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Christopher Wan

Investor

Vice President at Bessemer Venture Partners

Palo Alto, California

Writes $50K – $100M checks · typically $25M

About

Christopher Wan is a Vice President at Bessemer Venture Partners focused on early-stage investing. He serves as a Board Member at Solomon and maintains a written publication at chrisxwan.substack.com.

Experience

  1. SolomonBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  2. LumachainBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  3. HalterBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  4. DEFCON AIBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  5. Bessemer Venture PartnersVice Presidentcurrent2021 — present
  6. Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)Research2020 — 2021
  7. In-Q-TelVenture Summer Associate2021
  8. Stanford Law SchoolTeaching Assistant2020 — 2021
  9. Morrison & Foerster LLPLitigation2020
  10. FacebookSoftware Engineer2017 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA (withdrew)2019 — 2022
  2. Stanford Law SchoolDoctor of Law - JD2019 — 2022
  3. Yale UniversityBachelor's Degree, Computer Science2013 — 2017
  4. Dreyfoos School of the Arts2009 — 2013

Skills & more

Java7Python9Javascript6C2Racket2Computer Science3Node.js3HTML/CSS3Ruby2Ruby on Rails4Public Speaking2Macroeconomics3
+7 moreMicroeconomicsFlaskEconomicsHTMLResearchData AnalysisTeaching

Languages Chinese · English

From Christopher's professional profile.

Colleagues at Bessemer Venture Partners

Adam Fisher
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Aditya Nidmarti
Investor at Bessemer Venture Partners
Aia Sarycheva
Investor at Bessemer Venture Partners
Alex Ferrara
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Alex Yuditski
Investor at Bessemer Venture Partners
Alexandra Sukin
Senior Associate at Bessemer Venture Partners
Amit Karp
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Anant Vidur Puri
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Network10

Bob GoodmanScout
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Brian FeinsteinScout
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
David CowanScout
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Jeff EpsteinScout
Venture Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Jeffrey BlackburnScout
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Adam Fisher
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Aditya Nidmarti
Investor at Bessemer Venture Partners
Aia Sarycheva
Investor at Bessemer Venture Partners
Alex Ferrara
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Alex Yuditski
Investor at Bessemer Venture Partners

Investors connected to Christopher in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Christopher Wan work?
Christopher Wan is Vice President at Bessemer Venture Partners.
What check size does Christopher Wan write?
Christopher Wan typically writes checks of $50K – $100M.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,291

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

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Also attended Stanford Law School73

Steve AbbottPartner, Capital Markets at Sapphire VenturesMichael KlaykoOperating Executive at Marlin Equity PartnersSandy MillerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Tim HsiaFounder at Context VenturesRenataCo-founder at Renegade PartnersShawn ConwayManaging Partner and COO at Questa Capital

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Also attended Yale University618

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorZheela QaiserInvestor at Index VenturesAnthony PhilippakisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Karthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)

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Shared employers

Also worked at Lumachain2

Mike ZimmermanPartner at Main Sequence VenturesTess HatchPartner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Also worked at Halter9

Spencer PunterPartner and COO at DCVC (Data Collective)Christina FaPrincipal at NewView CapitalSunil NagarajFounder and Managing Partner at Ubiquity VenturesConnor WiltshireData Analyst at Blackbird FoundryAmin MirzadeganPartner at Founders FundSamantha WongPartner at Blackbird Ventures

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Also worked at Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)15

Rohini KosogluVenture Partner at FusionEric HorvitzInvestor at Blue Tulip VenturesHeidi RoizenPartner at Threshold VenturesPaul DaughertyInvestor at Premji InvestFei-Fei LiAngel at AI4ALLBryce MarionInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

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Also worked at In-Q-Tel35

A.J. BertoneExecutive Vice President, Investments at In-Q-TelBruce AdamsExecutive Vice President and General Counsel at In-Q-TelLiz FoxProduct Marketing and Communications at In-Q-TelAsheem ChandnaInvestor at Greylock PartnersGeorge HoyemVenture Partner at Lavrock VenturesWesley TilluPartner at S32 focused on frontier technology investments

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