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Danny Wen
Co-founder and building the modern fund at Quarry Ventures, multi-stage investor, YC alum S13
Danny Wen is the co-founder and Managing Director of Quarry Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in seed to Series B startups.1 He has invested in over 40 companies, including notable ones like GOAT, Patreon, Boom, Alt, Shef, and Rad AI.1
Prior to Quarry Ventures, Wen was a partner at UP2398, an early-stage evergreen fund started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.1 He is also a Y Combinator alum and has entrepreneurial experience as the co-founder and CEO of Graft, a mobile customization company that was acquired by Inseego, and Crowdmade, a multi-million dollar revenue marketplace for content creators.1
Currently, Wen serves as the Head of Strategic Go-To-Market for Findem, a recruiting technology company.123 His LinkedIn profile can be found under the username "dannytwen".2
Wen's investment philosophy focuses on being hands-on and providing counsel to founders, drawing from his own experiences as a former entrepreneur.1 Quarry Ventures typically invests between $500,000 to $2 million at the seed stage and has written checks as large as $10 million.1