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Willy Chu

Investor

Director, Portfolio Development at Salesforce Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Willy Chu is Director of Portfolio Development at Salesforce Ventures, where he works with the companies in Salesforce's investment portfolio. He previously worked on Salesforce's Ignite team with financial services customers, and led go-to-market at Wage, a payroll data API startup, closing its first paying customers. His earlier roles included strategy and business development at home improvement lender Ygrene, an operational strategy position at Stitch Fix, and co-founding the loan crowdfunding startup WeFinance.

Experience

  1. Salesforce VenturesDirector, Portfolio Developmentcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. SalesforceSalesforce Ventures Directorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. SalesforceInnovation Director, Engagement Lead2021 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  4. NALAInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  5. FlexInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  6. WageHead of Business Development / GTM2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Ygrene Energy FundVice President, Strategy2019 — 2020
  8. Ygrene Energy FundSenior Director, Business & Corporate Development2018 — 2019
  9. Stitch FixStyling Strategy2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  10. WeFinanceCo-founder, Head of Growth2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  11. Kiva.orgStrategic Initiatives and Impact Investments2014San Francisco Bay Area
  12. Acumen FundMBA Consultant2013 — 2014
  13. Credit KarmaBusiness Development2014San Francisco Bay Area
  14. Encore Consumer CapitalAssociate2011 — 2013San Francisco, CA
  15. Kurt SalmonSenior Consultant, Private Equity & Strategy2010 — 2011
  16. Kurt SalmonConsultant, Private Equity & Strategy2008 — 2010
  17. Renaissance Entrepreneurship CenterBusiness Analyst2007
  18. Stanford Talisman A CapellaDirector2005 — 2006San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityB.A., Economics
  2. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Entrepreneurship
  3. Trailhead by Salesforce3x Ranger, Agentblazer Innovator

Skills & more

Go-to-Market StrategyStrategic PartnershipsStrategyEntrepreneurship40Private Equity26Start-ups24Due Diligence17Financial Modeling12Management Consulting12Food6Investments6Consumer Products5
+9 moreMergers & AcquisitionsValuationVenture CapitalRetailScuba DivingMicrofinanceCrowdfundingUnderwater PhotographyBusiness Strategy

Languages Chinese (Mandarin) · Spanish

From Willy's professional profile.

Colleagues at Salesforce Ventures

Adrianna Alterman
Principal at Salesforce Ventures
Alex Haskell
Director, Legal at Salesforce Ventures
Alexandra Quie
Principal at Salesforce Ventures
Alyssa Janakus
Senior Manager, Finance at Salesforce Ventures
Brian James Murphy
Director, Data Science at Salesforce Ventures
Caroline Fiegel
Investor at Salesforce Ventures
Claudine Emeott
Partner, Impact Fund at Salesforce Ventures
Derek Asbun
Head of Portfolio Development at Salesforce Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Willy Chu work?
Willy Chu is Director, Portfolio Development at Salesforce Ventures.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University2,000

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business581

Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHariFellow at Clear VenturesDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital

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Also attended Trailhead by Salesforce3

Brendan McGreeneryFund Manager at Big Red VenturesCeri BarlowFort Tectoria Manager at VIATECAlena KandakovaFinance Manager at Credo Ventures

Shared employers

Also worked at NALA9

Samantha WulfsonPrincipal at FinTech CollectiveAbdul AbdirahmanPrincipal at F-Prime Capital PartnersHansae CatlettGeneral Partner at The MBA FundSheel TyleFounder and CEO at Amplo VenturesKiana SharifiTalent Advisor at Bek VenturesCharles ShannonInvestor at Westbound Equity Partners

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Also worked at Wage1

David WinerFounder at Ciro

Also worked at Acumen Fund40

Marc ManaraHead of Startups, OpenAI at EMERGENT VENTURESScott BirnbaumFounder and Managing Partner at Red Sea VenturesRuqayya DiwanVice President at InsitorHammad UmerHead of Pakistan at InsitorJacqueline BouscherHead of Business Development, Europe at Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)Sydney ThomasFounder and GP at Symphonic Capital

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Also worked at Credit Karma6

Brandon YahnPartner at Convivialité VenturesAnish AcharyaGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzColleen (Wheeler) McCrearyInvestor at Ribbit CapitalKathy YuhSenior Associate at VMG PartnersDevin FinzerExcited about open protocols, blockchain adoption, and the intersection of crypto and AIBrendan TobinFounder at Purpose Finance