Where does Jessie Wu work?

Jessie Wu is Principal at Upshot Ventures.

What check size does Jessie Wu write?

Jessie Wu typically writes checks of $100K – $1.5M.

Where did Jessie Wu go to school?

Jessie Wu studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (Master's degree, Finance); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Finance); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics).

Jessie Wu

Investor

Principal at Upshot Ventures

Palo Alto, California

Writes $100K – $1.5M checks · typically $500K

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Experience

StealthChief Operating Officercurrent2025 — present
Berkeley SkyDeckAdvisor/Mentorcurrent2024 — presentBerkeley, California, United States
Upshot VenturesPrincipal2024 — 2025Palo Alto, California, United States
Upshot VenturesInvestor2022 — 2023Palo Alto, California, United States
Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)Summer Associate, Innovative Finance2021Singapore
MUFGAssociate, Capital Markets2019 — 2020New York, United States
J.P. MorganAnalyst, Corporate & Investment Bank2017 — 2019New York, United States

Skills & more

Leadership20Microsoft Excel18PowerPoint21English5Public Speaking9Teaching4Microsoft Word5Marketing8Event Planning12Social Networking11Chinese4Editing5

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Customer ServiceMicrosoft OfficeResearchSocial MediaAnalytical Skills

Languages Chinese · English

FINRA Series 7 — FINRA
FINRA Series 79 — FINRA
FINRA Series 63 — FINRA
Microsoft® Office 2010 Specialist in Excel — Microsoft
Microsoft® Office 2010 Specialist in PowerPoint — Microsoft

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Colleagues at Upshot Ventures

Aasawari

Investor at Upshot Ventures

Aasawari Chitnis

Operations Manager at Upshot Ventures

Anuja Lele

CFO at Upshot Ventures

Jeremy Neilson

Executive Officer at Upshot Ventures

Ming

Founder at Upshot Ventures

Ming Yeh

Founding Partner at Upshot Ventures

Norman Liang

Partner at Upshot Ventures

Richard Thoms

Executive Officer at Upshot Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jessie Wu?: Principal at Upshot Ventures
Where does Jessie Wu work?: Jessie Wu is Principal at Upshot Ventures.
What check size does Jessie Wu write?: Jessie Wu typically writes checks of $100K – $1.5M.
Where did Jessie Wu go to school?: Jessie Wu studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (Master's degree, Finance); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Finance); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics).

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