The Youngest Founders To Raise VC Funding


Brian Wong

Brian WongThe founder and CEO of a mobile rewards network Kiip.me backed by True Ventures, Brian Wong is one of the youngest CEOs to raise VC funding. True Ventures partner Phil Black invested $200,000 in the company. Till date, he raised over $4.4 million in funding and is on a constant process to redefine the advertising industry through a moments-based value model, versus the traditional attention based screen estate model.

He has also been named as the ‘Youngest person to ever receive funding by a VC firm’. He was an early Bachelors of Commerce graduate from the University of British Columbia, graduating at the age of 18. Before starting Kiip, Wong was responsible for key publisher and tech partnerships at the social news website Digg.com. He also launched the Digg Android mobile app.