
Partner at Cathay Innovation
email: simon.wu@cathayinnovation.com Simon leads the US investment efforts at Cathay Innovation, a global venture capital firm managing over $2.5B AUM. He focuses on Series A/B rounds of software, fintech, digital healthcare, and consumer investments based in the US, and has led and/or supported early stage investments in companies including Chime, ZenBusiness (board), Ghost (board), Sidecar (board), Skan (board), Range (board), and Trifacta (acq by Alteryx), among others. Earlier in his career, Simon worked at VMware and spent time at UBS in the technology investment banking group. Simon graduated as a UC Regent and Chancellor’s Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2020, Simon was named 40 Under 40 Rising VC Stars by Venture Capital Journal.
cathayinnovation.com
peek.com
ubs.com
sidecarhealth.com
quantifind.com
trifacta.com
chime.com
zenbusiness.com
bryj.ai
terminal.io
unsupervised.com
rangefinance.com
skan.ai
broadcom.com
San Francisco, California, United States
Partner, Head of US Investments
Cathay Innovation
• www.linkedin.com/company/cathay-innovation
Sep 2016 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area
Series B Lead
Chime
• www.linkedin.com/company/chime-card
Sep 2017 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area
Series B Lead & Board Member
Range
• www.linkedin.com/company/rangefinanceinc
Nov 2024 - Present
McLean, Virginia, United States
Series B Lead & Board Member
Ghost
• www.linkedin.com/company/ghosts-inc
Aug 2023 - Present
Los Angeles, California, United States
Series A-1 Lead & Board Member
David Energy
• www.linkedin.com/company/david-energy
Sep 2024 - Present
New York, New York, United States
Series B Lead & Board Member
Sidecar Health
• www.linkedin.com/company/sidecarhealth
Jul 2020 - Present
Los Angeles, California, United States