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Michael Wu

Founder @ Blue Angel Partners
Experienced venture capital and technology commercialization professional with a demonstrated history of working through the commercialization value chain from IP assessment, licensing, venture creation and product management to venture capital and post-investment value creation and exits.
Blue Angel Partners
Duke University- Fuqua School of Business
New York, NY, USA

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  • Languages
    English
    Native or Bilingual
    Chinese
    Native or Bilingual
    German
    Fluent
    Russian
    Beginner
  • Highest level of education
    Master

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Work Experience

Founder

Jan 2012 - Present
Venture co-founding and pre-seed funding focusing on federally funded technologies in Communications, Decision Analytics/AI/ML, Cyber Security, Sensors, and Energy Harvesting that can create game-changing IOT solutions in verticals such as Building & Home Automation, Fintech, Connected Healthcare, Autonomous Vehicles, and Smart Cities. ➢ CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER / INVESTOR of OneH, a Reg D-based collaborative investment platform. ➢ CEO & Interim CTO of MyConscience.io, a lifestyle mobile platform for healthier eating in stealth mode.

Principal

Sep 2006 - Jun 2011
4 yrs 10 mos
● A $100M venture capital fund that invested in federally-funded, dual-use technologies in Communications, Cyber Security, Decision Analytics/AI/ML, Sensors, Advanced Materials, and Clean Energy. ● Led and assisted Partners in all stages of the venture investment process from deal sourcing and due diligence to term sheet structuring, negotiation, and execution as well as portfolio monitoring. ● Board Observer at WiSpry and Nextreme Thermal Solutions. ● Co-led the firm’s investment in WiSpry (acquired by AAC Technologies), Nextreme Thermal Solutions (acquired by Laird Technologies), and CoolIT Systems. Assisted in various aspects of due diligence and portfolio monitoring in Alta Analog (acquired by Phoenix) GeoIQ (acquired by ESRI), IntegriCo, Maxion (acquired by PSI), PacStar Communications, PureEnergy Solutions, Twisted Pair Solutions (acquired by Motorola Solutions), Remote Reality, Flyby Media (acquired by Apple), DisperSol, and Innovative Biosensors. ● Developed professional network in various government agencies to understand the needs and requirements of the government sector; developed relationships with universities, federal labs, and research institutions as sources of emerging venture-fundable technologies that can leverage non-dilutive government funding (e.g., via SBIR/STTR). ● Led commercialization, licensing, business development, and technology scouting activities for the U.S. government/DoD clients of the Fund’s strategic partner, InSitech Inc.

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
2001 - 2002
Master of Science (MS)
Electrical Engineering, Management of Technology
1993 - 1994
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Electrical Engineering
1989 - 1993