Investing Profile

Wayne Hu(473)

VCInvestor

Managing Director, Early Stage Venture at SignalFire

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Wayne Hu's investing connections

47 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), and 44 other investors on Signal.

Networks Wayne is a member of

Harvard Business School Network

427 CONNECTIONS

Google Network

309 CONNECTIONS

Goldman Sachs Network

189 CONNECTIONS

McKinsey & Company Network

142 CONNECTIONS

McKinsey & Company Network

142 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

SignalFire Managing Partner

Investment Range

$500K - $20.0M

Sweet Spot

$12.5M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$500M

Wayne Hu is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Media/Content (Seed)Education (Seed)Consumer Health (Seed)E-commerce (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area Marketplaces (Seed)FinTech (Seed)Health & Hospital Services (Seed)SaaS (Seed)

Wayne Hu's Investments On Record (17)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Tofu	Series AFeb 2025$12M	$17M
Co-investors: Mark Goldberg (Index Ventures)
EvenUp	Series DOct 2024$140M Series ASep 2021 SeedAug 2020	$190M
Co-investors: Morgan Beller (NFX), David Cheng (DCM), Sarah Hinkfuss (Bain Capital Ventures), Sameer Dholakia (Bessemer Venture Partners), Aaref Hilaly (Bain Capital Ventures), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, formerly The New Normal Fund), Scott Belsky
Freshpaint	Series BJul 2024$31M	$43M
Co-investors: Nick Washburn (Intel Capital), Emily Melton (Threshold Ventures), Matt Schiller (Pioneer Fund), Dave Messina (Pioneer Fund), Ivan Kirigin (Tango.vc)
Karat Financial	Series BJul 2023$40M	$56M
Co-investors: Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Josh Richards (REMUS Capital), Steve Chen, Biz Stone, Jared Leto, Justin David Blau, Kevin Lin
Woven	SeedJun 2023	$16M
Co-investors: Kristian Andersen (High Alpha), Mike Fitzgerald (High Alpha), Seth Corder (High Alpha), Eric Tobias (High Alpha), Scott Dorsey (High Alpha), Alex Roetter (Moxxie Ventures), Leah Solivan (Fuel Capital), Kevin Mahaffey (SNR), Baris Aksoy (AV8 Ventures), Don Aquilano (Allos Ventures), Ade Olonoh, Leah Busque, Tim Kendall, Bradley Horowitz, Curtis Lee
Bitwave	Series ADec 2022$15M	$22M
Co-investors: Spencer Bogart (Blockchain Capital), Ed Roman (Hack VC)
Grow Therapy	Series BSep 2022$45M Series ASep 2021$15M	$150M
Co-investors: Patrick Grady (Sequoia Capital), Jordan Wan (CoFound Partners), Gautam Gupta (TCV), Varsha Rao
Health Note	Series AJul 2022$17M	$27M
Co-investors: David Frankel (Founder Collective), Elliot Levy (DreamIt Ventures), Ron Rofe (Rainfall Ventures), Ramy Adeeb (1984 Ventures)

Wayne Hu's Experience

Global Institute Fellow McKinsey & CompanyPresent

Growth Strategy Intern/Consultant VoxyPresent

Venture Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersPresent

Global Strategy Lead, YouTube Monetization GooglePresent

Partner SignalFire2015 - Present

Strategy Team Leader City Colleges of Chicago2011 - 2011

Business Analyst McKinsey & Company2006 - 2008

Summer Analyst Goldman Sachs2005 - 2005

Wayne Hu's Education

Harvard Business School

Princeton University AB Mathematical Economics

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Mathematics 8-10