Flying Fish
Tri Tran started his career at Arthur Andersen, a Big 5 accounting firm, and spent 10 years at that firm (later KPMG). While in public accounting, Tri spent the majority his time with emerging technology and wireless telecom companies. He would later leave public accounting to join various Seattle based startups, i.e. aQuantive Inc., and other Fortune 500 companies, i.e. T-Mobile USA.
Tri was at the forefront of Sarbanes Oxley, implementing processes, framework and offices at Microsoft, T-Mobile and large private companies. However, he has always enjoyed the startup world, where he’s been part of the management team – usually as CFO.
Since 2010, Tri has been on the other side of the table, as the CFO of venture capital firms and funds to assess and identify investments in the PNW. He is well versed in fund accounting, structuring investments and helping portfolio companies with their accounting needs.
Tri is an investor in various funds and direct investments and helps run family office investments as well. When he’s not in Excel spreadsheets, Tri likes to get creative with baking pastries for the Flying Fish team.
Tri holds a BA in Business Administration with a focus in Information Systems from the University of Washington.
Flying Fish
Flying Fish Ventures brings together three partners who have contributed to the Seattle tech scene for over 25 years. United by a shared belief in Seattle’s tech talent, lack of access to venture capital, and an excitement for AI and Machine Learning, they decided to band together and form Flying Fish Ventures. Named after the famous and quintessentially Seattle fish throwers at Pike Place Market, they decided to focus on early stage, Pacific Northwest-based, artificial intelligence and machine learning startups.