning
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End


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