Richard Wong

Richard Wong

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Partner

Bio

Rich Wong joined Accel as a partner in 2006. Rich led Accel's investments and currently serves on the Boards of Atlassian (TEAM), Checkr, Instabug, Pyn, Qwilt, ServiceChannel, Tune, and UiPath. Rich also serves on the National Venture Capital Association Board of Directors.

Rich previously led Accel's investments in AirWatch (acquired by VMware), Angry Birds/Rovio (ROVIO.HE), MoPub (acquired by Twitter), AdMob (acquired by Google), Dealer.com (acquired by Cox), Osmo (acquired by BYJUs), Parature (acquired by Microsoft), Sunrun (RUN), SwiftKey (acquired by Microsoft), and 3LM (acquired by Motorola).

In non-profit and volunteer roles, Rich serves on The MIT Corporation Development Committee, the Corporation Visiting Committee for MIT's Political Science Department, and the Advisory Board for the MIT Trust Center for Entrepreneurship.

Rich previously worked as an operator as EVP/GM of Products for mobile pioneer, Openwave Systems and CMO of Covad Communications. Rich started his career as a brand manager at Procter & Gamble and at McKinsey.

Rich grew up in Santa Rosa, California, and has a Materials Science & Engineering degree and Masters in Management from MIT.

Location

San Francisco, California, United States, North America

Social

Primary Organization

Accel

Accel

Founded

1983

Investment

2018

Lead investment

834

Exits

380

Employees

101-250

Industry

Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance

Jobs history

2

Pyn

Board Member

2019 - Current

Process Street

Board Member

2020 - Current

Board and Advisor Roles

0

N/A

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Profile Resume

Richard Wong is the Partner at Accel, based in United States, North America. With a background in Financial Services, Richard Wong has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Richard Wong studied BS Materials Science @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.

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Investment portfolio

Richard Wong has made 1 investments. Their Latest investment was Series A - Process Street on Feb 27, 2020

Number of investment

1

Number of exits

0

Personal investment

1

Annouced DateOrganization NameFunding RoundMoney Raised
Feb 27, 2020
Process Street Process Street
Series A - Process Street
12.2M

Partner investment

22

Annouced DateOrganization NameFunding RoundInvestor NameMoney Raised
Jan 20, 2022
Dovetail Dovetail
Series A - Dovetail
Dovetail Accel
63.0M
Apr 04, 2022
Truora Truora
Series A - Truora
Truora Accel
15.0M
May 17, 2022
Instabug Instabug
Series B - Instabug
Instabug Accel
46.0M
Aug 07, 2024
Napkin AI Napkin AI
Seed Round - Napkin AI
Napkin AI Accel
10.0M

Exits

0

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