Market Adoption to Frontier Tech: Teresa Liang Joins Decasonic to Invest in AI and Web3

Meet Teresa Liang, a Venture Investor at Decasonic, who brings a unique blend of experience across institutional finance, high growth operations, community building, and consumer venture capital. With a deep passion for market adoption and emerging technologies, Teresa is focused on investing in and supporting early-stage Web3 and AI founders that are reshaping how we engage with the world.

By Teresa Liang, Venture Investor, Decasonic

Web3 and AI remain in the early stages of development, but the potential to fundamentally reshape how people interact, transact, and create is already undeniable. As these technologies move from experimentation to real-world utility, we’re at an inflection point where thoughtful, founder-first investing can meaningfully shape the future. The convergence of decentralized systems and intelligent automation is unlocking entirely new paradigms in consumer engagement, ownership, and value creation.

What stood out to me about Decasonic is its commitment to being more than just a source of capital. We refer to our value-add to founders as enhancement capital by partnering with visionary founders to build durable growth and transformative outcomes.  We obsess over product-market fit and bring a high-conviction mindset to everything we do, helping visionary teams turn ambitious ideas into enduring, market-defining categories. 

My Path to Becoming an Investor

After receiving my B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, I began my career at Morgan Stanley, where I developed a strong foundation in fundamental financial analysis. Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, I always knew I was destined to be part of the founder journey in some capacity. After honing my skill set in an institutional environment, I transitioned to a startup as an operator on the corporate strategy team, eager to learn how to build and scale from the inside.

During that time, I had the opportunity to work across nearly every aspect of the business, from launching new products and refining pricing strategies to obsessing over customer acquisition and retention, and building internal operational systems to support a rapidly growing team. These efforts contributed to the company’s $2.8B exit. 

After that experience, I returned to finance with a renewed perspective and soon became fascinated by the overlooked yet critical role that emotional intelligence and behavioral psychology play in the tech and venture ecosystem.

To satiate this intellectual curiosity, I applied to only one graduate program and was accepted into the Master's program at Columbia University, where I studied Clinical Psychology with a focus on emotional intelligence. I pursued this degree with the intention of bringing these insights back into the tech and venture capital ecosystem.

In a world where founders constantly navigate ambiguity, pressure, and rapid change, cultivating emotional intelligence is a strategic advantage. Leveraging frameworks to understand how people make decisions, build trust, and lead through evolving market dynamics has proven invaluable.

As a result of my passion for connecting people and fostering human potential, I also founded a community in my spare time. Through curated content, warm introductions, and in-person and virtual events, I’ve helped bridge founders, operators, and investors in meaningful ways. 

By blending analytical rigor with a deep understanding of human behavior and connection, I invest with both insight and empathy.

 What I Will Be Leading at Decasonic

At Decasonic, I will be focusing on early-stage investments in Web3 and AI, particularly where early inflection points intersect with technical disruption. I'm captivated by technologies that transform complexity into intuitive, accessible solutions to enhance the user experience. With an operator-turned-investor mindset and a deep appreciation for what it takes to scale adoption in hypergrowth environments, I strive to be a thoughtful, strategic partner to early-stage founders.

That lens was shaped during my time as an early hire on the corporate strategy team at a startup that later exited. The company was scaling quickly while navigating intense regulatory pressure and shifting market dynamics in a nascent category. That experience taught me the importance of bringing clarity amid chaos and holding conviction in the face of external headwinds.

Breakout companies are built on a series of pivotal decisions that define business trajectories. I invest with that mindset, focusing not just on spotting potential but also on guiding teams to fully realize it.

From Triple Flips to Triple Returns

A fun fact about me: I represented Team USA in figure skating, competing at national and international levels as a teenager. This experience instilled in me the discipline to pursue excellence, the resilience to rebound from brutal falls, and the focus to perform under pressure, qualities that now define my approach as an investor.  

Something my coach said that has always stuck with me is: “A true champion isn’t someone who never falls, but someone who gets up quickly.”

Let’s Connect

I’m thrilled to join Decasonic at this powerful inflection point for emerging technologies. If you’re a founder building at the edge of Web3, AI, or consumer products, I’d love to connect.

Teresa Liang 

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