Wally Wang
InvestorManaging Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Palo Alto, California
Writes $100K β $5M checks Β· typically $1M
About
Wally Wang is Founding Managing Partner of Scale Asia Ventures, a Silicon Valley early-stage fund focused on AI-driven enterprise software. He was named to Business Insider's Seed 100 list and previously led U.S. tech investments for Fosun International and a multibillion-dollar family office. Earlier in his career he worked on products at Microsoft Bing, Pebble, Misfit, Lattice Engines, and DataVisor. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Tsinghua University, pursued Ph.D. studies at NYU Stern, and was a visiting scholar at Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science.
ContactΒ· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Experience
- SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Founding Managing Partnercurrent2022 β presentPalo Alto, CA
- NYU Stern School of BusinessMentor (Endless Frontier Labs)current2024 β present
- Higgsfield AISeries A Investorcurrent2025 β present
- d-MatrixSeries C Investorcurrent2025 β present
- DatabricksSeries L Investorcurrent2025 β present
- MastraSeed Investorcurrent2025 β present
- CrusoeSeries E Investorcurrent2025 β present
- CrestaSeries D Investorcurrent2024 β present
- TinyFishSeed Investorcurrent2023 β present
- Fiddler AISeries B Investorcurrent2023 β present
- Solve IntelligenceSeed Investorcurrent2023 β present
- Lio (formerly askLio)Seed Investorcurrent2023 β present
- Cast AISeries A Investorcurrent2022 β present
- WeaviateSeries A Investorcurrent2022 β present
- VAST DataSeries D Investorcurrent2021 β present
- Fosun ε€ζHead of Venture Investment2019 β 2022Menlo Park, CA
- DataVisorFounding Executive Team (raised over $150M)2016 β 2019Mountain View, CA
- Misfit WearablesFounding Executive Team (acq. by NASDAQ:FOSL for $260M)2015 β 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Pebble TechFounding Data Scientist and Asia Expansion (YC W11, acq. by Google)2014 β 2015Palo Alto, California
- Lattice EnginesProduct Manager (acq. by NYSE:DNB)2012
- MicrosoftProgram Manager (Bing Search Ads)2011 β 2012
- Strategy&Consultant2010 β 2011
Skills & more
Languages Chinese Β· English
From Wally's professional profile.
Colleagues at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Anindya Ghose
Academic Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Ben Eum
Korea Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Chuck Huang
Operating Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Dave Nielsen
Community Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Jeff Hopkins
Talent Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Kay Mok
Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Michael Cho
Korea Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Noriaki Hyuga
Japan Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Wally Wang?
- Wally Wang is Founding Managing Partner of Scale Asia Ventures, a Silicon Valley early-stage fund focused on AI-driven enterprise software. He was named to Business Insider's Seed 100 list and previously led U.S. tech investments for Fosun International and a multibillion-dollar family office. Earlier in his career he worked on products at Microsoft Bing, Pebble, Misfit, Lattice Engines, and DataVisor. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Tsinghua University, pursued Ph.D. studies at NYU Stern, and was a visiting scholar at Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science.
- Where does Wally Wang work?
- Wally Wang is Managing Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures).
- What does Wally Wang invest in?
- Wally Wang invests in AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- What check size does Wally Wang write?
- Wally Wang typically writes checks of $100K β $5M.
- Where did Wally Wang go to school?
- Wally Wang studied at NYU Stern School of Business (MS, 2014 / Ph.D Candidate); Carnegie Mellon University (Visiting Scholar, Human Computer Interaction); Y Combinator (YC W11, Pebble Tech).
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Also attended NYU Stern School of Business430
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Also attended Carnegie Mellon University410
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Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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Also attended Tsinghua University155
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Shared employers
Also worked at Mastra5
Also worked at Fiddler AI9
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