Ted Wang

Ted Wang
Wang in 2019
Alma materDuke University
University of Virginia
Known forSeries Seed Documents

Ted Wang is an American venture capitalist and lawyer. He is a partner at Cowboy Ventures and is known for the creation of the Series Seed Documents.

Life

Wang earned a bachelor's degree from Duke University, where he was active in student government.[1][2][3] Later he went on to obtain a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.[4][5]

Before transitioning to venture capital, Wang established himself as one of the country's leading startup lawyers[6] and spent over a decade as a partner with the technology law firm Fenwick & West.[7][8][9] He served as outside counsel to various successful venture-backed technology companies,[10][11] including Facebook,[12] Twitter,[13] Dropbox,[12] and Wealthfront.[14] Wang has been recognized for his contributions to the legal field,[15] including the creation of the open-source Series Seed Documents in 2010.[16][17][18]

Following his departure from Fenwick & West, Wang became a board partner at Cowboy Ventures,[19] a seed-stage venture fund based in the Bay Area.[20][21] He also assisted companies in understanding the metrics needed to secure Series A and Series B financing.[18][22]

References

  1. ^ "Alumni News" (PDF). Duke University Classical Studies. Durham, North Carolina, United States of America: Duke University. 2001. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  2. ^ Duke University (1991). The Chanticleer [serial]. Duke University Libraries. Durham, NC : Duke University.
  3. ^ Whitlock, Craig, ed. (1990-04-16). "Students to vote of fees, class officers". The Duke Chronicle. Vol. 85. pp. 1, 21. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  4. ^ Singleton, Maura (1996-11-06). "What if they held an election and almost everyone came?". The Daily Progress. Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. pp. B1. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  5. ^ Hsu Untied (2023-02-12). "Ted Wang, Founder of Stoked Advisors" (Podcast). Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  6. ^ Temkin, Marina (2019-11-27). "Cowboy Ventures' Ted Wang on the appeal of unsexy tech". Venture Capital Journal. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  7. ^ Boslet, Mark (2017-01-25). "Cowboy adds Ted Wang as investment partner". Venture Capital Journal. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  8. ^ Ted Wang (2015-01-26). Ted Wang, Fenwick & West LLP (Speech). Berkeley Center for Law and Business: Venture Capital Speaker Series. Berkeley, California, United States of America. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  9. ^ García Martínez, Antonio (2016). Chaos monkeys: inside the Silicon Valley money machine. London: Ebury Press. ISBN 978-1-78503-454-1.
  10. ^ Novet, Jordan (2019-01-30). "This lawyer got a gig in Silicon Valley by promising to automate a lot of legal grunt work — now he's got his own company". CNBC. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  11. ^ Swisher, Kara (2017-01-24). "Prominent Silicon Valley lawyer Ted Wang is joining Cowboy Ventures as a partner". Vox. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  12. ^ a b Sloan, Paul (2012-09-05). "AngelList attacks another startup pain point: Legal fees". CNET. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  13. ^ Talbot, David (2010-03-01). Pontin, Jason; Rotman, David; Nickerson, Nate (eds.). "Can Twitter Make Money?". MIT Technology Review. Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. p. 53. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  14. ^ Mills, Laura, ed. (2015). Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers For Business. London, England, United Kingdom: Chambers & Partners Publishing. pp. 596, 725. ISBN 978-0855144326.
  15. ^ "Entrepreneurs help startups get a leg up". The Daily Herald. Associated Press. 2010-03-07. p. 28. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  16. ^ Swisher, Kara (2010-03-03). "Series Seed Documents Legal Guru Ted Wang Speaks". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  17. ^ Lawton, Kevin; Marom, Dan (2013). The crowdfunding revolution: how to raise venture capital using social media. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-07-179045-1.
  18. ^ a b Coyle, John (2014-12-01). "Contractual Innovation in Venture Capital". UC Law Journal. 66 (1): 133. ISSN 0017-8322.
  19. ^ Primack, Dan (2017-12-15). "Silicon Valley lawyer Ted Wang is becoming a VC". AXIOS.
  20. ^ Harnes, Magnus Peter (2021-09-01). "I det stille har den norske gründerduoen bygget milliardselskap i New York". www.shifter.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  21. ^ Zakrzewski, Cat (2017-01-25). "Howdy, Partner: Cowboy Ventures Lassoes Lawyer Ted Wang to Join Firm". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  22. ^ Weiss, Gad (2023). "A Theory of Seed Financing". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.4668015. ISSN 1556-5068.