Jessy Wu

Investment Principal and Head of Community at Afterwork Ventures

Jessy is Investment Principal and Head of Community at AfterWork Ventures, a community-powered VC fund that invests in pre-seed and seed stage startups in Australia and New Zealand. Following our public launch in March 2021, we've secured over $20 million of committed capital.

Previously, she was a Senior Investment Analyst at NAB Ventures, a $100+ million fund which makes Seed - Series C+ investments in tech-enabled start-ups strategically aligned to the Bank. NAB Ventures actively supports its investments by leveraging the Bank’s capabilities and networks to realise synergistic value. She was involved in the entire investment lifecycle, from generating new leads to providing ongoing support to portfolio companies.

Outside of work, she volunteers as a Telephone Crisis Supporter for Lifeline and as an ethics teacher for Primary Ethics.

She has a Bachelor of Philosophy (Hons I) from the Australian National University, where she double-majored in Philosophy and English Literature.

Edu: Term Sheet Pitfalls – Don’t Turn Your Cap Table Into a Crap Table
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March 30, 2023

Edu: Term Sheet Pitfalls – Don’t Turn Your Cap Table Into a Crap Table

Darker times in venture have seen the return of some old investment terms that haven’t had much of an airing lately: warrants, participating liquidation preferences, tranches, and more. These aren’t always bad, but if you’re not careful you can end up with a cap table that makes you uninvestable in future rounds. In this episode, Yaniv is once more joined by Jessy Wu, Investment Principal at Afterwork Ventures, to talk through a rogue’s gallery of investment terms, what they mean, and how to th...
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Edu: Investor Comms – Happy Investors, Happy Life
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March 23, 2023

Edu: Investor Comms – Happy Investors, Happy Life

Communicating with your investors can seem like an annoying chore when you’re grinding away as a founder trying to make something out of nothing. But there are a lot of good reasons why you should keep your investors in the loop. And it doesn’t have to be painful! In this episode, Yaniv is joined by friend-of-the-pod Jessy Wu, Investment Principal at Afterwork Ventures, to talk through her six tips for conducting excellent investor comms that will put you top of every investor’s portfolio. Yani...
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