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Simon Wu

Partner at Cathay Innovation

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Simon Wu is a Partner at Cathay Innovation, with a strong track record of leading investments in companies like Ghost and skan.ai. He has served as a Series B Lead and Board Member for multiple successful ventures, demonstrating expertise in leveraged finance, corporate development, and mergers & acquisitions within the tech industry.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2016 - Current

    Cathay Innovation is a global venture capital firm investing across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. With over $2.5B under management, Cathay Innovation is investing out of their latest $1B fund with initial checks of $5M - $40M to lead early stage funding rounds. I lead investments in software, consumer, fintech, and digital healthcare based in the US. First hire to build out the San Francisco office and help lead overall US investment efforts.

Cathay Innovation is a global multi-stage venture capital firm investing in startups impacting the world.

  • Series B Lead

    2017

    Series B Lead - US neobank

Chime is a financial technology company that offers mobile banking services.

Raised $2,292,603,117.00 from Vantage Legacy Capital.

  • Series B Lead & Board Member

    2024

  • Series B Lead & Board Member

    2023

    Series B Lead - b2b surplus inventory marketplace

Ghost combines real-time data with intelligent solutions to help brands monetize their excess inventory discreetly and sustainably.

Raised $95,000,000.00 from L Catterton, Equal Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Cathay Innovation and Union Square Ventures.

  • Series A-1 Lead & Board Member

    2024

  • Series B Lead & Board Member

    2020

    Lead Investor - healthcare insurtech providing transparency and consumer choice

  • Series B Lead & Board Member

    2020

    Series B lead - full stack operating software for microservices businesses

Small business simplified. One easy platform, everything you need to launch, run, and grow a successful business. #ownwhatsyours

Raised $276,960,005.00 from ATX Venture Partners, Oak HC/FT, Alumni Ventures, Sahin Boydas, SoftBank Vision Fund, Cathay Innovation and Greycroft.

  • Series A Lead & Board Member

    2020

    Series A Lead - AI-driven process discovery and operational intelligence platform

Skan.ai uses cognitive technologies to map, model, and manage business processes by creating digital twins of human or digital interactions.

Raised $54,000,000.00 from GSR Ventures, Zetta Venture Partners, Citi Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital, Cathay Innovation, Firebolt Ventures and Liberty Global Ventures.

  • Series B Lead & Board Member

    2021

    Series B Lead - Unsupervised is an automated data analytics platform

Unsupervised is an automated analytics platform provider that finds hidden insights in complex data.

Raised $53,499,220.00 from SignalFire, Coatue, NextGen Venture Partners, Eniac Ventures, Elad Gil and Cathay Innovation.

  • Series B Investor & Board Observer

    2017

    Low-code mobile development platform to build apps

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