Where does John Wang work?

John Wang is Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures.

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).

John Wang

Investor

Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures

United States

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

+12 more

Open SourceMySQLSBTScalaIvyAntDjangoRubyPythonVertical SearchSocial MediaSocial Networking

Languages 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).