Jessy Wu

Co-Founder

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia9 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of a strategic communications agency.
Author of a unique corporate thriller.
Partner at a community-powered VC fund.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic communications expert with a focus on venture capital and media.

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Skills

Core Skills

Strategic CommunicationsLeadershipCommunicationResearchVenture CapitalInvestment Strategy

Other Skills

Client ManagementWritingDue DiligenceDirector levelTeamworkCustomer ServicePublic SpeakingSocial Media

About

I am a container of multitudes, but my values are the common throughline in all my ventures: courage, clarity, compassion, and creativity. I am the author of GOOD INTENTIONS, a coming-of-age campus story that unfurls into a corporate thriller, set in contemporary Sydney against the backdrop of journalism, tech, and finance, following two star-crossed lovers who find themselves on opposite sides of a career defining clash. Pre-orders now open: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781761776694/. I am the Founder of BROAD CHURCH, an anti-member's club club - a creative communal space in Chippendale, Sydney. I am the Founder and Managing Director of Encour, a strategic communications agency emboldening clients to command the narrative. Previously, I was a Partner at AfterWork Ventures: a $20 million community-powered VC fund that invests in pre-seed and seed stage startups. I have a Bachelor of Philosophy (Hons I) from the Australian National University, where I double-majored in Philosophy and English Literature.

Experience

9 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 10 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 10 mos

Current Experience

The australian financial review

Columnist

Jul 2025 – Present · 10 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Remote

I contribute regularly to the Australian Financial Review, primarily covering issues in tech. Send me tips and story ideas!

ResearchWritingCommunication

Encour

Founder and Managing Director

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · On-site

Encour is a strategic communications agency that emboldens clients to command the narrative. We work primarily with VC-backed technology companies; clients we've worked with include Lyka, Superpower, Superhero, JOLT, Turo, Stone & Chalk, Mosh, and Leigh Jasper.

Strategic CommunicationsClient ManagementLeadership

Afterwork ventures

4 roles

Partner

Promoted

Dec 2023 – Jul 2024 · 7 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

AfterWork Ventures is a $20 million community-powered VC fund that invests in pre-seed and seed stage startups in Australia and New Zealand.
In pooling our diverse skills, functional knowledge, and networks, we are able to punch above our weight in the quality of our dealflow, the incisiveness of our due diligence, and the breadth of support we provide to our portfolio companies.
Website: afterwork.vc

Venture CapitalDue DiligenceInvestment Strategy

Principal / Head of Community

Promoted

Mar 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Investment Manager / Head of Community

Promoted

May 2021 – Mar 2022 · 10 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Fellow

Oct 2020 – May 2021 · 7 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Alongside my role at NAB Ventures, I was a Fellow at Afterwork Ventures.

Jawun indigenous corporate partnerships

Secondee

Aug 2020 – Sep 2020 · 1 mo

I completed a part-time, remote secondment to Binarri-binyja Yarrawoo (BBY), the backbone organisation implementing the Empowered Communities reform agenda in East Kimberley.

Nab ventures

Senior Investment Analyst

Jan 2020 – May 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos · Sydney, Australia

NAB Ventures is a $110 million VC fund making strategic investments in high-growth tech companies strategically aligned to NAB group. The fund has a global mandate and is stage-agnostic.

Strategy&

Associate

Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 · 2 yrs · Sydney

I gained a breadth of experience across industries (financial services, health, higher education, government) and competencies (operating model, deal strategy, M&A).

Grattan institute

Winter Intern

Jun 2017 – Jul 2017 · 1 mo

Conducted research as part of comprehensive independent review of quality assurance mechanisms in Australian hospitals. Published in "Strengthening safety statistics: How to make hospital safety data more useful" (2017)

Research

Teach for australia

Campus Brand Ambassador

Jan 2016 – Dec 2016 · 11 mos · Australian National University

Australian government department of education and training

Research Intern

Jan 2016 – May 2016 · 4 mos

Research published in ANU Journal of Undergraduate Research: Wu, Jessy. 2017. “Gifted Underachievement: The causes of gifted underachievement and interventions to reverse this pattern”. ANU Undergraduate Research Journal 8 (August), 13–26.