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Danny Wen
InvestorFounderPartner and Head of Business Development at Wing · Founder/CEO at Graft Concepts · Founder at Crowdmade
Palo Alto, California, United States
FoundedCrowdmadeGraft Concepts · YC
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Danny: together at Jasper
About
Partner and Head of Business Development focused on building founder and researcher communities and corporate networks. A Y Combinator S13 alum, he was an early investor and operator at Findem, a company Wing incubated.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Founder/CEO at Graft ConceptsYC S13
Intro paths
YC
Danny went through Y Combinator (Summer 2013) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Graft Concepts's investors · 2
Co-founders at Graft Concepts
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Anthony KoFounder
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Peter SzcusFounder/Design Director
Founder at Crowdmade
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Crowdmade's investors · 1
Co-founders at Crowdmade
Experience
- Wing Venture CapitalHead of Business Developmentcurrent2026 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- FindemFounding Investorcurrent2019 — presentRedwood City, California, United States
- FindemSeries B Co-Leadcurrent2021 — present
- FindemAdvisorcurrent2019 — presentRedwood City, California, United States
- FindemVice President Corporate Development, Strategic Partnerships2024 — 2026Redwood City, CA
- FindemGTM, Strategy2022 — 2023Redwood City, CA
- DatabricksInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Rad AIAdvisorcurrent2018 — present
- Rad AISeed Investorcurrent2018 — present
- PloySeed Investorcurrent2025 — present
- AIM Intelligent MachinesSeed Investorcurrent2022 — present
- Dyna RoboticsSeed Investorcurrent2025 — present
- JasperPre-Seed Investorcurrent2021 — present
- Boom SupersonicInvestorcurrent2017 — present
- KarmaCheckAdvisorcurrent2019 — present
- PatreonInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- GOAT GroupInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- QuarryCo-Founder and Managing Directorcurrent2019 — present
- UP2398Venture Partnercurrent2017 — present
- UP2398Partner2019
- LocateInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Standard FleetAdvisorcurrent2022 — present
- Standard FleetSeed Investorcurrent2022 — present
- AfterHourSeed Investorcurrent2025 — present
- PowderAdvisorcurrent2023 — present
- ArtemisAdvisorcurrent2024 — present
- AltInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- TurnstilePre-Seed Investorcurrent2022 — present
- CavalryPre-Seed Investorcurrent2021 — present
- ShefSeed Investorcurrent2019 — present
- ConvexSeed Investor2019 — 2024
- DataJoySeed Investor2020 — 2022
- SlapdashSeed Investor2019 — 2022
- CrowdmadeCo-Founder and CEO2015 — 2018
- MiFi (Novatel Wireless, Inc)Senior Manager Business Development2014 — 2015Greater San Diego Area
- Graft Concepts, Inc. (YC S13)Co-Founder and CEO2011 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Start-ups25Mobile Devices23User Experience10E-commerce11Product Management34AndroidMobile InternetBusiness Development9Customer AcquisitionEntrepreneurship7Social Media3Strategic Partnerships3
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Colleagues at Wing
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Danny Wen?
- Partner and Head of Business Development focused on building founder and researcher communities and corporate networks. A Y Combinator S13 alum, he was an early investor and operator at Findem, a company Wing incubated.
- Where does Danny Wen work?
- Danny Wen is Founder of Crowdmade and Partner and Head of Business Development at Wing and Founder/CEO at Graft Concepts.
- What companies did Danny Wen found?
- Danny Wen founded Crowdmade, Graft Concepts.
- Where did Danny Wen go to school?
- Danny Wen studied at University of Southern California (Bachelor of Science - BS, Finance); Y Combinator.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,522
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University of Southern California mafia418
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Databricks mafia35
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Ben HorowitzDirectorFounded OpswareNaveen RaoVice President of Artificial IntelligenceFounded Mosaic ML +1Jean Yves StephanSoftware Engineer and Tech Lead ManagerFounded Data Mechanics +1Jonathan Mortensen, PhDStaff Software EngineerFounded Southparkcommons +1Andy KonwinskiFounderFounded PerplexityPete SonsiniDirectorFounded SuperApp
Boom Supersonic mafia9
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Rad AI mafia8
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Same school
Also attended University of Southern California959
Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalMarc BenioffCo-founder, Chair & CEO of SalesforceGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesVojtech HornaInvestor at Index VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark Capital
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Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Ploy1
Also worked at Dyna Robotics8
Max GazorInvestor at Striker Venture PartnersBrian ZhanInvestor at Striker Venture PartnersPeter BordesManaging Partner at Trajectory VenturesAlex RenFounding Partner at FellowsCathryn ChenFounder & CEO at MarketX VenturesJason MaFounder at Dyna Robotics
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Also worked at Convex6
Graham CarneyInvestments at General PartnershipKevin SpainGeneral Partner at Emergence Capital PartnersLotti SiniscalcoPartner at Emergence Capital PartnersCharlie WarrenAdvisor at Virta VenturesMichael KatsevmanFounder/CTO at HighlightCamCarlotta SiniscalcoEmergence Capital · Kauffman Fellow (Class 24)
