Office Hours - Chenxi Wang, Founder & General Partner, Rain Capital
Dr. Chenxi Wang is the Founder and General Partner of Rain Capital, a Silicon Valley-based venture fund. A well-known investor, technologist, and thought leader in the Cybersecurity and AI markets, Dr. Wang served on the Board of Directors for MDU Resources (NYSE: MDU), a Fortune 500 company. The recipient of the 2023 Venturebeat Women in AI award, Chenxi started her career as a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering department. She later served as VP of Research at Forrester Research, VP of strategy with Intel, and a number of C-level positions with various companies. With Rain Capital, Chenxi has invested in a dozen early stage startups, and spearheaded late-stage investments into some of the most high profile AI companies. Chenxi was named by Fortune as one of the Top Cyber Investors in the world and recognized by trade media as Women Investor of 2022, and Women-of-Influence of 2024.
Chenxi is a sought-after keynote speaker and has headlined events worldwide, including the RSA conference, BSides, Blackhat Middle East. Chenxi holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia.
Founders: I am investing in AI, Cyber Security, Infra, and Robotics areas. Stage: Pre-seed, seed, A