Michael Wu brings 14 years of experience in venture capital as well as eight years in product management. Prior to founding Blue Angel Partners (focusing on pre-seed funding on enabling technologies for “Internet of Things”), Michael was a Principal at Chart Venture Partners focusing on dual-use technologies (with both commercial and defense applications) in Clean Energy, Communications, Software & Cyber Security, Sensors, and Advanced Materials. Prior to that, Michael founded Blue Angel Ventures in angel funding and co-founding or advisory roles to NC/RTP-based startups. Prior to entering venture capital, Michael held engineering and product management roles in Fiber Optics and Wireless at Nortel, Ericsson and Nextel. Michael earned his MBA from Duke University-Fuqua, M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Graduate Certificate in Management of Technology from Georgia Tech, and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Michael is also a registered patent agent and Certified Licensing Professional.