Wei Lien Dang

General Partner

2021 - Current

Unusual is a leading early-stage VC firm with >$1B AUM that helps technical founders find product-market fit. Startups we have backed include unicorns such as Harness, Arctic Wolf, and many more. I lead investments in infrastructure software - AI, data, security, dev tools, OSS - and partner with founders early in their journeys to build transformational companies. If you’re an early-stage builder, I'd love to chat! Feel free to reach out at wei@unusual.vc.

Seed Investor & Board Director

2022

Pre-seed Investor & Board Observer

2022

Advisor

2021

Senior Director, Security - Product Management & Marketing

2021 - 2021

Joined Red Hat via the acquisition of StackRox, where I was a co-founder. Responsible for security across the OpenShift and OpenStack platforms, including Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes (formerly StackRox, which was acquired by Red Hat in February 2021: https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-acquire-kubernetes-native-security-leader-stackrox). Lead the teams responsible for product management, UX design, documentation, technical evangelism, and marketing. I was co-founder and product leader at StackRox (see positions below).

Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer

2020 - 2021

Led company-wide, cross-functional initiatives focused on GTM, marketing strategy, technical evangelism, and thought leadership. StackRox was acquired by Red Hat in February 2021: https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-acquire-kubernetes-native-security-leader-stackrox StackRox was a cloud-native security startup backed by Sequoia Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Menlo Ventures, and Amplify Partners.

Co-founder and Vice President of Product

2016 - 2020

Responsible for product management, product marketing, product strategy, technical evangelism, user experience, design, and technical writing for the StackRox Kubernetes Security Platform.

Head of Product

2016 - 2016

Member of the executive team. Responsible for product management, product marketing, and strategy across a portfolio of open source container technologies and commercial products focused on Kubernetes. CoreOS was acquired by Red Hat in January 2018: https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-acquire-coreos-expanding-its-kubernetes-and-containers-leadership CoreOS was a cloud-native infrastructure startup backed by GV (formerly Google Ventures), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Accel, Intel Capital, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Fuel Capital, and the Y Combinator Continuity Fund.

Senior Manager, Product Management

2014 - 2016

Led product management, product marketing, and strategy for a new cloud security platform. Built new products focused on data encryption and key management for Global 2000 enterprise customers. Bracket’s technology and team were acquired by VMware in May 2018. Bracket was a cloud security startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Sutter Hill Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs, Fidelity, GE, and Qualcomm.

Senior Product Manager

2013 - 2014

Led product management and product marketing to launch Amazon WorkDocs, an enterprise cloud storage and sharing service.

Investment Team

2012 - 2013

Some a16z investments that I worked on: GitHub, Cumulus Networks, Meteor, Gainspeed, Switch