Minder Cheng
Founder at ThirdStream Partners LLC
Profile
Minder Cheng is the founder of ThirdStream Partners LLC, which was founded in 2014.
He is currently the Non-Executive Chairman at MediaCrossing, Inc. since 2013 and the Senior Advisor at Executive Networks, Inc. since 2012.
Previously, he served as the Chairman at Virtu ITG Holdings LLC from 2016 to 2019 and at Virtu ITG LLC from 2010 to 2019.
He also held positions such as Director at Integral Development Corp., Executive Director-Proprietary Trading Division at Sumitomo Finance International Plc, Director at Apportable, Inc., Chief Investment Officer at Barclays Global Investors NA in 2009, Chief Investment Officer-Index Equity at BlackRock, Inc. from 2009 to 2010, Manager-Research & Planning at New York Stock Exchange, Inc. from 1993 to 1994, and Vice President-Proprietary Trading Group at Salomon Bros.
Asia Ltd.
He was also the Chief Investment Officer at BlackRock Fund Advisors from 2009 to 2010 and an Advisor at Armanta, Inc. from 2014 to 2018.
Dr. Cheng received his graduate, MBA, and doctorate degrees from the University of California, Berkeley in 1994, and his undergraduate degree from National Taiwan University in 1985.
Minder Cheng active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
MediaCrossing, Inc.
 MediaCrossing, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services MediaCrossing, Inc. operates as an independent digital media trading firm. The firm operates Mx Platform, a comprehensive, digital media trading and data management platform made up of three critical components: Mx Trader, Mx Data and Mx Datalytics. Its managed service platform precisely identifies prospective and in-market audiences, values available inventory on a per impression basis. The company was founded by William Arnold Lederer, Michael K. Kalman and Theodore M. Yang in December 2012 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT. | Chairman | 2014-06-30 |
ThirdStream Partners LLC
 ThirdStream Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance ThirdStream Partners LLC (ThirdStream Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Minder Cheng and Ross Hikida. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California. | Founder | 2014-09-30 |
Executive Networks, Inc.
 Executive Networks, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Executive Networks, Inc. provides peer networking services. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded in 2003 by Michael Dulworth, who has been the CEO since 2003. | Consultant / Advisor | 2012-02-29 |
Former positions of Minder Cheng
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Virtu ITG LLC
 Virtu ITG LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 1987, ITG, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Investment Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: ITG). The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research | Chairman | 2019-02-28 |
| INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUP | Chairman | 2019-02-28 |
Armanta, Inc.
 Armanta, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Armanta, Inc. operates as an online platform that enables its users to develop decision support applications to solve business problems. Its business intelligence platform is an integrated technology suite comprised for reporting, analytics and visualization, a grid-based massively parallel in-memory engine, and a data virtualization and integration layer. The company was founded by Peter Chirlian and Eric Kaplanin 2001 and is headquartered in Morristown, NJ. | Consultant / Advisor | 2018-04-30 |
BlackRock Fund Advisors
 BlackRock Fund Advisors Investment ManagersFinance BlackRock Fund Advisors (BFA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1984 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Delaware Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BFA manages assets for US registered investment companies, including ETFs. Mandates include cash management, equity, fixed income, multi-asset and index strategies. | Director of Research - Equity | 2009-12-08 |
| BLACKROCK, INC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2010-06-30 |
Training of Minder Cheng
| University of California, Berkeley | Doctorate Degree |
| National Taiwan University | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| BLACKROCK, INC. | Finance |
| Private companies | 13 |
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Virtu ITG Holdings LLC
 Virtu ITG Holdings LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Virtu ITG Holdings LLC engages in the provision of financial technology services. It operates through the following segments: Executive Services, Workflow Services, Workflow Technology, and Analytics. The Execution Services segment includes liquidity matching through POSIT, self-directed trading using algorithms, portfolio trading and single stock sales trading desks providing execution expertise, and futures and options trading. The Workflow Technology segment offers trade order and execution management software applications in addition to network connectivity. The Analytics segment covers tools enabling portfolio managers and traders to improve pre-trade, real-time and post-trade execution performance; portfolio construction and optimization decisions; and securities valuation. The company was founded by Chris A. Hynes on July 22, 1983 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Finance |
| Barclays Global Investors NA | Finance |
Virtu ITG LLC
Virtu ITG LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 1987, ITG, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Investment Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: ITG). The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research | Finance |
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
 New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance New York Stock Exchange, Inc. operates securities exchange market. The company offers services to equity and stock market participants like listed companies, individual and institutional investors, and member firms of the stock exchange. It bring together cash equities and derivatives exchange for listings, trading in cash equities, equity and interest rate derivatives, bonds, and the distribution of market data. New York Stock Exchange was founded in 1792 and is headquartered in New York City, NY | Finance |
Integral Development Corp.
 Integral Development Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Integral Development Corp. provides software solutions to banks and other financial institutions. Its products include Integral SEF, InvestorFX, FX Grid, and TrueFX. Integral’s private, customer-branded trading solutions are managed and operated over Integral’s FX Grid, a global inter-institutional connectivity and trading network, linking market making banks to FX market participants. The company was founded by Viral Tolat and Harpal S. Sandhu in 1993 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
MediaCrossing, Inc.
MediaCrossing, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services MediaCrossing, Inc. operates as an independent digital media trading firm. The firm operates Mx Platform, a comprehensive, digital media trading and data management platform made up of three critical components: Mx Trader, Mx Data and Mx Datalytics. Its managed service platform precisely identifies prospective and in-market audiences, values available inventory on a per impression basis. The company was founded by William Arnold Lederer, Michael K. Kalman and Theodore M. Yang in December 2012 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT. | Commercial Services |
| Sumitomo Finance International Plc | Finance |
| Salomon Bros. Asia Ltd. | Finance |
BlackRock Fund Advisors
BlackRock Fund Advisors Investment ManagersFinance BlackRock Fund Advisors (BFA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1984 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Delaware Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BFA manages assets for US registered investment companies, including ETFs. Mandates include cash management, equity, fixed income, multi-asset and index strategies. | Finance |
Apportable, Inc.
 Apportable, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Apportable, Inc. develops software engine that ports iOS games to Android automatically. The firm’s technology allows iOS developers to automatically convert their apps to Android without the hassle of rewriting their code. Its product, SpriteBuilder, creates native cross-platform 2D games in Objective-C or Swift. The company was founded in 2011 by Collin Jackson and Ian Fischer and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Armanta, Inc.
Armanta, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Armanta, Inc. operates as an online platform that enables its users to develop decision support applications to solve business problems. Its business intelligence platform is an integrated technology suite comprised for reporting, analytics and visualization, a grid-based massively parallel in-memory engine, and a data virtualization and integration layer. The company was founded by Peter Chirlian and Eric Kaplanin 2001 and is headquartered in Morristown, NJ. | Technology Services |
ThirdStream Partners LLC
ThirdStream Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance ThirdStream Partners LLC (ThirdStream Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Minder Cheng and Ross Hikida. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California. | Finance |
Executive Networks, Inc.
Executive Networks, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Executive Networks, Inc. provides peer networking services. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded in 2003 by Michael Dulworth, who has been the CEO since 2003. | Commercial Services |
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