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Alan Du

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Investor at Mate
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Alan Du is a Partner at M12, Microsofts Venture Fund, where he focuses on investing in B2B software, including cybersecurity and enterprise infrastructure. Previously, he was a Partner at PayPal Ventures. He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley.

He is an active investor in companies that help startups navigate complex compliance frameworks like FedRAMP to enter the public sector.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Investor
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Priorities

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FedRAMP Compliance
He is an investor in and board member for Knox Systems, a company that helps businesses achieve FedRAMP certification to sell to the government.
Public Sector Sales
He actively promotes workshops and solutions designed to help startups scale their operations into the public sector by navigating government contracts and compliance.
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Career

Work history

2026
Investor
Mate
2025
Partner
M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund
2025
Investor
Knox Systems, Inc.
2020 - 2025
Partner - PayPal Ventures
PayPal
2018 - 2019
Ventures
Millennium New Horizons
In the press

Media appearances

Alan Du - Partner @ PayPal Ventures - AI/FinTech/SaaS investing. Featured in YouTube
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Education
MBA
Harvard Business School
Bachelor of Arts - BA
University of California, Berkeley
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