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JW
James Wang
General Partner at Creative Ventures
Oakland, California
Overview
James Wang is a General Partner at Creative Ventures and the Co-Founder of Lioness, with a background in AI, machine learning, and investment management. He has made significant investments in companies like Tubis Technology Inc and C.Light Technologies, showcasing his expertise in identifying and supporting innovative startups.
With a Master of Business Administration from UC Berkeley and experience at Bridgewater Associates, James has a strong foundation in finance and analytics. His role as a Board Director at multiple companies demonstrates his strategic leadership skills and commitment to fostering growth and innovation in the tech and healthcare sectors.
Work Experience
General Partner
2016 - Current
Investing in technologies that directly attack the most pressing global macroeconomic trends, including demographic changes straining our healthcare system, secular labor shortages, and the effects of climate change.
Board Director
2019
Board Director
2021
Board Observer
2020
AirWorks develops AI-powered software to create automated maps from aerial data, building future of mapping for the built environment.
Raised $10,025,000.00 from PSG Equity.
Board Director
2022
Board Director
2022
Peanut Robotics offers a robot that cleans commercial spaces such as restaurants, hotels, airports, and offices.
Raised $6,900,000.00 from Asymmetry Ventures, Thunder Future and Creative Ventures.
Co-Founder
2013
Lioness builds women's health products that empower women to learn more about their bodies and take control of their health. Learn more about us at http://lioness.io.
Destigmatizing women's sexual health through information and conversation.
Product Marketing Manager
2014 - 2014
Makani is working to accelerate the shift to clean, renewable energy by developing energy kites, a new type of wind turbine that uses lightweight electronics, advanced materials, and smart software to generate more energy with less materials—all at lower cost. Led cross-functional team across engineering, operations, legal, PR, and policy at Google[x] on planning and executing launch announcement for Makani's first utility-scale energy kite pilot.
X, the moonshot factory invents and launches breakthrough technologies and radical solutions.
Recurser
2013 - 2013
YC-backed "Writers' retreat for Programmers." Developed computer vision algorithm for discovering embedded duplicate images, a desktop text editor, and various AIs for constrained games. Independent and group research mainly focused on topics in low-level systems, distributed systems, networking, and concurrency.
Senior Analyst and Investment Associate
2010 - 2013
Fundamental, systematic global macro hedge fund in Westport, CT. Directed a team of analysts, which advised and managed accounts for some of the largest institutional investors in the world.
Bridgewater manages approximately $120 billion in global investments for a wide array of institutional clients, including foreign
Raised $22,000,000.00.