Wei Lien Dang
InvestorFounderGeneral Partner at Unusual Ventures · Board director at HippoML
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $100K – $15M checks · typically $5M
FoundedHippoML
About
Wei Lien Dang co-founded StackRox (acquired by Red Hat), led security at CoreOS, AWS and Splunk, now invests in AI security, bringing immigrant perspective as Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Board director at HippoML
Intro paths
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In turn, Wei can intro founders to HippoML's investors below.
HippoML's investors · 1
Co-founders at HippoML
HL
Hao LuExecutive Officer, Director
BX
Bing XuExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- VariousAngel Investor / Advisor to AI startupscurrent2021 — present
- Caltech, Cornell UniversityGuest Lecturercurrent2025 — present
- Unusual VenturesGeneral Partner2021 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Red Hat (via acquisition of StackRox)Senior Director, Security - Product Management & Marketing2021San Francisco Bay Area
- StackRox (Acquired by Red Hat)Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- StackRox (Acquired by Red Hat)Co-founder and Vice President of Product2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- CoreOS (acquired by Red Hat)Head of Product2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Bracket Computing (acquired by VMware)Senior Manager, Product Management2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Amazon Web ServicesSenior Product Manager2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Andreessen HorowitzInvestment Team2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- SplunkProduct Manager2011San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolMBA, Business Administration
- Harvard Law SchoolJD, Law
- Harvard UniversityM.S., Applied Physics
- Imperial College LondonMRes, Biomedical Physical Chemistry
- University of CambridgeM.Phil, Electrical Engineering
- CaltechB.S., Applied Physics
Skills & more
SaaS13Enterprise Software4Amazon Web Services (AWS)4Software as a Service (SaaS)3Product Management19Cloud Computing15Start-ups11Venture Capital9Entrepreneurship5Business Strategy3Security3Due Diligence3
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Product MarketingInformation SecuritySoftware DevelopmentBig DataAnalyticsMobile ApplicationsPricing StrategyIaaSProduct StrategyKubernetesFrom Wei's professional profile.
Deals · 1
HippoMLBoard seat
via Unusual Ventures · filed Apr 2023 · $3.8M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Unusual Ventures
Andy Johns
Partner at Unusual Ventures
Andy Youn
Director of Finance at Unusual Ventures
Bill Hodak
Investor at Unusual Ventures
Brett Teele
Chief Financial Officer & Partner at Unusual Ventures
Calvin Ling
Vice President of Finance at Unusual Ventures
Doug Regner
Investor at Unusual Ventures
Eric Peter
Venture Partner and AI Specialist at Blockchain Builders
Henry Buckingham
Vice President at Unusual Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Wei Lien Dang work?
- Wei Lien Dang is General Partner at Unusual Ventures and Founder at HippoML.
- What does Wei Lien Dang invest in?
- Wei Lien Dang invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Fintech.
- What check size does Wei Lien Dang write?
- Wei Lien Dang typically writes checks of $100K – $15M.
- What companies did Wei Lien Dang found?
- Wei Lien Dang founded HippoML.
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