Wayne Hu
InvestorPartner at SignalFire
San Francisco, California
Writes $500K – $20M checks · typically $12.5M
FoundedFarsight Ai
About
Wayne Hu is a General Partner at SignalFire, an early-stage investment firm. He previously worked at Google and YouTube, as well as at Kleiner Perkins. His investment focus includes early-stage entrepreneurs operating in established markets.
Experience
- SignalFireGeneral Partnercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Grow TherapySeries A Lead / Board Directorcurrent2021 — present
- RoSeries A Co-Lead / Board Observercurrent2018 — present
- EvenUpSeed, Series A Lead / Board Directorcurrent2020 — present
- SolaceSeries B Investor / Board Observercurrent2025 — present
- Monarch MoneyPre-Seed Lead / Board Observercurrent2019 — present
- VerseSeed+ Lead / Board Directorcurrent2022 — present
- MandolinSeed Leadcurrent2024 — present
- PlanetScaleSeed Investorcurrent2018 — present
- FarsightSeries A Lead / Board Directorcurrent2025 — present
- Roger HealthcareSeed Lead / Board Observercurrent2024 — present
- BubbleSeed Lead / Board Directorcurrent2019 — present
- Osso VRSeed Lead / Board Directorcurrent2017 — present
- FreshpaintSeries B Co-Lead / Board Observercurrent2024 — present
- SiroSeries B Lead / Board Directorcurrent2025 — present
- BlendSeed Investor / Board Directorcurrent2025 — present
- MegaSeries A Investorcurrent2026 — present
- Scope AISeed Investorcurrent2024 — present
- Shade Inc.Seed Investorcurrent2024 — present
- ApostropheSeed+ Lead / Board Director2017 — 2021
Education
- Harvard Business School
- Princeton UniversityAB, Mathematical Economics
- University of MinnesotaMathematics
- Eastview Senior High School
Skills & more
Venture Capital22Business Strategy14Entrepreneurship13Project Management6Financial Modeling8Market Research4Marketing Strategy4Energy3MacroeconomicsInvestments1Management Consulting4Start-ups6
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Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School1,818
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins
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Also attended Princeton University474
Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDavid CoatsManaging Director & Co-Founder at Correlation VenturesDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalGeoff YangCo-Founder at Redpoint Ventures
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Also attended University of Minnesota90
Madeline PopeSenior Associate, Platform & Marketing at March Capital PartnersNate LeeFounder and Chief Information Security Officer at Scale Venture PartnersIsaac ZikeManaging Director, Ph.D. at RiverVest Venture PartnersRichard HeymanVenture Partner at ARCH Venture PartnersJohn BergstromInvestor at Mairs & Power VCMark GorenbergInvestor at Zetta Venture Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Mandolin2
Also worked at PlanetScale3
Also worked at Farsight3
Also worked at Mega1
Investments
Board seats
Justpoint Inc.
Per SEC Form D filings.
Colleagues at SignalFire
Aayush Sharma
Senior Associate at SignalFire
Alex Hooshmand
Co-founder ZaiNar & Bluekai at SignalFire
Andrew Reid
Director, GTM Recruiting at SignalFire
Asher Bantock
Head of Research at SignalFire
Ben Davenport
CTO & Co-founder of BitGo; former Co-founder of Beluga at SignalFire
Bill MacCartney
Former VP ML at Cohere at SignalFire
Bobby Lent
Managing Partner at Hillsven & Co-founder of Ariba at SignalFire
Brad Hoover
former CEO of Grammarly at SignalFire