About
Amanda Wu is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who joined Founders Future as Chief of Staff in 2026, working at the intersection of strategy, investor relations, and operations. She previously served as a Senior Associate at Vista Equity Partners, focusing on fundraising strategy and investor communications, and earlier spent several years at Blackstone in Investor Relations and Portfolio Operations roles.
Experience
- Founders FutureChief of Staffcurrent2026 — present
- Vista Equity PartnersSenior Associate, Capital & Partner Solutions2023 — 2024New York, United States
- BlackstoneAssistant Vice President, Investor Relations2021 — 2023New York, New York, United States
- BlackstoneAssociate, Portfolio Operations2019 — 2021
- BlackstoneAnalyst2017 — 2019
- EYSenior, Transaction Advisory Services2015 — 2017New York, New York, United States
- EYStaff2015New York City Metropolitan Area
- KPMG USAdvisory Associate2013 — 2014New York, New York, United States
Skills & more
AnalysisTeamworkMicrosoft OfficePowerPointMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ExcelAccessFinancial AnalysisResearchData AnalysisAuditingAccounting
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FinanceFinancial AccountingWeb-design toolsLanguages English · Mandarin
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Colleagues at Founders Future
Dulcie Fforde
Principal - US Team at Founders Future
Gabrielle Fourey
Communication at Founders Future
Guillaume Simonaire
Partner at Founders Future
Jonathan Karlson
Senior Associate - US Team at Founders Future
Louis Sautet
Partner at Founders Future
Marc Menasé
Founding Partner - Chief Investments Officer at Founders Future
Matthieu Benkerant
Partner - COO at Founders Future
Maxence Blanchy
Directeur Administratif & Financier at Founders Future
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Amanda Wu?
- Amanda Wu is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who joined Founders Future as Chief of Staff in 2026, working at the intersection of strategy, investor relations, and operations. She previously served as a Senior Associate at Vista Equity Partners, focusing on fundraising strategy and investor communications, and earlier spent several years at Blackstone in Investor Relations and Portfolio Operations roles.
- Where does Amanda Wu work?
- Amanda Wu is Chief of Staff at Founders Future.
- Where did Amanda Wu go to school?
- Amanda Wu studied at Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Masters of Accountancy; Minor in Information Technology); Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BS in Accountancy; Minor in Violin Performance); Taipei American School.
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Also attended Taipei American School11
Ed DengCo-Founder and Operating Partner at Verge HealthTech FundFernando GouveiaManaging Partner at Compa CapitalEthan LinInvestor at Tq Ventures LlcJonathan L. HuaVenture Partner at Scrum VenturesJeffrey LuVenture Partner at Nest.Bio VenturesFrank ChenPartner at Andreessen Horowitz
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Shared employers
Also worked at Vista Equity Partners54
Niki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesAaron LiuPrincipal at NorthzoneAnish AggarwalInvestor at LightbankRalph DeBernardoPartner, Investor Relations at Sapphire VenturesAdrienne AlexanderOperations at 8VCAlan GlassPartner — Co-Head of Endurance at Energize Ventures
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Also worked at Blackstone170
Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalCrystal HuangInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Tsendai ChagwederaPartner at EchoVC PartnersLauren ArribasInvestor at GreycroftChloë McAuleyExecutive Assistant at March Capital PartnersCathy GaoPartner at Sapphire Ventures
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Also worked at EY1,168
Tyler WilsonSenior Accountant at Felicis VenturesSandra SchwarzerInvestor at Index VenturesLinn Hege AuneInvestor at InvestinorTorjusInvestor at InvestinorAngela ToyPartner & COO at Golden Gate VenturesMahesha SubramaniamHead of Client Relations at Golden Gate Ventures
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Also worked at KPMG US274
Jeffrey PaineFounding Partner at Golden Gate VenturesJonas VetterleInvestor at Moonfire VenturesMarco FumagalliBoard Member at P101 VenturesJimmy ChartersChief Financial Officer at GreycroftRob LawrenceSenior Finance Associate at GreycroftJay JohnsonBoard Member at CincyTech
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