JW

Jennifer Wu

Principal at First Spark Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

VC
Investor

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Pre-seed

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Trend Analysis
Visual Merchandising
Multi-channel Retail
Customer Service
CPFR

Education

Work Experience

First Spark Ventures

2022

  • Principal

    2022

SRI International

2018 - 2022

  • Ventures and Innovation, Associate Director

    2018 - 2022

    Incubated and invested in pre-seed startups by identifying promising deep tech research from the institute and working with entrepreneurs to transition the technology. Investments include: Accuknox (ML for Cybersecurity), Confidencial (Advanced Encryption), Latent AI (Edge AI), Wingsure (InsurTech), Lisa Health (Women's Health), Encounter AI (Voice Tech), Authenticiti (Blockchain).

KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

2017 - 2018

  • New Ventures Lead - Business Innovation Center (BIC)

    2017 - 2018

    Lead the Workplace of the Future and Robotics verticals at Konica Minolta's Business Innovation Center. Identified investment opportunities and partnerships to drive the digital transformation of the company.

Deal Decor / Joy and Revelry (acquired by Article.com)

2011 - 2014

  • Co-Founder, VP of Merchandising and Marketing

    2011 - 2014

    Founded Deal Décor, a venture-funded home decor online marketplace.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

2007 - 2011

  • Control Buyer

    2007 - 2011