Where does Wen-Wen Lam work?

Wen-Wen Lam is Founder/CEO of NexTravel and Partner at Gradient Ventures.

What check size does Wen-Wen Lam write?

Wen-Wen Lam typically writes checks of $1M – $8M.

What companies has Wen-Wen Lam invested in?

Investments tracked here include Aero, BTC, Partyround, Socialchat.

Where did Wen-Wen Lam go to school?

Wen-Wen Lam studied at Y Combinator; USC Marshall School of Business (MBA, Entrepreneurship); University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Economics).

Wen-Wen Lam

InvestorFounder

Partner at Gradient Ventures · Founder/CEO at NexTravel

Miami Beach, Florida

Writes $1M – $8M checks · typically $4.5M

FoundedNexTravel · YC

About

Wen-Wen Lam is a partner at Gradient Ventures, a seed-stage fund. She previously co-founded and led NexTravel (Y Combinator W15), a corporate travel platform used by companies including Lyft, Twilio, and Stripe, scaling it past $100M in annual sales before its 2020 acquisition by TravelPerk. Earlier in her career she held leadership roles at several startups and began working in tech at LinkedIn; she holds a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley and an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechFuture of WorkSaaS

Founder/CEO at NexTravel YC W15

Intro paths

Wen-Wen went through Y Combinator (Winter 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Wen-Wen can intro founders to NexTravel's investors below.

NexTravel's investors · 3

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2015 PIPELINE CAPITAL PARTNERSLas Vegas Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2015

Co-founders at NexTravel

Alexey PakhomovFounder

Experience

StealthPresidentcurrent2025 — present
GooglePartner2021 — 2024
NexTravelCEO2013 — 2021Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
HeypalCMO2011 — 2012Singapore, Singapore
MindJolt GamesMarketing2010 — 2011Los Angeles, Ca
Slingshot LabsBusiness Development2008 — 2009
Women 2.0Co-founder2006 — 2009
SpockMarketing2007
LinkedInMarketing Manager2005 — 2006
Milken InstituteResearch Assistant/Intern2003 — 2004

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship46Product Management12Social Media13SEO8international business4yoga4Yoga5Business Development31Marketing14International Business6Online Marketing18Product Development5

+12 more

Marketing StrategyProduct MarketingStart-upsE-commerceDigital StrategyOnline AdvertisingStrategic PartnershipsBusiness Strategybeing awesomeFacebookDigital MediaAnalytics

Languages Chinese · English · French

From Wen-Wen's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

AeroBTCPartyroundSocialchat

Per curated public sources.

Colleagues at Gradient Ventures

Andrew Brackin

Partner at Gradient investing across vertical AI, healthcare, and the application layer

Anna Patterson

Founder and Managing Partner at Gradient Ventures

Clayton Petty

Partner at Gradient investing across every layer of AI

Darian Shirazi

Investor, entrepreneur, and Managing Partner at Gradient Ventures

Denise Teng

Partner at Gradient Ventures

Devon Buford

Operations Manager at Gradient Ventures

Donald Harrison

Managing Partner at Gradient Ventures

Emerson Kirk

Principal at Gradient Ventures

Network6

Andrew Brackin

Partner at Gradient investing across vertical AI, healthcare, and the application layer

Anna Patterson

Founder and Managing Partner at Gradient Ventures

Clayton Petty

Partner at Gradient investing across every layer of AI

Darian Shirazi

Investor, entrepreneur, and Managing Partner at Gradient Ventures

Donald Harrison

Managing Partner at Gradient Ventures

Emerson Kirk

Principal at Gradient Ventures

Investors connected to Wen-Wen in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Wen-Wen Lam?: Wen-Wen Lam is a partner at Gradient Ventures, a seed-stage fund. She previously co-founded and led NexTravel (Y Combinator W15), a corporate travel platform used by companies including Lyft, Twilio, and Stripe, scaling it past $100M in annual sales before its 2020 acquisition by TravelPerk. Earlier in her career she held leadership roles at several startups and began working in tech at LinkedIn; she holds a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley and an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business.
Where does Wen-Wen Lam work?: Wen-Wen Lam is Founder/CEO of NexTravel and Partner at Gradient Ventures.
What does Wen-Wen Lam invest in?: Wen-Wen Lam invests in AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Fintech, Future of Work, SaaS.
What check size does Wen-Wen Lam write?: Wen-Wen Lam typically writes checks of $1M – $8M.
What companies did Wen-Wen Lam found?: Wen-Wen Lam founded NexTravel.
What companies has Wen-Wen Lam invested in?: Investments tracked here include Aero, BTC, Partyround, Socialchat.
Where did Wen-Wen Lam go to school?: Wen-Wen Lam studied at Y Combinator; USC Marshall School of Business (MBA, Entrepreneurship); University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Economics).

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LinkedIn mafia77

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Shared employers

Also worked at Google1,715

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Alexey PakhomovFounder at NexTravel Valentine MayakiFounder at Shekel Mobility

Also worked at Women 2.07

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+ 1 more

Also worked at Spock3

Jay BhattiTechnology Advisor at BrandProject Capital Rahul PrakashManaging Director at NOMO Ventures Maia BittnerInvestor at Parcel B

About

Invests in

Founder/CEO at NexTravelYC W15

Intro paths

NexTravel's investors · 3

Co-founders at NexTravel

Experience

Skills & more

Investments

Investor

Colleagues at Gradient Ventures

Network6

Frequently asked questions

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,773

Y Combinator mafia4,716

University of California, Berkeley mafia538

University of Cambridge mafia256

LinkedIn mafia77

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Also attended USC Marshall School of Business157

Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,452

Also attended Université Paris Dauphine - PSL184

Shared employers

Also worked at Google1,715

Also worked at NexTravel2

Also worked at Women 2.07

Also worked at Spock3

Founder/CEO at NexTravel YC W15