Derick serves as Chief of Staff at Casca, where he oversees product, corporate strategy, finance, and operations. He brings experience as a two-time founder and private equity investor. Before joining Casca, he was an investor at Ardian, a global private equity firm with $177 billion assets under management. He co-founded T&D, a consultancy dedicated to optimizing impact investment outcomes, and Numu, a financial technology platform that enables retail investor to private market opportunities.
Derick pursued a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Stanford University, as a Kwok Scholar and a Davis Scholar. He was named “20 Most Promising Young Entrepreneur in Europe” by Members of the European Parliament.
Derick Guan
Chief of Staff
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