Founder/Funder Fireside Chat: CoffeeMeetsBagel CEO Arum Kang (W04) and Gold House Ventures' Oscar Wong (WG21)

Arum Kang

CEO and Founder

CoffeeMeetsBagel

Arum Kang is the visionary behind Coffee Meets Bagel, the dating app that’s helped millions of people find love by putting relationships first. After earning her MBA from Harvard Business School, she co-founded the company with her sisters in 2012, shaking up the dating industry with a fresh, user-centric approach. She made headlines after appearing on ABC’s “Shark Tank” in 2015, where she and her sisters famously turned down Mark Cuban’s record-breaking offer. Since then, Arum has continued to scale and innovate, earning features in ABC News, TEDx, and WAFFA’s “Love in the Time of Corona.”

Oscar Wong

Head of Platforms

Gold House Ventures

Oscar Wong leads Gold House Ventures, the premier Asian Pacific venture fund and accelerator empowering the next generation of founders. With alumni raising over $2 billion and backing from icons like Anderson .Paak, Daniel Dae Kim, Jeremy Lin, and the founders of DoorDash and Zoom, Oscar is driving a new wave of AAPI innovation in venture capital. Previously, he spearheaded global go-to-market strategy at Google and YouTube, co-founded Grow with Google—a $1 billion initiative to empower entrepreneurs—and scaled fintech and enterprise startups. A Stanford and Wharton grad, Oscar is deeply committed to mentorship and AAPI representation in business.