Sona Wang

Sona is an accomplished growth-oriented venture capital professional skilled in Strategic Investments, Portfolio Management, Business Development, Analytical Skills, Marketing and Team Building.

She possesses over three decades of venture investment experience. She has co- founded and managed three Illinois-based venture capital funds. Previously, she was an investment manager with Allstate Venture Capital, one of the oldest institutional venture funds with over $500 million invested. Her investment focus has been in IT/software and healthcare/biotech.

She has served on numerous corporate boards including TrafficCast International, Inc., Vipdesk, Inc, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois and Northshore University Healthsystems. She currently serves on the Investment Screening Committtee of the Stanford (University) Angels and Entrepreneurs United.

Prior to her career in venture capital, Sona was employed with Intel Corporation in key management positions in engineering, manufacturing and marketing.

She is a passionate cultural leader working to create positive social impact through music and performing arts. A co-founding investor of Randolph Entertainment and Teatro Zinzanni, the production has rapidly become one of Chicago’s premiere live theater venues. Sona is also a co-creator of the masterplans for a world-class Blues Museum for the City of Chicago named the Chicago Blues Experience.

As an active civic leader, she currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University where she provides oversight for the Innovations and New Ventures Office as well as the Office of Alumni Relations. Until 2024 she served on the Columbia College Chicago’s Board of Trustees. Previously she also served on IL Governor’s Economic Recovery Commission as a committee chairman. Other civic boards included Trustee of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Mayor’s ChicagoNext Technology leadership Council.

Sona was the recipient of the YWCA Leadership Award for Entrepreneurship, recognized as one of the “100 Most Influential Women in Chicago” by Crains Business Chicago, as Business Leader of Color by Chicago United, and identified as among Corporate Directors to Watch by Directors & Boards Magazine.

Sona graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and received an M.B.A., magna cum laude, from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.