Peter Pham, a venture investor at Science, is the son of Vietnamese refugees who grew up poor, worked his way through UC Irvine, and later helped build Photobucket into the top photo-sharing site before co-founding BillShrink, which Mastercard acquired; he treats fundraising as a psychological process, teaching founders to start before they need money and judging real investor interest using a 24-hour rule. At Science he has built his role entirely around business development rather than managing people, has helped position Los Angeles as a serious hub for culture-driven consumer and direct-to-consumer startups, and has extended his reach as an angel investor in companies like Ring, Scopely, Kabam, and Ustream.