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Ling Wong

General Partner at Highbury

United States

Overview 

Ling Wong is the Founder & General Partner at Highbury, a venture capital firm specializing in investing in health, biotechnology, and life sciences startups. With an impressive background in entrepreneurship and a track record of successful investments in companies like Devoted Health and Guardant Health, Ling has positioned himself as a prominent figure in the field of venture capital. Having founded Highbury and made strategic investments in a range of successful startups, including Stripe and Slack, Ling Wong has demonstrated expertise in identifying and supporting innovative companies in the health and biotechnology sectors, showcasing strong leadership and a keen eye for emerging trends in the industry.

Work Experience 

  • Founder & General Partner

    2013 - Current

Partnering with Entrepreneurs to Build Technologies that Transform Tomorrow

  • Investor

    2018

Devoted Health is a healthcare company serving seniors and giving them a health care plan with personal guides and world-class technology.

Raised $2,256,000,000.00 from White Road Investments, Cox Enterprises, The Space Between, F-Prime Capital, Emerson Collective, GreatPoint Ventures, The Space Between, Stardust Equity, Fearless Ventures and The Private Shares Fund.

  • Investor

    2016

Stripe is an API technology company that provides online payment processing and commerce solutions for Internet businesses.

Raised $9,440,247,725.00 from E1 Ventures.

  • Investor

    2014

  • Investor

    2017

Slack is a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams.

Raised $1,391,100,000.00 from Light Street Capital, Meyer Ventures and Employee Stock Option Fund.

  • Investor

    2016

  • Investor

    2014

BioAge Labs is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that develops therapeutics to treat obesity and metabolic diseases.

Raised $293,900,000.00 from OrbiMed, OUP (Osage University Partners), RA Capital Management, Lilly Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Sands Capital Ventures, Cormorant Asset Management, Pivotal bioVenture Partners, Longitude Capital and Amgen Ventures.

  • Investor

    2017

Solugen is a carbon negative moleucle factory that replaces petroleum-based products with plant-derived substitutes.

Raised $855,771,000.00 from US Department of Energy.

  • Investor

    2019

Notion is a workspace platform that offers note-taking, collaboration, task management, wikis, and databases.

Raised $343,199,697.00 from Coatue, Shine Capital and Sequoia Capital.

  • Investor

    2019

Modern Animal is an innovative veterinary platform building a new kind of veterinary experience for animals and humans.

Raised $164,000,000.00 from D1 Capital Partners, Upfront Ventures, Founders Fund, Addition and True Ventures.

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