Eugene Wong
Senior Managing Director @ MountainWest Technology Accelerator
Las Vegas, United States
Eugene Wong is a seed investor at MountainWest Technology Accelerator in Las Vegas focused on Software and SMS. Eugene Wong has almost 4 decades experience as an investment banker, entrepreneur and angel investor both on the East and West Coasts. He has served as an advisor, director and investor to several companies, including First American International Bank (NY,NY), Optimer Pharmaceuticals (SD,CA), Radixx Solutions International (Orlando, FL)., WeeSPINMusic (LA, CA),Veracast Communications (SF, CA), and the Mountainwest Technology Accelerator (NV). He is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business with an M.B.A. in Finance , and of Cornell University with a B.S. in Engineering Physics . Mr. Wong is married to his wife Lai of 43 years, with two adult offspring: Byron (40)-married, and Vanessa (38). He divides his time between the Bay Area-San Francisco,CA and Nevada.Mr. Wong was a founding member of The Aslan Group – a national group of angelinvestors to early-stage companies (1998). 1995 – CEO of AmerAsia Parnters. Mr. Wong was the Managing Partner of IHG-a boutique investment bank in New York in 1990 which did the management buyout of Protection One Alarm Services and subsequent IPO; and was also engaged in the recapitalization of Sunbeam Oster, out of bankruptcy. Prior to that he served as a Managing Director of the High Yield Securities Department at Prudential Bache Securities (1987) and served on the Investment Committee of Prudential Bache Merchant Banking Fund- an $800 million private equity fund. He was a Senior Vice President in the High Yield and Convertible Bond Department of Drexel Burnham Lambert (Los Angeles) in 1983, and began his career on Wall Street with Goldman Sachs & Companyin 1973.Mr. Wong co-founded the SF Bay Chinese Entrepreneurs Association Chapter in 2001. He is on the Advisory Board of the UNLV College of Engineering, the Advisory Board of the UNLV Center for Entrepreneurship, and is a member of the Sierra Angels (Incline Village) and the NV Angels (Switch Comm.).
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 60%
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Industries Eugene Wong invests in
Stages Eugene Wong invests in
Countries Eugene Wong invests in
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Round size
- Seed
- $767k–$1.7M
- Pre-Seed
- $240k–$240k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (40%)
- SMS 1 (20%)
- SaaS 1 (20%)
- Drones 1 (20%)
- Hardware 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (40%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (20%)
- Convertible Note 1 (20%)
Country
- United States 2 (40%)
- Singapore 1 (20%)
Investments
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MessageDesk
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MessageDesk is a shared team inbox for business text messaging. They help service-based businesses and organizations fill their day-to-day communication gaps with text messages that start and manage customer conversations, keep teammates connected, schedule service appointments, send reminders, collect payments, and automatically follow up onfeedback and reviews. | $1.7M / Seed / Mar 24, 2023 | |
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MessageDesk
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MessageDesk is a shared team inbox for business text messaging. They help service-based businesses and organizations fill their day-to-day communication gaps with text messages that start and manage customer conversations, keep teammates connected, schedule service appointments, send reminders, collect payments, and automatically follow up onfeedback and reviews. | $240K / Pre-Seed / Feb 28, 2020 | |
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MessageDesk
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MessageDesk is a shared team inbox for business text messaging. They help service-based businesses and organizations fill their day-to-day communication gaps with text messages that start and manage customer conversations, keep teammates connected, schedule service appointments, send reminders, collect payments, and automatically follow up onfeedback and reviews. | $240K / Pre-Seed / Feb 28, 2020 | |
Mekhala
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Mekhala is dedicated to creating a better life with Great, Wholesome and Sustainable Asian foods, produced Mindfully in small batches in the lush countryside of Chiang Mai, Thailand. | $729.3K / Seed / Oct 15, 2019 | |
Dronesmith Technologies
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Dronesmith Technologies creates development tools that allow businesses to integrate drone applications into existing workflows. Our software-first solution allows developers to design, test, and iterate their applications in a simulated environment prior to deploying on drone hardware.We help businesses who want to adopt drone technologies goto market faster by lowering the barrier for entry to robotics. Our technologies are being used to incorporate commercial solutions such as hazardous material detection, swarming, precision agriculture, entertainment, and much more. Our aim is to provide a breakthrough platform to power an entire ecosystem of next-generation drone solutions. | $185K / Convertible Note / Feb 01, 2015 |
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About MountainWest Technology Accelerator
Mountain West Tech Accelerator will focus on the benefits and synergy of a state-wide ecosystem to promote the business plans of these start-ups Mountain West Tech Accelerator will focus on the benefits and synergy of a state-wide ecosystem to promote the business plans of these start-ups
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What does Eugene Wong invest in?
Eugene Wong invests primarily in Software, SMS and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Eugene Wong's check size?
Eugene Wong typically joins rounds of $767k–$1.7M at Seed and $240k–$240k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Eugene Wong participates in.
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The most recent investment recorded for Eugene Wong closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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