# John Liu

> John Liu is a Series A investor at Amazon Web Services backing Information Technology. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Amazon Web Services](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon-web-services)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnliu13

John Liu is a Series A investor at Amazon Web Services in New York focused on Information Technology and Decentralized Finance (DeFi). John Liu is the Chief Product Officer Fusion Foundation. He is also the Head of Product Amazon Managed Blockchain of Amazon Web Services (AWS).

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kite AI | Kite AI is a purpose-built, EVM-compatible L1 designed to power the AI economy. | $18M | Series A | Sep 02, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dispersion Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dispersion-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hashed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashed-f96b) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HashKey Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashkey-capital-a772) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Amazon Web Services

VC Fund · Seattle, United States

Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services. Its products and solutions include cloud computing, compute, networking, storage and content delivery, databases, analytics, application services, deployment and management, mobile services, applications, AWS marketplace software,startups, enterprises, partners, government and education, websites and web applications, big data and HPC, gaming, and digital media as well as backup, storage, and archive. The company also provides AWS management console, documentation, SDKs and tools, downloads, platforms, Java, JavaScript, mobile, PHP, Ruby, Python, Windows, .NET, resources, forums, tutorials and articles, whitepapers, training and certification, and AWS user groups for developers. In addition, it offers compute, storage, database, analytics, application, and deployment services; and mobile services, websites, and backup and recovery services. Amazon Web Services serves the government, education, and non-profit sectors in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, and internationally. Amazon Web Services was founded in 2006 and is based in Seattle, Washington. It has data center locations in the United States, Europe, Brazil, Singapore, Japan, and Australia. It operates as a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc.

5 contacts available at Amazon Web Services.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hannah Perry | Startup Accelerator Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hannah-perry-2 |
| John Liu | Head of Product Amazon Managed Blockchain | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-liu-0644 |
| Larry Augustin | VP | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/larry-augustin |
| Adam Naor | Business Development, AWS Startups | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-naor |
| Adam VanWagner | Technical Program Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-vanwagner |

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### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does John Liu invest in?

John Liu invests primarily in Information Technology and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) startups, most often at Series A stage. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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