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Koda Wang

Founder of Block Renovation

New York City Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Koda Wang is the Cofounder and CEO of Block Renovation, having previously held executive roles at Rent The Runway and HuffPost. Wang has invested in several successful companies including Meadow, Knot, Millions, Zoro Card, and Ramp, focusing on sectors like Medical Devices, Consumer Health, and Real Estate/PropTech.

Work Experience 

  • Cofounder/CEO

    2017 - Current

    Building the primary platform where contractors and homeowners manage major renovation projects. Making renovations simpler, faster, and higher trust for everyone.

Block Renovation provides a platform for homeowners, designers, and contractors for home renovation projects.

Raised $104,000,000.00 from Obvious Ventures, Montauk Ventures, Firstminute Capital, BoxGroup, SoftBank Vision Fund, SV Angel, Rainfall Ventures, Oisin Hanrahan, Spencer Rascoff and Giant Ventures.

  • Venture Partner

    2020

    Working with purpose-driven founders

  • Chief Customer Officer

    2016 - 2017

    Deliver an amazing experience for customers Led customer experience, marketing, acquisition, retention

Rent the Runway is an online e-commerce website that allows women to rent designer apparel and accessories.

Raised $626,149,985.00 from Ares Management.

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2012 - 2016

    Chief Operating Officer, The Huffington Post Previously: General Manager, International Chief of Staff Led HuffPost's global expansion, which includes Canada, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Greece, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Australia, India, Middle East, North Africa.

HuffPost, an online news aggregator and blog, publishes content on politics, entertainment, world news, sports, and technology.

Raised $37,000,000.00 from RRE Ventures.

  • Consultant

    2010 - 2012

PwC Strategy& is a global management consulting firm, helping the world's top businesses, governments, and other institutions.

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