Nan Li brings a mixed technology, investing and entrepreneurial background to Obvious Ventures. He is also an adjunct lecturer at Stanford on venture capital. Nan has been a venture investor and advisor for the past five years, working with companies applying technology toward solving big problems. Previously, he managed early-stage tech investments for Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors; led product, operations, and finance at Gigwalk, a mobile, crowdsourced data and analytics company funded by Greylock Partners and August Capital; was a VC at Bain Capital Ventures; was a management consultant at Bain & Company; and served as a PM at Microsoft. Nan holds a BSE in computer science engineering from the University of Michigan. He grew up in Detroit after emigrating from China. He enjoys music, photography, culture, puzzles, all Detroit sports, and general nerdom.