About
Catherine Shu is Head of Content at Gobi Partners, an Asia-focused venture capital firm with over $2 billion in assets under management and more than 400 portfolio companies. She previously spent over a decade as a senior reporter at TechCrunch, where she covered the technology industry across Asia, with particular focus on Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and Australia/New Zealand, and authored approximately 3,200 articles. Her earlier journalism experience includes coverage of entrepreneurship and technology at the Taipei Times, with bylines also appearing in the New York Times, the Economist Intelligence Unit, Barron's, and the Village Voice.
Experience
- Gobi PartnersHead of Contentcurrent2024 — presentTaipei City, Taiwan
- The P.R. GroupDirector of Content and Media2024Taipei City, Taiwan
- TechCrunchSenior Reporter2012 — 2024Taipei City, Taiwan
- Self-employedFreelance journalist2003 — 2012New York, NY and Taipei, Taiwan
- Taipei TimesFeatures Reporter2008 — 2012Taipei, Taiwan
- Barron'sReporting Assistant2006 — 2007New York, NY
- The Wall Street JournalNews Assistant2005 — 2006New York, NY
- Psychology TodayReporting intern2005
- Village VoiceInvestigative reporting intern2004
- DissentEditorial intern2004
- Gotham GazetteReporting intern/blogger2003 — 2004
- Sarah Lawrence College Phoenix NewspaperEditor, reporter and features columnist2000 — 2003
Education
- Columbia University - Graduate School of JournalismM.S., New Media2004 — 2005
- National Taiwan Normal UniversityN/A, Mandarin Chinese2007 — 2008
- Sarah Lawrence CollegeB.A., Social Psychology1999 — 2003
Skills & more
Mandarin2Report Writing1Content Development1Analytical Skills1Internal and External Communications1External Communications1Strategic Communications1Public Relations1New Media4Journalism14Breaking News6Copy Editing5
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BloggingAp StyleNewspaperEditingNews WritingStorytellingInvestigative ReportingFeature ArticlesOnline JournalismEditorialSocial MediaMagazinesLanguages Mandarin Chinese
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Colleagues at Gobi Partners
Abraiz Abdullah
Analyst, Investment at Gobi Partners
Adlil Zulaikha
Manager, Marketing at Gobi Partners
Adrian Kurnia
Director, Investment at Gobi Partners
Ali Mukhtar
General Partner at Fatima Gobi Ventures
Ameen Iskandar
Executive, IT Operations and Development at Gobi Partners
Angel Chau
Chief Financial Officer at Gobi Partners
Angie Lam
Director, Fund Administration and Compliance at Gobi Partners
Arya Masagung
Venture Partner at Gobi Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Catherine Shu work?
- Catherine Shu is Head, Content at Gobi Partners.
Same school
Also attended Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism5
Also attended National Taiwan Normal University15
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Also attended Sarah Lawrence College3
Shared employers
Also worked at Barron's1
Also worked at The Wall Street Journal16
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