# Max Wang

> Max Wang is the Co-Founder and CTO of Workstream, a San Francisco-based HR and payroll platform built specifically for America's hourly workforce. He co-founded China's AngelList equivalent (VC.CN) in 2011, built it to a 50-person team, then crossed the Pacific to co-build Workstream with Desmond Lim and Lei Xu after a 100-interview discovery sprint revealed that hiring hourly workers was a massive unsolved problem. Today, Workstream serves 4,000+ businesses across 24,000 locations, has raised $118 million, and is deploying AI tools - including VoiceAI - to compress hiring cycles from weeks to hours for restaurants, franchises, and deskless-workforce employers.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CTO at Workstream
- **Organizations:** Workstream, VC.CN, Sinovation Ventures
- **From:** China
- **Nationality:** Chinese-American
- **Education:** Master of Engineering, Computer Science, Cornell University / Cornell Tech, Master's, Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Bachelor's, Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded VC.CN (China's AngelList) in 2011 and built it to a 50+ person team with Series A+ funding, Co-founded Workstream in 2016, now serving 4,000+ customers across 24,000 locations, Raised $118 million total funding including a $108M Series B round

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Co-founded VC.CN, China's equivalent of AngelList and Crunchbase, serving as Co-Founder & CTO
- **2011-2016** — Built VC.CN to a 50+ person team and raised Series A+ funding
- **~2013** — Software Engineer at Sinovation Ventures (Kai-Fu Lee's VC firm), building web systems in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, and MySQL
- **~2014** — Research Assistant at the National Counterfeit Engineering and Research Center, working on digital image processing and machine learning
- **2014-2016** — Master of Engineering at Cornell Tech
- **2016** — Co-founded Workstream in San Francisco with Desmond Lim and Lei Xu
- **2017** — Conducted 100+ customer interviews with HR leaders at Starbucks, GE, Uber Hong Kong, and others; pivoted Workstream to focus on hourly hiring
- **2017-2018** — Landed first customers via door-to-door outreach - Jamba Juice and Subway franchise owners in Silicon Valley
- **2020** — Workstream crossed $1M in annualized revenue for the first time (October)
- **2021** — Led $48M Series B round co-led by BOND and Coatue; investors include Zoom CEO Eric Yuan and DoorDash CEO Tony Xu
- **2022** — Workstream extended Series B by $60M (led by GGV Capital with Founders Fund participation), valuing company near $500M
- **2023** — Launched Workstream AI, including VoiceAI for automated applicant screening in English and Spanish
- **2024** — Workstream won 2024 Gold Stevie Award for Exceptional Customer Service; latest funding round closes with $118M total raised

## Achievements

- Co-founded VC.CN (China's AngelList) in 2011 and built it to a 50+ person team with Series A+ funding
- Co-founded Workstream in 2016, now serving 4,000+ customers across 24,000 locations
- Raised $118 million total funding including a $108M Series B round
- Grew Workstream to $59.2M annual revenue with 280 employees
- Built and managed a distributed engineering team spanning four time zones
- Shipped VoiceAI that reduces time-to-hire by 3x for customers; platform-wide average 70% reduction in time-to-hire
- Platform used by major franchise brands and QSR operators across the US
- Secured investment from high-profile angels including Zoom CEO Eric Yuan and DoorDash CEO Tony Xu

## Latest updates

- **2024-02** — Latest funding round closes, bringing Workstream's total raised to $118 million
- **2023-07** — Launched Workstream AI suite, including VoiceAI for 24/7 automated applicant screening in English and Spanish
- **2024-07** — Platform adds Spanish and French language support to SMS templates and onboarding flows
- **2024-01** — Workstream wins 2024 Gold Stevie Award for Exceptional Customer Service

## Links

- Website: https://workstream.us
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/max-wang-5601923a
- GitHub: https://github.com/helloworld1812

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Last updated: 2026-05-25