Jennifer Wu
Principal at First Spark Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Principal
2022 - Current
First Spark Ventures is a deep tech venture capital firm that invests in scientists globally.
Ventures and Innovation, Associate Director
2018 - 2022
Incubated and invested in pre-seed startups by identifying promising deep tech research from the institute and working with entrepreneurs to transition the technology. Investments include: Accuknox (ML for Cybersecurity), Confidencial (Advanced Encryption), Latent AI (Edge AI), Wingsure (InsurTech), Lisa Health (Women's Health), Encounter AI (Voice Tech), Authenticiti (Blockchain).
SRI Ventures is the venture capital of SRI International, which is a nonprofit, independent research center.
New Ventures Lead - Business Innovation Center (BIC)
2017 - 2018
Lead the Workplace of the Future and Robotics verticals at Konica Minolta's Business Innovation Center. Identified investment opportunities and partnerships to drive the digital transformation of the company.
KMPM is dedicated to the advancement of precision medicine that takes into account individual variability in genes and environment.
Co-Founder, VP of Merchandising and Marketing
2011 - 2014
Founded Deal Décor, a venture-funded home decor online marketplace.
Control Buyer
2007 - 2011