Daniel I-Fan Wu

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Languages
  • Chinese Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Taiwanese Native or bilingual proficiency
  • German Full professional proficiency

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Experience

    • Germany
    • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Company Building
      • Sep 2022 - Present

    • United States
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Venture Architect @ Innovation & Ventures
      • Jun 2021 - Sep 2022

    • Venture Architect
      • Dec 2018 - May 2021

      - Ideated key strategic digital initiative and participated in delivery for a top global insurance company- Validated a new entertainment platform and drafted its business plan for a top global auto manufacturer which contributed to double digit million funding of the venture- Conducted due diligence on a knowledge sharing platform for a global pharmaceutical company- Conducted various venture ideation and validation projects

    • Portugal
    • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Investment Manager / Advisor
      • Apr 2021 - Nov 2021

      - Startup selection and due diligence - Operational support for portfolio companies - Startup selection and due diligence - Operational support for portfolio companies

    • Germany
    • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Visiting Venture Capital Analyst
      • Nov 2017 - Mar 2018

      - Screened 1000+ early stage start-ups to identify potential investment targets and to initiate deals - Conducted due diligence on potential investment targets to finalise deal closures - Initiated internal process review to comply with the General Data Protection Regulations - Researched technology trends such as artificial intelligence and computer vision to shape house-view on the sector - Screened 1000+ early stage start-ups to identify potential investment targets and to initiate deals - Conducted due diligence on potential investment targets to finalise deal closures - Initiated internal process review to comply with the General Data Protection Regulations - Researched technology trends such as artificial intelligence and computer vision to shape house-view on the sector

    • Germany
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Visiting Consultant
      • Mar 2017 - May 2017

      - Applied SCRUM method in a 10-person new digital venture team to improve product and to ramp up business - Assessed Italian home heating market to develop marketing strategy for a new solution business - Evaluated project IT strategy and 5 potential IT solutions for project development need - Applied SCRUM method in a 10-person new digital venture team to improve product and to ramp up business - Assessed Italian home heating market to develop marketing strategy for a new solution business - Evaluated project IT strategy and 5 potential IT solutions for project development need

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Visiting Research Analyst
      • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

      - Mapped world plastic packaging and after-use market for publication at 2017 World Economic Forum at Davos - Interned in the New Plastic Economy initiative partnered with Unilever, Amcor, Coca Cola, Mars, and Veolia - Advocated in team strategic workshops to determine the direction of the New Plastic Economy initiative - Lectured in internal team debating training with 90% of team participating - Mapped world plastic packaging and after-use market for publication at 2017 World Economic Forum at Davos - Interned in the New Plastic Economy initiative partnered with Unilever, Amcor, Coca Cola, Mars, and Veolia - Advocated in team strategic workshops to determine the direction of the New Plastic Economy initiative - Lectured in internal team debating training with 90% of team participating

    • Switzerland
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Student Assistant (SIM-HSG)
      • Nov 2015 - Jul 2016

      - Reviewed admission process of the SIM Master program by benchmarking peer programs - Interviewed 7 suppliers from 3 different countries for recruiting software procurement - Reviewed admission process of the SIM Master program by benchmarking peer programs - Interviewed 7 suppliers from 3 different countries for recruiting software procurement

    • France
    • Banking
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Associate, Equity Research
      • Oct 2014 - Aug 2015

      - Produced and published research reports for 13 companies in TMT sector to provide clients investment insight. Coverage market cap is over USD134b and include major PC and handset brands/component suppliers in Asia. - Evaluated a Chinese-Korean smartphone component supplier with an in-depth Pre-IPO research. - Built financial models from scratch and maintained more than 10 financial models with MS Excel. - Coordinated inter-team product cooperation among Taipei, Hong Kong and Seoul offices.

    • United Kingdom
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Advisory Intern
      • Sep 2014 - Oct 2014

      - Audited compliance process of a global financial service firm with client representatives from India, Singapore and Taiwan to ensure compliance - Initiated a research to develop new business service lines for EY Taiwan - Audited compliance process of a global financial service firm with client representatives from India, Singapore and Taiwan to ensure compliance - Initiated a research to develop new business service lines for EY Taiwan

    • Taiwan
    • Government Administration
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Civil Service
      • Aug 2013 - Jul 2014

      - Worked as a Civil Serviceman in the think tank-like organization in Taiwan Government. - Bench-marked the performance management system of Taiwan government against that of 5 OECD countries to help improve the government performance management system in Taiwan. - Selected by NDC as an Administrator to coordinate and counsel all the servicemen and the relevant staff of the Council. - Worked as a Civil Serviceman in the think tank-like organization in Taiwan Government. - Bench-marked the performance management system of Taiwan government against that of 5 OECD countries to help improve the government performance management system in Taiwan. - Selected by NDC as an Administrator to coordinate and counsel all the servicemen and the relevant staff of the Council.

    • United States
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Summer Business Consultant
      • Jul 2012 - Sep 2012

      - Worked as a Business Consultant intern in the world's largest cloud-based predictive software & consulting firm. - Refined and proposed a data-driven (with SQL, Excel, and APT’s own software) online marketing strategy for a top US grocery retailer, saving the client more than USD 13 million per year - Assessed a new product strategy for a leading global restaurant chain, preventing the client from incurring future revenue loss of about USD 340k per year by ceasing a new product launch - Developed marketing strategies to prevent budget waste in future campaign for a leading global restaurant chain

    • Taiwan
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • President
      • Jul 2011 - Feb 2012

      - Elected president by 40+ club members. - Initiated the international expansion of the Elite Debate Competition for high school students: - Attracted 88 debate teams to participate: it is the largest international high school debate competition in Taiwan - Led and coached a team of 35 students to hold two nationwide debate competitions and to win four major national and international debate prizes, including a debate championship - Coached the NTU debate club and Kaohsiung Senior High School debate club for 4+ years.

Education

  • University of St.Gallen
    Master of Arts (M.A.), Strategy and International management
    2015 - 2018
  • The University of Edinburgh
    1 Year Exchange program, College of Humanity and Social Science
    2012 - 2013
  • National Taiwan University
    Double Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), International Business and Finance
    2009 - 2013

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