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Ted Wang

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.

Ted Wang
Wang in San Francisco (2019)
Alma materUniversity of Virginia Law School, Duke University

Life

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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

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  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.
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