Where does Wayne Hu work?

Wayne Hu is Partner at SignalFire and Board director at Farsight.

What check size does Wayne Hu write?

Wayne Hu typically writes checks of $500K – $20M.

What boards does Wayne Hu sit on?

Wayne Hu holds tracked board seats at JustPoint.

Where did Wayne Hu go to school?

Wayne Hu studied at Harvard Business School; Princeton University (AB, Mathematical Economics); University of Minnesota (Mathematics).

Wayne Hu

Investor

Partner at SignalFire · Board director at Farsight

San Francisco, California

Writes $500K – $20M checks · typically $12.5M

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.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

w•••@signalfire.comreveal

Board director at Farsight

Intro paths

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In turn, Wayne can intro founders to Farsight's investors below.

Farsight's investors · 4

Link VenturesCambridge · $1M – $8M checks RRE VenturesNew York · $5M – $15M checks SignalFireSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks XPVEl Segundo · since 2025

Co-founders at Farsight

Kunal TangriExecutive Officer, Director

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
GoogleGlobal Strategy Lead, YouTube Monetization2013 — 2015San Bruno, CA
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersInvestor2012 — 2013Menlo Park, CA
City Colleges of ChicagoStrategy Team Leader2011Chicago
McKinsey & CompanyGlobal Institute Fellow2008 — 2010San Francisco
McKinsey & CompanyBusiness Analyst2006 — 2008Minneapolis, Chicago, Luxembourg, Atlanta
Goldman SachsSummer Analyst2005New York

Skills & more

Venture Capital22Business Strategy14Entrepreneurship13Project Management6Financial Modeling8Market Research4Marketing Strategy4Energy3MacroeconomicsInvestments1Management Consulting4Start-ups6

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Investments

Board seats

JustPoint

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

Audrey Salomez

Contrôleur financier at 123Venture

Ben Davenport

Venture Partner at Blockchain Capital

Bobby Lent

Managing Partner at Hillsven & Co-founder of Ariba at SignalFire

Cali Tran

CEO of Cision; CEO of Brandwatch at SignalFire

Frequently asked questions

Who is Wayne Hu?: 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.
Where does Wayne Hu work?: Wayne Hu is Partner at SignalFire and Board director at Farsight.
What check size does Wayne Hu write?: Wayne Hu typically writes checks of $500K – $20M.
What boards does Wayne Hu sit on?: Wayne Hu holds tracked board seats at JustPoint.
Where did Wayne Hu go to school?: Wayne Hu studied at Harvard Business School; Princeton University (AB, Mathematical Economics); University of Minnesota (Mathematics).

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School2,000

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter Capital Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures Tim DraperFounder of Draper Associates Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins Neeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery Ventures Hristo BorisovCo-founder & CEO of Payhawk

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Also attended Princeton University581

Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford AndrewAdvisor at Clear Ventures Christal NgAssociate at Golden Gate Ventures

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Also attended University of Minnesota119

Madeline PopeSenior Associate, Platform & Marketing at March Capital Partners Nate LeeFounder and Chief Information Security Officer at Scale Venture Partners Isaac ZikeManaging Director at RiverVest Venture Partners Richard HeymanVenture Partner at ARCH Venture Partners John BergstromInvestor at Mairs & Power VC Mark GorenbergInvestor at Zetta Venture Partners

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