Chris Z.
Partner
Wing Venture Capital
Wing partner investing in data platforms, cybersecurity and AI-first infrastructure.
Bio
Professional summary
Peter Wagner is a founding partner of Wing Venture Capital. His official profile describes a focus on founders building the AI-first technology stack for business, especially businesses built on data, powered by AI, and expressed through increasingly autonomous applications. He has led investments in many early-stage companies, with more than 30 outcomes described as IPOs or successful acquisitions. His listed current or prior company involvement includes Snowflake, Gong, Pinecone, BlueJeans Network, Cumulus Networks, Nimble Storage, Fusion-io, Riverbed, Infinera, Opower, Jellyfish, Classiq, Ordr, Tigera, Hydrolix, and Wherobots. Before Wing, he was a managing partner at Accel, held product leadership at Silicon Graphics, worked at McKinsey, and began in nuclear fusion research and aerospace.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
StealthPre-seedSeedSeries A
Sector
AI-first technology stackData infrastructureAI-powered autonomous applicationsEnterprise software
Thesis
AI-first technology stackData, AI, and autonomous applicationsEnterprise softwareEarly-stage company building
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
SnowflakeGongPineconeBlueJeans NetworkCumulus NetworksNimble StorageFusion-ioRiverbedInfineraOpowerJellyfishClassiqOrdrTigeraHydrolixWherobots
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with a deeply technical enterprise AI or data infrastructure thesis and show how the company could become a durable, independent category leader.
Personalization hooks
- 1Connect the product to empowering knowledge workers through AI rather than replacing them.
- 2Highlight technical depth and long-term company-building ambition, given his history across Accel, Wing, and major infrastructure outcomes.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Wing profile emphasizes the AI-first technology stack, data, AI, and autonomous applications.
Wing states it focuses on stealth, seed, and Series A companies building the AI-first tech stack.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Wing Venture CapitalFounding Partner2013 - Present
- Accel PartnersManaging Partner~1998 - 2013
- Silicon GraphicsProduct Line ManagerEarly career
- McKinsey & CompanyConsultantEarly career
- Nuclear fusion research / aerospacePhysicistEarly career
Education
- Harvard CollegeAB, Physics (summa cum laude)
- Harvard Business SchoolMBA, Baker Scholar
Skills
Enterprise tech investingData infrastructureAI-first stackET30 list
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