Ray Wu, Alumni Ventures Managing Partner on AI, SaaS & Frontier Tech
Episode description
Ray Wu is a seasoned venture capitalist with over 20 years of investing experience across a wide range of industries and geographies. Before joining Alumni Ventures, Ray Wu was a partner and adviser at several global venture funds focusing on AI, Web3, FinTech and SaaS investment opportunities across the U.S. and Asia Pacific. Earlier, he spent more than 10 years in the corporate venture space: He was the managing director of HP’s new business ventures, responsible for startup technology evaluation, new business incubation, VC relationships, and minority investments, and earlier at Cisco Systems, holding several senior positions leading investment, M&A, internal incubation, and global consulting. Previously, Ray Wu was a managing partner of a leading Internet consulting firm working with Fortune 1000 companies across North America. He earned a dual MBA degree from the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University.Topics -
- Evaluating technical defensibility in fast-moving frontier markets
- How corporate venture experience sharpens long-term AI investment judgment
- Corporate VC exits decoded: How Ray Wu drove Allegro to Cisco, Digital Fountain to Qualcomm