Where does Jun Wakabayashi work?

Jun Wakabayashi is Venture Principal at AppWorks Ventures.

What check size does Jun Wakabayashi write?

Jun Wakabayashi typically writes checks of $200K – $10M.

Where did Jun Wakabayashi go to school?

Jun Wakabayashi studied at NYU Stern School of Business (Bachelors, Finance); National Taiwan Normal University (Mandarin); Rutgers University (Finance).

Jun Wakabayashi

Investor

Venture Principal at AppWorks Ventures

Taiwan

Writes $200K – $10M checks · typically $5.1M

About

Jun Wakabayashi is an Analyst at AppWorks, working with the AppWorks Accelerator and covering the Greater Southeast Asia region. Before joining the firm, he worked for Focus Reports as a business journalist conducting sector-based market research on the healthcare and energy sectors, interviewing government leaders and industry executives across multiple countries. He holds a Bachelor's in Finance from New York University's Stern School of Business.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

j•••@appworks.twreveal

Experience

MeckaStrategic Partnershipscurrent2026 — presentAsia
AppWorksVenture Advisorcurrent2025 — presentUS & Asia
AppWorksPrincipal2023 — 2025TW & SEA
AppWorksAssociate2022 — 2023TW & SEA
AppWorksAnalyst2017 — 2022TW & SEA
Focus ReportsInternational Projects Director2015 — 2017Singapore / Egypt / Australia / Hungary / South Africa / Turkey / Netherlands
PwCRisk Assurance Associate2013 — 2015New York City Metropolitan Area
BettermentIntern2011New York City Metropolitan Area

Skills & more

Public Speaking6Microsoft Excel16Microsoft Office14PowerPoint12HTML3Outlook2Microsoft Word6Photoshop4Research8Customer Service5Sales5Social Media2

Languages Chinese · Spanish

From Jun's professional profile.

Colleagues at AppWorks Ventures

Alyssa Chen

Principal at AppWorks Ventures

Andy Tsai

Partner at AppWorks Ventures

Anne Chen

Investor Relations Director at AppWorks Ventures

Bill Hsu

Analyst at AppWorks Ventures

Chi Yung-Yu (Norman)

Analyst at AppWorks Ventures

Ching Tseng

Principal at AppWorks Ventures

David Wu

Investor at AppWorks Ventures

Davidd Liu

Fellow at AppWorks Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jun Wakabayashi?: Jun Wakabayashi is an Analyst at AppWorks, working with the AppWorks Accelerator and covering the Greater Southeast Asia region. Before joining the firm, he worked for Focus Reports as a business journalist conducting sector-based market research on the healthcare and energy sectors, interviewing government leaders and industry executives across multiple countries. He holds a Bachelor's in Finance from New York University's Stern School of Business.
Where does Jun Wakabayashi work?: Jun Wakabayashi is Venture Principal at AppWorks Ventures.
What check size does Jun Wakabayashi write?: Jun Wakabayashi typically writes checks of $200K – $10M.
Where did Jun Wakabayashi go to school?: Jun Wakabayashi studied at NYU Stern School of Business (Bachelors, Finance); National Taiwan Normal University (Mandarin); Rutgers University (Finance).

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