Journey

Moved back to the West Coast recently, making frequent trips between San Francisco and Vancouver

Rejoined Inovia full-time, this time on their pre-seed and fund-of-funds team

Took some time off. Still worked part-time at Inovia while learning from Pan-Pacific firms like Sozo Ventures, White Star Capital, and Coolwater Capital. Also visited Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and China

Moved to the other side of the table to join Inovia's Seed and Series A team and supported Inovia's investment into Motion's $30M Series B and Medeloop's $15M Series A

Moved down to San Francisco to build a data analytics startup with my good friend and co-founder Isaac Bautista. While we ultimately decided to take a step back, we both learned so much from the experience, and am forever grateful to have received mentorship and help from Ro Founder Z Reitano and World CEO Alex Blania

First hire helping build a thesis-driven Data and AI fund, co-authored the fund's thesis and whitepaper and helped write our first series of investments, including the seeding of now unicorn Zyphra

Helped run the program's Compute and Biomedical Engineering programs for DeepTech startups looking to commercialize their research. Learned about DeepTech from some of the best in Canada

Founded Western Canada's first student-led VC fund with the support of Front Row Ventures. We deployed $150K into three BC-based startups, collaborated with dozens of local investors, accelerators, and programs to educate and empower the next generation of venture investors

First learned the ropes of venture investing from HealthTech Investor Michelle Colucci as DigitalDx's first venture fellow from Western Canada and UBC

Early years as the child of expats and entrepreneurs, frequently traveled between US and China, and was drawn to Psychology, Sociology, Urban Design, and woodworking while trying not to fail school