Investing Profile

Wayne Hu(473)

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Managing Director, Early Stage Venture at SignalFire
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48 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), and 45 other investors on Signal.

Networks Wayne is a member of
Harvard Business School Network
430 CONNECTIONS
Google Network
311 CONNECTIONS
Goldman Sachs Network
190 CONNECTIONS
McKinsey & Company Network
140 CONNECTIONS
McKinsey & Company Network
140 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
SignalFire Managing Partner
Investment Range
$500K - $20.0M
Sweet Spot
$12.5M
Investments On Record
28
Current Fund Size
$500M

Wayne Hu is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Wayne Hu's Investments On Record (21)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Mandolin
SeedJun 2025
Series AJun 2025$40M
$57M
Co-investors: Gaurav Ahuja (Thrive Capital), Jerry Chen (Greylock), Ryan McIntyre (Foundry Group), Sooah Cho (Underscore VC), Ambar Bhattacharyya (Maverick Capital), Eric Tobias (High Alpha), Nnamdi Okike (645 Ventures), Marc Benioff, Mike Liu, Guillermo Rauch
Farsight
Series AJun 2025$16M
$16M
Siro
Series BMay 2025$50M
$68M
Co-investors: Cailen DSa (CRV), Anna Khan (CRV), Damir Becirovic (Index Ventures), Songe LaRon (The Community Fund), Dave A. Salvant (The Community Fund), John Chen (Fika Ventures), Steve King, Ding Zhou, Michael Stoppelman
Solace
Series BApr 2025$60M
$76M
Co-investors: JP (Jean-Paul) Sanday (Menlo Ventures), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Katie Reiner (Torch Capital), Penny Pritzker (Inspired Capital), Ryan Merket (Comal Ventures), Hesham Zreik (FasterCapital), Anne Wojcicki
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: David Cheng (DCM), Aaref Hilaly (Bain Capital Ventures), Sameer Dholakia (Bessemer Venture Partners), Sarah Hinkfuss (Bain Capital Ventures), Morgan Beller (NFX), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, formerly The New Normal Fund), Scott Belsky, Gokul Rajaram
Freshpaint
Series BJul 2024$31M
$43M
Co-investors: Nick Washburn (Intel Capital), Dave Messina (Pioneer Fund), Matt Schiller (Pioneer Fund), Ivan Kirigin (Tango.vc), Emily Melton (Threshold Ventures)
Karat Financial
Series BJul 2023$40M
$56M
Co-investors: Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Josh Richards (REMUS Capital), Kevin Lin, Steve Chen, Jared Leto, Justin David Blau, Biz Stone

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