Po Chi Wu

Dr. Po Chi Wu is a Visiting Professor in the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley, and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Business and Management at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. A highly successful international venture capitalist and entrepreneur, he has lived and worked both in the United States and in Asia, and brings a unique perspective and the rich context of more than 30 years of experience and insight into the challenges of innovation and entrepreneurship. Co-founder and Managing Director of DragonBridge Capital, an investment advisory firm that focused on early-stage technology-focused companies in China, he was also co-founder and President of Allegro Capital, a successful venture capital firm in Silicon Valley.

He earned his PhD in Biochemical Sciences from Princeton University and has a BA from the University of California at Berkeley. His family includes several generations of illustrious scholars – his great-grandfather was a Hanlin Scholar in the Ching Dynasty. His father, Prof. Ta-You Wu, retired from the Presidency of the Academia Sinica in Taiwan at the age of 88, and was known as “The Father of Modern Physics in China.”

He co-edited Angel Financing in Asia Pacific (Emerald Publishing, 2016) and co-authored Agile Innovation: The Revolutionary Approach to Accelerate Success, Inspire Engagement, and Ignite Creativity (Wiley & Sons, 2014) with his partners at Futurelab Consulting.

Expertise:

Venture capital, entrepreneurship, innovation, investment advisory

Sectors:

Artificial intelligence, biotech, blockchain, consulting, CPG, digital health, fintech, IoT, nonprofit, SaaS, software, venture

Roles:

Visiting Professor, Adjunct Professor, Co-founder, Managing Director, President, Executive Coach, Author

Traits:

Communicative, entrepreneurial, experimental, innovative, supportive, articulate

Location:

Hong Kong and San Francisco, CA