Simon Wu
Partner at Cathay Innovation
San Francisco, California
Overview
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