About
Alex Cheng is an analyst at WI Harper Group, where he works on sourcing, due diligence, new investments, and management of the firm's digital media presence. As a generalist investor, he leans toward semiconductors and artificial intelligence in the US. Before joining the firm, he worked as a user interface designer and later product lead at a B2B e-commerce startup that was acquired, and he holds a B.F.A. in Graphic Design from the California Institute of the Arts.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningSector AgnosticSemiconductors
Experience
- WI Harper GroupAssociatecurrent2026 — present
- WI Harper GroupInvestment Analyst2024 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- Alpha RingSoftware Designercurrent2024 — present
- LX&R StudioOwnercurrent2020 — presentCalifornia, United States
- KiwiDropProduct Lead2021 — 2024San Mateo, California, United States
- California Institute of the ArtsMarketing Graphic Designer2019 — 2020Valencia, California
- California Institute of the ArtsGraphic Designer / Teaching Assistant2018 — 2019Valencia, California, USA
- Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & InternationalUndergraduate Associate in Branding2018Glendale
- Sinostar-ITE International LimitedGraphic Design Intern2017Beijing City, China
Education
- California Institute of the ArtsBachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Graphic Design2015 — 2019
- General AssemblyUser Experience Design2021
Skills & more
Prototyping1JavaScript1Microsoft Excel1Microsoft OfficeAdobe Premiere ProJavaGo-to-Market StrategySearch Engine Optimization (SEO)CommunicationMentoringMotion DesignTypography
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Graphic DesignIllustrationWeb DesignPhotoshopAdobe Creative SuiteAdobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorInDesigndesign thinkingUser FlowsWireframingSite MapsLanguages Chinese · English
- edX Verified Certificate for Data Structures & Algorithms IV: Pattern Matching, Dijkstra's, MST, and Dynamic Programming Algorithms — edX
- edX Verified Certificate for Data Structures & Algorithms III: AVL and 2-4 Trees, Divide and Conquer Algorithms — edX
- edX Verified Certificate for Data Structures & Algorithms II: Binary Trees, Heaps, SkipLists and HashMaps — edX
- edX Verified Certificate for Data Structures & Algorithms I: ArrayLists, LinkedLists, Stacks and Queues — edX
- edX Verified Certificate for Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Java III: Exceptions, Data Structures, Recursion, and GUIs — edX
- edX Verified Certificate for Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Java II: Object-Oriented Programming and Algorithms — edX
- edX Verified Certificate for Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Java I: Foundations and Syntax Basics — edX
- edX Verified Certificate for Computing in Python IV: Objects & Algorithms — edX
- edX Verified Certificate for Computing in Python III: Data Structures — edX
- edX Verified Certificate for Computing in Python II: Control Structures — edX
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Also worked at WI Harper Group14
Eric ChenVenture Advisor at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcJason LinCo-founder and General Partner at Lifelike CapitalPeter LiuChairman at WI Harper GroupCharles WuSenior Partner at WI Harper GroupSean PengSenior Partner at WI Harper GroupWinnie HsuPartner at WI Harper Group
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Also worked at California Institute of the Arts1
Also worked at Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International6
Colleagues at WI Harper Group
Benjamin Hu
Vice President at WI Harper
Calvin Liao
Associate at WI Harper Group
Charles Wu
Senior Partner at WI Harper Group
David Lam
Managing Director at WI Harper Group
Dr. Yigong Wang
Chief Operations Officer at WI Harper Group
Earl Yu
Principal at WI Harper Group
Edward Liu
Managing Partner at WI Harper Group
Emily Guo
Senior Associate at WI Harper Group