Ted Wang Explained

Ted Wang
Alma Mater:Duke University
University of Virginia
Known For:Series 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, 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.[22]

Notes and References

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

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