Ted Wang

Wang earned a bachelor's degree from Duke University, where he was active in student government.{{cite magazine |last= |first= |date=2001 |title=Alumni News |url=https://classicalstudies.duke.edu/sites/classicalstudies.duke.edu/files/documents/06_PHEME_01_02.pdf |magazine=Duke University Classical Studies|location=Durham, North Carolina, United States of America |publisher=Duke University |access-date=2024-08-24}}{{Cite book |last=Duke University |url=https://archive.org/details/chanticleerseria1991duke |title=The Chanticleer [serial] |date=1991 |publisher=Durham, NC : Duke University |others=Duke University Libraries}}{{Cite news |date=1990-04-16 |editor-last=Whitlock |editor-first=Craig |title=Students to vote of fees, class officers |url=https://dukelibraries.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15957coll13/id/81202 |url-status= |access-date=2024-08-24 |work=The Duke Chronicle |pages=1, 21 |volume=85}} Later he went on to obtain a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.{{Cite news |last=Singleton |first=Maura |date=1996-11-06 |title=What if they held an election and almost everyone came? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/967989861/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |work=The Daily Progress |location=Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America |pages=B1}}{{cite podcast |url=https://hsuuntied.com/twang/ |title=Ted Wang, Founder of Stoked Advisors |website= |publisher= |host=Hsu Untied |date=2023-02-12 |time= |access-date=2024-08-24}}

Before transitioning to venture capital, Wang established himself as one of the country's leading startup lawyers{{Cite web |last=Temkin |first=Marina |date=2019-11-27 |title=Cowboy Ventures' Ted Wang on the appeal of unsexy tech |url=https://www.venturecapitaljournal.com/cowboy-ventures-ted-wang-on-the-appeal-of-unsexy-tech/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Venture Capital Journal |language=en-US}} and spent over a decade as a partner with the technology law firm Fenwick & West.{{Cite web |last=Boslet |first=Mark |date=2017-01-25 |title=Cowboy adds Ted Wang as investment partner |url=https://www.venturecapitaljournal.com/cowboy-adds-ted-wang-as-investment-partner/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Venture Capital Journal |language=en-US}}{{cite speech |title=Ted Wang, Fenwick & West LLP|author=Ted Wang |date=2015-01-26 |location=Berkeley, California, United States of America|event=Berkeley Center for Law and Business: Venture Capital Speaker Series|url=https://www.law.berkeley.edu/news/berkeley-law-multimedia/business-law-and-economics-channel/business-law-and-economics-channel-14/|access-date=2024-08-24 }}{{Cite book |last=García Martínez |first=Antonio |title=Chaos monkeys: inside the Silicon Valley money machine |date=2016 |publisher=Ebury Press |isbn=978-1-78503-454-1 |location=London}} He served as outside counsel to various successful venture-backed technology companies,{{Cite web |last=Novet |first=Jordan |date=2019-01-30 |title=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 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/30/ironclad-raises-24-million-in-funding-round-led-by-sequoia.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=CNBC |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Swisher |first=Kara |date=2017-01-24 |title=Prominent Silicon Valley lawyer Ted Wang is joining Cowboy Ventures as a partner |url=https://www.vox.com/2017/1/24/14370522/prominent-silicon-valley-lawyer-vc-cowboy-ventures-ted-wang |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=Vox |language=en-US}} including Facebook,{{Cite web |last=Sloan |first=Paul |date=2012-09-05 |title=AngelList attacks another startup pain point: Legal fees |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/angellist-attacks-another-startup-pain-point-legal-fees/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=CNET |language=en}} Twitter,{{cite magazine |last=Talbot |first=David |date=2010-03-01 |editor-last=Pontin |editor-first=Jason |editor2-last=Rotman |editor2-first=David |editor3-last=Nickerson |editor3-first=Nate |title=Can Twitter Make Money? |url=https://archive.org/details/MIT-Technology-Review-2010-03/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |magazine=MIT Technology Review |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America |page=53}} Dropbox, and Wealthfront.{{Cite book |title=Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers For Business |publisher=Chambers & Partners Publishing |year=2015 |isbn=978-0855144326 |editor-last=Mills |editor-first=Laura |location=London, England, United Kingdom |pages=596, 725 |language=en}} Wang has been recognized for his contributions to the legal field,{{Cite news |date=2010-03-07 |title=Entrepreneurs help startups get a leg up |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1031995021 |access-date=2024-08-24 |work=The Daily Herald |pages=28 |agency=Associated Press}} including the creation of the open-source Series Seed Documents in 2010.{{Cite web |last=Swisher |first=Kara |date=2010-03-03 |title=Series Seed Documents Legal Guru Ted Wang Speaks |url=https://www.wsj.com/video/series-seed-documents-legal-guru-ted-wang-speaks/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=The Wall Street Journal}}{{Cite book |last=Lawton |first=Kevin |title=The crowdfunding revolution: how to raise venture capital using social media |last2=Marom |first2=Dan |date=2013 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |isbn=978-0-07-179045-1 |location=New York, NY |pages=44}}{{Cite journal |last=Coyle |first=John |date=2014-12-01 |title=Contractual Innovation in Venture Capital |url=https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_law_journal/vol66/iss1/3/ |journal=UC Law Journal |volume=66 |issue=1 |pages=133 |issn=0017-8322}}

Following his departure from Fenwick & West, Wang became a board partner at Cowboy Ventures,{{Cite news |last=Primack |first=Dan |date=2017-12-15 |title=Silicon Valley lawyer Ted Wang is becoming a VC |url=https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/silicon-valley-lawyer-ted-wang-is-becoming-a-vc-1513300082 |work=AXIOS}} a seed-stage venture fund based in the Bay Area.{{Cite web |last=Harnes |first=Magnus Peter |date=2021-09-01 |title=I det stille har den norske gründerduoen bygget milliardselskap i New York |url=https://www.shifter.no/nyheter/i-det-stille-har-den-norske-grnderduoen-bygget-milliardselskap-i-new-york/219345 |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=www.shifter.no |language=nb-NO}}{{Cite web |last=Zakrzewski |first=Cat |date=2017-01-25 |title=Howdy, Partner: Cowboy Ventures Lassoes Lawyer Ted Wang to Join Firm |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/howdy-partner-cowboy-ventures-lassoes-lawyer-ted-wang-to-join-firm-1485347438 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=The Wall Street Journal}} He also assisted companies in understanding the metrics needed to secure Series A and Series B financing.{{Cite journal |last=Weiss |first=Gad |date=2023 |title=A Theory of Seed Financing |url=https://www.ssrn.com/abstract=4668015 |journal=SSRN Electronic Journal |language=en |doi=10.2139/ssrn.4668015 |issn=1556-5068|url-access=subscription }}

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