James Wu
InvestorInvestor at First Round Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $100K – $12M checks · typically $3.5M
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235 people in our graph share verified history with James — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Todd ForrestunlockedJames: together at Freestyle Capital (2018)
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Contact· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- First Round CapitalInfrastructure & AI Investorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- AmperityLead Machine Learning Scientist2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- AdaptiLab (acq. by CoderPad)Cofounder & CEO2018 — 2021Seattle & San Francisco
- Freestyle CapitalFreestyle Engineering Fellow2017 — 2018San Francisco, California
- Duke UniversityMachine Learning Research Assistant2016 — 2018Durham, NC
- LUCAS - The Laboratory for Unconventional Conflict Analysis & SimulationLead Machine Learning Engineer2015 — 2018Durham, North Carolina
Skills & more
Machine LearningResearchEntrepreneurshipPublic SpeakingData ScienceData AnalysisProduct ManagementSoftware DevelopmentPythonPySparkR
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Colleagues at First Round Capital
Amy Fu
Vice President, Investments at First Round Capital
An Vu
Recruiter at First Round Capital
Anisha Gupta
GTM Strategy and Ops at First Round Capital
Anne Loeslein
Executive Assistant at First Round Capital
Annie Duke
Investor at Renegade Partners
Arielle Jackson
Head of Brand & Product Marketing at First Round Capital
Bill Trenchard
Partner at First Round Capital
Bonnie Porter
Recruiter at First Round Capital
Network4
Amy Fu
Vice President, Investments at First Round Capital
Bill Trenchard
Partner at First Round Capital
Brett Berson
Partner at First Round Capital
Catherine Ferdon
Angel at First Round Capital
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is James Wu?
- Investor at First Round Capital
- Where does James Wu work?
- James Wu is Investor at First Round Capital.
- What check size does James Wu write?
- James Wu typically writes checks of $100K – $12M.
- Where did James Wu go to school?
- James Wu studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Dropped out); Duke University (B.S. in Computer Science, B.S. in Statistics).
Founder mafias
Techstars mafia2,405
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Brad FeldCo-founderFounded Techstars VenturesDavid CummingsTechstars Boulder Accelerator 2012Founded Undaunted +7Gleb ChuvpiloTechstars Boston Accelerator 2014Founded Thor Directed Energy +6Fritz LanmanTechstars New York City Accelerator 2012Founded Doppler Labs +3Ben LammMentor & InvestorFounded Breaking +3T.J. ParkerTechstars Boston Accelerator 2013Founded Tjparker +2
Stanford University Graduate School of Business mafia928
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Duke University mafia347
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
First Round Capital mafia37
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Josh KopelmanPartnerFounded First Round +1DeVaris BrownAngel Track InvestorFounded Super Heroic +2Bill TrenchardPartnerFounded LiveOps +1Stephen CarrollSpecial Project InternFounded Findigs +1Paul BenigeriSoftware Engineering InternFounded Backslash +1Auston BunsenSenior Software EngineerFounded Accessgrid +1
Amperity mafia4
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business2,000
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 Duke University949
Fred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersZach PerretCo-founder & CEO of Plaid; co-founder of MischiefJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpAyaan PatelInvestor at LightbankScott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Amperity4
Also worked at Freestyle Capital7
Todd ForrestCFO at Scribble VenturesJoshua GilbertInvestor at TMV LogisticsJosh FelserCo-founder | Managing Partner at ClimacticDavid BillOperating Partner at Virta VenturesLuke BenderInvestor at Inspired CapitalDavid SamuelFounding General Partner at Freestyle Capital
+ 1 more
Also worked at Duke University189
Fred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgePae WuGeneral Partner at SOSVAkshita IyerCorporate Insights Lead at Tech Square VenturesMichael BrannanSr. Associate at Volition CapitalPaige MorschauserHead of Operations at Red Cell IncubationEvan HenleyAssociate, Investments at Capital One Ventures
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