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About
John Wang is an investor at Foothill Ventures focused on open source, big data, enterprise software, SaaS, observability, and infrastructure. Born in Shanghai, China, he moved to Upstate New York during sixth grade and is fluent in Mandarin, Shanghainese, and English.
Invests in
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Experience
- Stealth StartupFounder and CEOcurrent2024 — present
- Foothill VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2021 — presentLos Altos, California, United States
- Bay Area Fencing ClubInvestorcurrent2022 — presentLos Gatos, California, United States
- OpenResty Inc.Seed Investorcurrent2022 — present
- Self-employedAdvisorcurrent2015 — present
- Self-employedAngel Investorcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AppDynamicsEngineering Leadership2021 — 2024Greater Boston
- DashbaseCo-founder and CTO2016 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- PingCAPSeed Investor and Advisor2015 — 2020Beijing City, China
- TwitterStaff Software Engineer & Tech Lead2012 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- LinkedInSearch Architect2007 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
- University of UtahGuest Lecturer2010Greater Salt Lake City Area
- Manning Publications Co.Contributing Author2009
- plum.com (Now part of Nokia)Software Architect - Search2006 — 2007San Francisco Bay Area
- Simply HiredSearch Consultant2005 — 2006San Francisco Bay Area
- Yahoo!Technical Yahoo! Sr.2005 — 2006San Francisco Bay Area
- Entopia Inc.Software Architect2004 — 2005San Francisco Bay Area
- Autonomy (formerly Verity Inc.)Software Architect2000 — 2004San Francisco Bay Area
- Sony Online EntertainmentSenior Platform Engineer2000Greater New York City Area
- Lockheed MartinSenior Associate Software Engineer1999 — 2000Ithaca, New York Area
- Evans & SutherlandSoftware Engineer II1997 — 1999Greater Salt Lake City Area
- Binghamton City School DistrictProgrammer1990 — 1993Ithaca, New York Area
Skills & more
Search32Java84Lucene60Search engine technology1Search algorithms7Solr8C++12C4Distributed systems2Distributed databases3Git6Maven1
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Open SourceMySQLSBTScalaIvyAntDjangoRubyPythonVertical SearchSocial MediaSocial NetworkingLanguages English · Mandarin (普通话) · Shanghainese (上海话)
From John's professional profile.
Colleagues at Foothill Ventures
Andre Oshydary
Partner at Foothill Ventures
Biao He
Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures
Charles Ling
Investor at Foothill Ventures
Eric Rosenblum
Managing Partner at Foothill Ventures
Hong Tang
Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures
James Chen
Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures
Jinlin Wang
Partner at Foothill Ventures
John Matheny
Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Wang?
- John Wang is an investor at Foothill Ventures focused on open source, big data, enterprise software, SaaS, observability, and infrastructure. Born in Shanghai, China, he moved to Upstate New York during sixth grade and is fluent in Mandarin, Shanghainese, and English.
- Where does John Wang work?
- John Wang is Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures.
- What does John Wang invest in?
- John Wang invests in Cloud Computing, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where did John Wang go to school?
- John Wang studied at Binghamton University (BS, Computer Science); Stanford University (Graduate classes in Database and Information Retrieval, Computer Science); Binghamton University (BS, Mathematics).
Same school
Also attended Binghamton University126
Kira BusmanInvestor at Index VenturesBrian DunefskyChief Compliance Officer at Oak Investment PartnersPatrick SherwoodManaging Partner at GroveStreetEric FeuerSenior Compliance Officer & Counsel at Deerfield Management CompanyMelanie RosenbergSenior AI Engineer at Theory VenturesSianFounding Partner at Saas Ventures, L.L.C.
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Also attended Stanford University2,000
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at Floodgate
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Also attended University of Utah212
Sid KrommenhoekPartner at AlbumKelly KoVice President of Technology Ventures and Innovation at Flare Capital PartnersTravis HeathAdministrative Partner & CFO at Signal Peak VenturesAidan DaoussisPrincipal at Balerion Space VenturesHelen McBrideOperating Partner at BOLD LongevityCharlotte MageePrincipal at Enable Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Manning Publications Co.4
Also worked at Yahoo!513
Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal FoundationStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCAmjad MasadCo-founder & CEO of Replit
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Also worked at Sony Online Entertainment12
Rachel WeissVP, Corporate Strategy and Development, M&A, L'Oreal at The 98Paul KochHead of AI at Blueprint EquityJohn NeedhamPresident, Publishing & Esports at Riot GamesJamil Bou KheirFounder at FirezoneBernard YeeCo-Founder, CEO / Executive Producer at Windup MindsTam ArmstrongExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter at Polyarc
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Also worked at Lockheed Martin228
Manny StockmanManaging Partner at Osage University PartnersJeff BabioneSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsAlexander WortmannPartner at TCVShalanda ArmstrongManaging Partner at 100Km Ventures LlcDan MoskowitzInvestor at Third Point VenturesDanny CotterManaging Partner at The Westly Group
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