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Wendy Xiao Schadeck

PARTNER, NEW YORK

Wendy is a Partner at Northzone, based in New York, and focuses mainly on companies in the consumer, health, fintech, developer and web 3 infrastructure spaces. Her portfolio includes Spring Health, Magic Labs, Livepeer, Gro Labs, 3Box/Ceramic Protocol, OpenZeppelin/Forto Protocol, and three yet-to-be-announced companies, in home services, dev tools, and consumer fintech.

Prior to Northzone, Wendy founded co-working and childcare company CoHatchery, and consulted for retail/transportation companies at A. T. Kearney and Accenture.

  • Joined
  • 2015
I'm a huge nerd.

And proud of it. I have an economics background and an interest in Web 3 infrastructure and cryptoeconomic design. I believe crypto protocols can help grow the web by allowing more people to transact in more ways and more frequently online, in new markets we haven’t even begun to explore. I blog fairly regularly on Medium and also authored Northzone’s crypto Investment thesis.

Things I get excited about.

#1. Interesting human experiences.

This encompasses everything that makes my day-to-day enjoyable. I'm talking about emotions we feel as consumers, entrepreneurial personalities, viral ephemeral memes and user product journeys. I’m fascinated by people and the many different ways they experience the world. 

#2. Profound systemic change.

It's what gives those interesting human experiences (and technology in general) meaning — addressing society's biggest problems in a scalable way — problems like health, data privacy and education.

When I'm not working

I love to learn about artists investing in their craft

Chefs, rappers, dancers, master climbers and fishermen — it's amazing to observe someone endlessly pursuing perfection, while also defining perfection. It's the most human thing in the world.

I'm happiest when

I'm doing anything outdoors with my family.

I live in New York with my husband and two sons, and we love to spend time in nature whenever we can.

26.01.22

Lighting up the Shadows of Web 3
Medium

02.11.21

15 gaming startups to watch, according to top investors
In the news

06.09.21

A promising portfolio, booming trends and investing remotely with Northzone
In the news

22.07.21

Magic lands $27M Series A for its ‘plug and play’ passwordless tech
Portfolio News

21.05.21

How venture capitalists are adjusting to the brave new world of DeFi
In the news

15.04.21

How We Buy Online - Commerce 3.0 - Part 2
Medium

19.01.21

Wendy Xiao Schadeck becomes Northzone’s first New York partner
In the news
“Northzone is excited to announce the promotion of our newest Partner, Wendy Xiao Schadeck”

19.01.21 2 min

Meet our first New York partner, Wendy Xiao Schadeck, and other news from us
Originals

21.12.20

Cloud strategy separated IT industry winners and losers in 2020
In the news

25.11.20

Voices Around The Table
Medium