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ChenLi Wang
Building products, teams, and companies in software
ChenLi Wang is a General Partner at WndrCo, a company that builds and invests in software companies.12 He is known as one of Silicon Valley's innovative leaders in building and scaling software businesses.
Career Highlights
WndrCo: ChenLi joined WndrCo in October 2016 and currently serves as a General Partner.2 At WndrCo, he:
- Co-leads the company's seed funds alongside Anthony Saleh
- Focuses on building and scaling products at portfolio companies
- Led investments in several successful companies, including Aura, Webflow, Material Security, Pilot, Modern Treasury, Mux, Bubble, and Gem1
Aura: From April 2019 to December 2021, ChenLi served as the Chief Product Officer at Aura, a WndrCo portfolio company.2
Dropbox: Prior to joining WndrCo, ChenLi spent nearly 6 years at Dropbox (January 2011 to September 2016).2 At Dropbox, he:
- Joined as the second business hire when the company had about 30 employees
- Created and led various teams, including business operations, growth, monetization, analytics, and international teams
- Later led the core Dropbox App product organization
- Pioneered in building a freemium, product-led growth engine1
Education and Early Career
ChenLi holds dual BS/BA degrees in Computer Science and Economics from Stanford University, graduating with distinction.12 His early career includes:
- Corporate Strategy Manager at Workday (June 2010 - January 2011)
- VC Associate at New Enterprise Associates (NEA) (July 2008 - June 2010)
- Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs (July 2006 - June 2008)2
Areas of Expertise
ChenLi's primary focus areas include:
- Future of work
- Cybersecurity
- Developer/data/fintech infrastructure
- Product-led growth and freemium business models
- Scaling teams in high-growth environments2
ChenLi Wang's LinkedIn username is indeed chenliw, as mentioned in the query.2
Highlights
Huge congrats to @Mark_Goldberg_ @kshenster and @ethankurz on the launch of their new fund. We’ve seen from shared investments like @PilotHQ and @wrapbook that founders are lucky to have such great people in their corner. Here’s to many more!!
Wow I did not know about this till now!