Richard Wong

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel

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.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
2
Richard Wong has 2 current jobs including Member of the Board of Directors at Qwilt , Director at Atlassian and .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Qwilt Member of the Board of Directors Mar 1, 2011 Detail
Atlassian Director Jul 1, 2010 Detail