Irene Wu

Irene Wu is serving as the Head of Strategy at Layer Zero Labs in 2023, founded by Bryan Pellegrino, Caleb Banister, and Ryan Zarick and launched in 2021, which has a headcount of 51-200. It is a company building an omnichain interoperability protocol, where she focused on blockchain infrastructure and developer tools. Before joining the company, she worked as an investor at Insight Partners. She held roles in design and engineering at IDEO, a leading global design company, and J.P. Morgan. Irene Wu is also serving as the Bain Capital, founded in 1984 by Mit Romney, Bill Bain's Crypto Venture Partner. She is a known  Blockchain speaker who attends various blockchain events. 

 

 

Personal Details:

Organization: Layer Zero Labs

Location: USA

Education: Irene holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Harvard University

 

 

Experience:

Angel Investor from 2018 to present

Venture Partner - Bain Capital from 2024 to 2025

Head of Strategy at Layer Zero Labs from Mar 2023 to Mar 2024

Investor at Insight Partners from 2021 to 2022

Brand Strategy - Future Brand from 2020 to 2021

Software Engineer - J.P. Morgan from 202 to 2021

Co-founder of Harvard Blockchain

Business Development - Rowing Blazers from 2017 to 2020

Experience Design - IDEO from 2017 to 2018

Vice chairperson to the Massachusetts Board of Elementary Secondary Education from 2016 to 2017