Yingjie Wang

Investor

2020 - Current

500 Startups is a venture capital firm on a mission to discover and back the world’s most talented entrepreneurs, help them create successful companies at scale, and build thriving global ecosystems. It is one of the most active venture capital firms in the world. Notable investments in the 500 portfolio include Canva, Solana, Credit Karma, Twilio, Grab, Intercom, Twilio, Mercury Bank, Bukalapak, The RealReal, Talkdesk, Lucidchart, Udemy, Ipsy, Algolia, Mejuri, Grove Collaborative, Ironclad, Axie Infinity, Animoca Brands, Superhuman, RapidAPI, and Carbon Health.

Investor

2022

Led pre-seed investment

Investor

2022

Investor

2022

Led pre-seed investment

Investor

2022

Investor in Huma's Seed led by Race Capital

Investor

2021

Co-led pre-seed with Gradient Ventures. Company later raised seed round led by Spark Capital.

Investor

2021

Pre-seed investment; currently a Series A company.

Associate

2020

Member of All Raise's 2020-2022 Associate Cohort

Product & Strategy

2017 - 2020

Jet.com was acquired by Walmart eCommerce for $3.3B-- one of the largest eCommerce acquisitions of its time. Manage P&L of multi-million dollar eCommerce vertical at the global #1 Fortune 500 company. Spearheaded and negotiated strategic partnerships with premier national brands such as Buzzfeed's Tasty, Chicago Cutlery, Calphalon, KitchenAid, Cuisinart, and Shun to launch and expand assortment on Walmart.com and Jet.com. Co-drove creation of the Premium Kitchen Shop (https://www.walmart.com/cp/premium-kitchen-shop/9409401) on Walmart.com. Led partnership discussions with over 17 multi-million dollar national brands to execute website launch which convinced 8 other brands to work with Walmart.com. Personally built backend assets and troubleshot issues. Led product development, strategy, and partnership discussions for multiple best-selling 5-star rated products featured exclusively on Walmart.com.

Lead Coordinator

2014 - 2017