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Richard Wang

Chief Executive Officer at Voya Energy

Danville, California, United States

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About

Richard Wang is Co-Founder and CEO of Voya Energy, which develops metal fuel and power generation technologies for zero-carbon electricity generation independent of traditional grid infrastructure. He previously founded Cuberg, a lithium-metal battery company spun out of Stanford that was acquired by Northvolt and grew to 225 employees. Wang holds a materials science background from Stanford and a mechanical engineering background from Caltech.

Chief Executive Officer at Voya Energy

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Voya Energy's investors · 9

8090 IndustriesNew York · since 2025Energy Impact PartnersNew York · $5M – $20M checks · since 2025Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2025Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2026Liquid VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks · since 2025OvermatchAustin · since 2025Seven Stars VenturesSan FranciscoSV AngelSan Francisco · since 2025Trust VenturesAustin · since 2025

Experience

  1. Voya EnergyCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2025 — presentHayward, California, United States
  2. Electrochemistry FoundryCo-Founder and Chairmancurrent2024 — present
  3. Inlyte EnergyBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  4. Crevasse ConsultingFounder2024 — 2025Danville, California, United States
  5. CubergFounder and CEO2015 — 2024San Leandro, California, United States
  6. Northvolt North AmericaCEO2022 — 2023
  7. Cyclotron RoadProject Lead2016 — 2018Berkeley, CA
  8. Stanford UniversityPhD Candidate2011 — 2016Stanford, CA
  9. Stanford UniversityEngineering Advisor2011 — 2013Stanford, CA
  10. Tesla MotorsIntern2014Palo Alto, CA
  11. SCI-Arc/Caltech Solar Decathlon TeamMechanical Systems Lead2009 — 2011Los Angeles, CA
  12. SCI-Arc/Caltech Solar Decathlon TeamHowell N. Tyson, Sr. SURF Fellow2010Pasadena, CA
  13. California Institute of TechnologyLarson SURF Scholar2009Pasadena, CA
  14. California Institute of TechnologyToshi Kubota Aeronautics SURF Fellow2008Pasadena, CA

Skills & more

EntrepreneurshipProduct DevelopmentCorporate StrategyPeople and CultureElectrochemistryBusiness DevelopmentMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Thought LeadershipBoard of DirectorsFundraisingCoaching & MentoringSite Selection
+4 moreElectric AviationLithium Metal BatteriesCorporate InnovationBattery Science

Languages Chinese · English

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Who is Richard Wang?
Richard Wang is Co-Founder and CEO of Voya Energy, which develops metal fuel and power generation technologies for zero-carbon electricity generation independent of traditional grid infrastructure. He previously founded Cuberg, a lithium-metal battery company spun out of Stanford that was acquired by Northvolt and grew to 225 employees. Wang holds a materials science background from Stanford and a mechanical engineering background from Caltech.
Where does Richard Wang work?
Richard Wang is Chief Executive Officer at Voya Energy.
Where did Richard Wang go to school?
Richard Wang studied at Stanford University (PhD, Materials Science and Engineering); Caltech (BS, Mechanical Engineering); University of Cambridge (Mechanical Engineering).

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Also attended Caltech275

Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicFei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Seth LieblichInvestment Team at 8VCSusannah BarbeeVice President, Translational Immunology at Deerfield Management Company

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Also attended University of Cambridge1,600

Stewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrDemis HassabisCo-founder & CEO of Google DeepMindNiko BonatsosFounder and Managing Partner of VerdictGeorgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesHannah SealInvestor at Index VenturesLeah von SiemensPartner at Manta Ray Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Voya Energy5

Rayyan IslamCo-Founder and General Partner at 8090 IndustriesShayle KannPartner at Energy Impact PartnersMatt HortonWorking Equity Partner at Azimuth Capital ManagementSteven KayeChief Technology Officer at Voya EnergyDorian WestFounder at Electric Hydrogen

Also worked at Electrochemistry Foundry1

Michael BartholomeuszExecutive Officer, Director at Hzo

Also worked at Cyclotron Road5

Tom BaruchInvestor at Baruch Future VenturesCooper RinzlerBreakthrough Energy Ventures at Breakthrough Energy VenturesNicole SystromFounder, Sutro Energy Group at Galvanize Climate SolutionsDavid BiermanFounder at AntoraDr. Raj BhaktaFounder at SparkAI

Also worked at Stanford University1,146

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at AnthropicAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDashRyan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)

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