Willy Chu

Growing portfolio companies at Salesforce Ventures

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2021
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2021
AI-Native Private Banking for Business Owners. Get a team of AI agents to be your finance team.
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2021
We’re building the future of cross-border payments for the next billion. 2018-2021 - was v1 of the company - doesnt exist. In just 28 months since re-launch in 2022, NALA grew from $0 to $24M in revenue, turned profitable once, and built a moat through an integrated B2B (rafiki.com) infrastructure powering stablecoin payments between the US, UK, EU, Africa and Asia. Raised over $50m - our investors include Accel, Acrew, Y Combinator, Bessemer, and DST Global Partners, alongside awesome founders Alex (Deel), Tarek (Kalshi), Jonas (Monzo), Ryan (Chime), Laura (Alloy) and Vlad (Robinhood).
Strategic Initiatives and Impact Investments
Jan 2014
Kiva (www.kiva.org) expands financial access to help underserved communities thrive. An international non-profit, we serve the financially excluded, especially underbanked women, refugees and communities impacted by forced displacement, climate-vulnerable people and systemically marginalized communities in the United States. By connecting people through crowdfunded loans, Kiva puts the power of financial inclusion in all our hands. Since 2005, the Kiva community has raised over $2 billion in loans, reaching over 5 million people in 84 countries. Kiva’s team is made up of 100+ employees and 450+ volunteers across the world, with offices in San Francisco, Nairobi, Bangkok, and Bogotá.
Experience · 11 entries
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2024
Director, Portfolio Development
Jun 2024
Salesforce Ventures helps enterprising founders build companies that reinvent the way the world works. Since 2009, we’ve invested in and partnered with more than 400 of the worlds most tenacious enterprise software companies from seed to IPO, including Airtable, Databricks, DocuSign, Guild Education, Hopin, monday.com, nCino, Snowflake, Snyk, Stripe, Tanium, and Zoom. Salesforce Ventures leverages our decades of expertise in the cloud and our long-term relationships with key decision-makers at thousands of businesses around the world to give our portfolio companies an unfair advantage, help them build credibility, and accelerate growth.
Salesforce Ventures Director
Jun 2024
Were the #1 AI CRM—where humans with agents drive customer success together with AI, data, and Customer 360 apps on one platform. Privacy Statement: http://www.salesforce.com/company/privacy/
2021
Investor
2021
AI-Native Private Banking for Business Owners. Get a team of AI agents to be your finance team.
Investor
2021
We’re building the future of cross-border payments for the next billion. 2018-2021 - was v1 of the company - doesnt exist. In just 28 months since re-launch in 2022, NALA grew from $0 to $24M in revenue, turned profitable once, and built a moat through an integrated B2B (rafiki.com) infrastructure powering stablecoin payments between the US, UK, EU, Africa and Asia. Raised over $50m - our investors include Accel, Acrew, Y Combinator, Bessemer, and DST Global Partners, alongside awesome founders Alex (Deel), Tarek (Kalshi), Jonas (Monzo), Ryan (Chime), Laura (Alloy) and Vlad (Robinhood).
2019
Vice President, Strategy
2019
Ygrene, a leading Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) provider in Florida, offers an innovative financing solution for both residential and commercial property upgrades focusing on energy efficiency and renewable energy. Founded in 2010, Ygrene’s PACE program is revolutionizing the home improvement industry, making it easier for property owners to invest in their futures and a healthier environment. Ygrene is delivering a streamlined option for home and business owners by providing accessible and affordable financing for energy efficiency, renewables, water conservation, and storm protection. As of January 2025, Ygrene has funded over 125,000 projects for a total of $3.2 billion since inception.
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