Veronica Wu
Managing Partner at First Bight Ventures
Veronica Wu
Managing Partner at First Bight Ventures
Houston, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Founder/Managing Partner
2021 - Current
First Bight Ventures is the first early stage fund dedicated to advancing and accelerating synthetic biology companies. We believe that we stand at a unique point in time where biology meets technology and this juncture offers an opportunity to create dramatic value while allowing us to address some of humanity's urgent existential challenges like climate change and sustainability. We bring together a strong network of partners, industry experts, facilities and research services to accelerate commercialization of synthetic biology start-ups especially for industrial applications
Member Of Global Advisory Board
2020 - 2021
Board Member
2019 - 2021
Managing Partner
2015 - 2020
Pioneered Venture at Scale by sourcing from a large operator angel network and leveraging machine learning models to help filter to enable efficient investment decisions. Co-founded the first Institutional Venture fund to invest at scale in seed, then selectively double down using longitudinal data. Invested in 300+ early stage tech companies across sectors that resulted in 33 unicorns, 6 SPACs and 4 IPO within 6 years.
Vice President, China
2013 - 2015
General Manager Enterprise and Education
2006 - 2013
Director
2002 - 2006
Associate Principal
1997 - 2002
Education
B.S.
1988 - 1992
M.S., Ph.D candidate
1992 - 1997