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Catherine Gao

Investor

GTM Lead at Forum Ventures

Sweden

About

GTM Lead at Forum Ventures; previously co-founder and CEO of Abundant Science.

Experience

  1. Forum VenturesVenture Buildercurrent2025 — present
  2. Abundant ScienceCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2024 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
  3. BoardyConnectorcurrent2024 — present
  4. Various CompaniesFractional Growth Officercurrent2024 — present
  5. GrowthMentorStartup Mentorcurrent2023 — present
  6. On DeckFounder Fellow2024San Francisco Bay Area
  7. OrderGrid Inc.Vice President, Growth2022 — 2023
  8. OrderGrid Inc.Head of Growth and Product2022
  9. OrderGrid Inc.Independent Consultant2021London, England, United Kingdom
  10. Safe Direct Medical SuppliesAdvisor2022
  11. Safe Direct Medical SuppliesHead of E-Commerce, Business Operations2020 — 2021Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  12. ClearcoBizOps and Strategy2019 — 2020Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  13. Raymond JamesPortfolio Analyst2017 — 2019Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  14. Raymond JamesTrading and Research2016 — 2017Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  15. Better Capital Corp.Investment Associate2015Toronto, Canada Area
  16. Prudence Investment Management (HK) LtdSummer Analyst2013Hong Kong

Skills & more

Product ManagementLarge Language Models (LLM)Financial ModelingBusiness OperationsMarket AnalysisBusiness StrategyFinancial AnalysisInvestmentsData AnalysisE-commerceAsset ManagementFinancial Services
+9 morePortfolio ManagementWeb AnalyticsMicrosoft ExcelSQLGoogle AnalyticsVBAHubSpotData AnalyticsFinancial Technology
  • Passed CFA Level 1 — CFA Institute

From Catherine's professional profile.

Colleagues at Forum Ventures

Alejandro Pereda
Associate at Forum Ventures
Alexis Clarfield-Henry
VP of Marketing at Forum Ventures
Alice Krenitski
Head of Studio at Forum Ventures
Ammar Abuleil
Technical Lead at Forum Ventures
Bocar Dia
Partner at Forum Ventures
Carmen Tsang
Head of Talent and Recruitment, Studio at Forum Ventures
Christina Zerka
Investor at Forum Ventures
Dallas Price
Venture Builder, Studio at Forum Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Catherine Gao?
GTM Lead at Forum Ventures; previously co-founder and CEO of Abundant Science.
Where does Catherine Gao work?
Catherine Gao is GTM Lead at Forum Ventures.
Where did Catherine Gao go to school?
Catherine Gao studied at Ivey Business School at Western University (Bachelor’s Degree, Honors Business Administration); Western University (Bachelor’s Degree, Specialization in Finance).

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Also attended Western University311

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Shared employers

Also worked at Abundant Science1

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Also worked at Boardy31

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Also worked at GrowthMentor8

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