# Brian Wong

> Brian Wong is a angel investor at Kiip (San Francisco) backing Communities and Local. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kiip](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiip)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wongbrian
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/brian_wong
- Website: http://www.brianwong.me
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/briantfwong

Brian Wong is a angel investor at Kiip in San Francisco focused on Communities and Local. Brian Wong is the co-founder and CEO of Kiip (pronounced "keep"), a category-creating mobile rewards network that is redefining mobile advertising through an innovative platform that leverages "moments of achievement" in games and apps to simultaneously benefit users, developers and advertisers. Backed by Relay Ventures,Interpublic Group, Hummer Winblad, True Ventures, Digital Garage and others, the company has raised $15.4 million in funding to date.Kiip has been named one of the world's 50 Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company, listed by Forbes as one of the 4 Hot Online Ad Companies to Put on Your Watch List and included on the Dow Jones FasTech50 List. After skipping four K-12 grades, Brian received his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia at age 18, and shortly after became one of the youngest people to ever receive venture capital funding.He has been recognized with many awards for his accomplishments and leadership, including: the Top 20 Under 20 awards for all of Canada; Business Insider's Top 25 Under 25 in Silicon Valley, 30 Under 30 in Advertising and 18 Most Important People in Mobile Advertising; Forbes' 30 Under 30 in 2011 and 2012; Mashable's Top 5 Entrepreneurs to Watch; iMedia 25; One of AdWeek's Seven Would-be Mobile Titans; and the AdAge Creativity Top 50.Before starting Kiip, Brian led key publisher and tech partnerships at the social news website Digg.com, where he accelerated the company’s mobile presence by launching the Digg Android mobile app.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Angel | $1M–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Communities | 2 | 100% |
| Local | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Outdoors | 1 | 50% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Guiides | Guiides provide a frictionless online experience of discovering adventures and booking a local guide to take you there. | $1M | Angel | Jan 01, 2016 |  |
| ShareShed | ShareShed empowers people to live an environmentally conscience, affordable, and community minded lifestyle by facilitating effortless community gear sharing. ShareShed’s online marketplace allows users to rent outdoor adventure equipment like kayaks and tents through its website and mobile app. | $1M | Angel | Jul 15, 2015 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hardy Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hardy-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Haywood Securities Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haywood-securities-inc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Structure Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/structure-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [7 Gate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/7-gate-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Kiip

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Kiip is a rewards network and mobile application that offers rewards from brands and companies for virtual achievements.It has received $15.4 million in total funding to date from Relay Ventures, Interpublic Group, Hummer Winblad, American Express Ventures, Digital Garage, True Ventures, Verizon Ventures, CrossLink Capital, and others.Kiip was Brian Wong, Courtney Guertin, and Amadeus Demarzi in 2010.

5 contacts available at Kiip.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bill Alena | CRO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-alena-4441 |
| Brian Wong | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-wong |
| Carol Eckardt | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carol-eckardt-2 |
| Corrigan Neralich | Chief Operations Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corrigan-neralich |
| Manicka Babu | Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manicka-babu |

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## FAQ

### What does Brian Wong invest in?

Brian Wong invests primarily in Communities, Local and Internet startups, most often at Angel stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Brian Wong's check size?

Brian Wong typically joins rounds of $1M–$1M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Brian Wong participates in.

### When did Brian Wong last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brian Wong closed in Jan 2016. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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