# Coach Wei

> Coach Wei is a serial technology entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Neural Galaxy, a brain-science company spun out of Harvard Medical School and MIT that maps the individual human brain and delivers personalized neuromodulation therapy for brain disorders. A Tsinghua University electrical engineer with an MS from MIT, he began building software at EMC before founding three venture-backed startups over two decades: Nexaweb (pioneering Rich Internet Applications), Yottaa (web performance and cloud), and now Neural Galaxy, which has raised roughly $100M including a $75M Series A. He holds six patents and was named to Boston's 40 Under 40.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Neural Galaxy
- **Organizations:** Neural Galaxy, Yottaa, Nexaweb Technologies, Teamjoy, EMC Corporation, MIT (Research Affiliate)
- **From:** China
- **Nationality:** Chinese-American
- **Education:** Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- **Known for:** Co-founded Neural Galaxy, a Harvard/MIT-originated brain-science company that has raised approximately $100M, Raised over $20M in venture capital for Nexaweb and achieved over 7,000 global deployments of the Nexaweb Platform, Co-founded Yottaa, which raised roughly $50M from Intel Capital, General Catalyst, Stata Venture Partners and others

## Career timeline

- **late 1990s** — Senior Design Engineer at EMC Corporation, building software for EMC ControlCenter storage networks
- **2000** — Founded Nexaweb Technologies in Boston, pioneering Rich Internet Applications and enterprise Web 2.0
- **2005** — Received an Interactive Experience Award for work on Ajax / Rich Internet Applications
- **2007** — Named to Boston's Top 40 Under 40
- **2009** — Co-founded Yottaa with Robert Buffone, a cloud and web-performance company
- **2016** — Co-founded Teamjoy (through ~2018)
- **2019** — Co-founded Neural Galaxy with Harvard Medical School and MIT neuroscientists
- **2021** — Neural Galaxy closed a $75M Series A, bringing total funding to roughly $100M

## Achievements

- Co-founded Neural Galaxy, a Harvard/MIT-originated brain-science company that has raised approximately $100M
- Raised over $20M in venture capital for Nexaweb and achieved over 7,000 global deployments of the Nexaweb Platform
- Co-founded Yottaa, which raised roughly $50M from Intel Capital, General Catalyst, Stata Venture Partners and others
- Holds six patents
- Named to Boston's Top 40 Under 40 (2007)
- Received an Interactive Experience Award (2005) for work on Ajax and Rich Internet Applications

## Latest updates

- **2021-10** — Neural Galaxy announced a $75M Series A financing round to advance personalized brain mapping and neuromodulation.

## Links

- Website: https://neuralgalaxy.cn
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/coachwei
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/coachwei

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