Janelle Teng Wade

Janelle Teng Wade is a partner at Bessemer where she focuses primarily on early-stage investments in AI/ML apps, data infrastructure, frontier tech, and defense tech. She is passionate about supporting highly technical teams and founders from research backgrounds. A science enthusiast at heart, Janelle studied human biology and economics at Stanford University, where she graduated with academic distinction and departmental honors. She also earned an MBA at Harvard Business School.