Wayee Chu co-founded one of the earliest dedicated seed funds in edtech in 2012 and spun it out into Reach Capital, giving her unusually long continuous specialization in early-stage education investing compared to peers who entered the category later. She is also known as an active contemporary art collector and SFMOMA trustee who frames founders as artists and draws parallels between art collecting and early-stage investing, creating a distinctive cross-over between serious art collecting and venture capital. Wayee Chu co-founded one of the earliest dedicated seed funds in edtech in 2012 and spun it out into Reach Capital, giving her unusually long continuous specialization in early-stage education investing compared to peers who entered the category later. She is also known as an active contemporary art collector and SFMOMA trustee who frames founders as artists and draws parallels between art collecting and early-stage investing, creating a distinctive cross-over between serious art collecting and venture capital.