Kelvin Khoo

Active Investor

Advisor

San Jose, California

Kelvin Khoo, Advisor is an active investor based in San Jose, California. This profile covers what Kelvin Khoo backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Kelvin Khoo serves as Advisor at Lumani. Mr. Khoo served as Partner at GlobalLink1 Capital. Mr. Khoo co-founded and served as Chief Operating Officer at Diakopto. He brings 25 years of experience in corporate and business development, strategic marketing, and IC design to Diakopto. He is an angel investor. He was most recently VP of Business Development at nusemi (acquired by Cadence), a startup that developed the industry's first 112Gbps SerDes. Prior to that, Kelvin was VP of Business Development at NetLogic Microsystems (acquired by Broadcom for $3.7 billion), where he was responsible for M&A, strategic investments, and corporate diversification strategy. He subsequently led M&A activities for Broadcom's PWI division. He has held various management and engineering positions at Intel, Level One Communications, GlobespanVirata, Conexant, and STMicroelectronics, and has served as an advisor or consultant at Samsung, Accton, and several successful startups. Kelvin graduated with an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. He serves as a Partner at GlobalLink1 Capital. He also serves as Executive Officer at Diakopto. He serves as a Business Advisor at Scootpad. He is a corporate/business development executive with a successful track record of having negotiated and executed over $7 billion of M&A transactions. He was VP of Business Development at NetLogic Microsystems where he helped drive and execute a successful growth strategy that contributed to the company growing five-fold in 6 years and led to its successful $3.7 billion sales to Broadcom, where Kelvin subsequently led M&A activities for the Processors and Wireless Infrastructure division. Prior to NetLogic, Kelvin has held senior business development, marketing, and engineering positions at Intel, GlobespanVirata, Conexant, Level One, and STMicroelectronics. Kelvin currently serves on the Board of Platinum Roofing and has served as an Advisor to Efinix, Alvand, Accton, and Afa Tech. He has an MSEE from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BSEE from Washington State University. He also serves as Advisor at Lumani.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Invests in: EdTech
Location: San Jose, California
Typical check: $500K
Past investments: 1

Notable investments

ScootPad

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