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Justine Huang

Principal at Industry Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Justine Huang is a Principal at Industry Ventures in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a background that includes roles at Curology, Pear VC, and Goldman Sachs. With an MBA from The Wharton School and experience in marketing operations and strategy, Justine specializes in investing in stages like Seed, Series A, and Series B, focusing on sectors such as SaaS, Consumer Internet, and Enterprise. Huang's career highlights include serving as a Principal at Industry Ventures and gaining experience in various roles at prestigious organizations like Curology, Pear VC, and Goldman Sachs. She holds an MBA from The Wharton School and is known for her expertise in investing in early-stage companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

  • Principal

    2023 - Current

    Industry Ventures is a leading investment firm focused on the venture capital market. The firm manages a family of funds that invest in primary and secondary direct investments, limited partnership interests and other special situations. Founded in 2000, the firm manages $8+ billion of institutional capital (inception to date committed capital under management) and is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in London and Washington, D.C. Member of secondary funds team, investing in direct secondaries in late-stage venture-backed companies, secondary LP interests in venture funds, and special situations.

  • Vice President

    2020 - 2023

Industry Ventures is an investment firm that makes venture capital investments and manages over $3.5 billion of institutional capital.

  • Marketing Operations & Strategy

    2019 - 2020

    New markets strategy San Francisco (June 2019 - August 2019) Remote (September 2019 - May 2020)

Curology is a cosmetic company that provides actual prescription skincare customized for their skin and delivered to their door.

Raised $19,150,000.00 from ACME Capital, IVP, Advance Venture Partners and TriplePoint Ventures.

  • Fellow

    2018 - 2020

    We invest at pre-seed and seed stages. We partner with entrepreneurs from day zero to build category defining companies. Pear portfolio companies have achieved: 1 IPO, $28B total value, and $3B capital raised. Our portfolio includes: Branch, Doordash, Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH), and Gusto. One of the first Fellows at UPenn, focused on establishing a presence on campus and sourcing fantastic student founders

PearX is a bootcamp for pre-seed founders

  • Fellow

    2018 - 2019

    Leadership development program in the startup and venture capital space, comprised of select graduate students at top universities, including UPenn, Columbia, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and NYU. - Lia Diagnostics (Fall 2018) - worked with Philadelphia-based medical diagnostics startup on European go-to-market strategy - Wellsheet (Spring 2019) - worked with NYC-based healthcare IT company on ROI calculations and modeling

A highly competitive leadership development program comprised of exceptional graduate students at top universities

  • Special Projects

    2018 - 2019

    Research on the emergence of small tech buyout funds and the implications on the exit landscape for venture-backed businesses & other related projects

  • Associate

    2016 - 2018

    Secondary funds team

Industry Ventures is an investment firm that makes venture capital investments and manages over $3.5 billion of institutional capital.

  • Analyst

    2015 - 2016

    Global Investment Research - Medical Technology Equity Research

Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.

  • Intern

    2014 - 2015

Industry Ventures is an investment firm that makes venture capital investments and manages over $3.5 billion of institutional capital.

  • Summer Analyst

    2014 - 2014

    Global Investment Research - Software and Select Internet Equity Research

Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.

  • Technology Sector Analyst Intern

    2013 - 2014

    Eachwin Capital is a start-up investment management firm with offices in New York and San Mateo. It invests in a concentrated portfolio of U.S. equities constructed through bottoms-up fundamental analysis. Eachwin seeks to identify superior management teams through rigorous due diligence.

  • Research Assistant

    2012 - 2014

    Research assistant for Professor Don Moore's lab in the Haas Management of Organizations group, which focuses on the implications of overconfidence in business decisions, organizations, and markets. In addition, the lab is examining the aural and visual clues that hint at overconfidence.

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