Emily Yu
InvestorVC Fellow at E14 Fund · Investor at Boost VC · MBA Candidate, MIT Sloan at The E14 Fund
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $50K – $1M checks · typically $500K
About
A roboticist turned investor and former founder. Previously at Amazon Robotics, NFX, and E14 Fund; holds an MIT Sloan MBA.
Experience
- Boost VCInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Mateo, California, United States
- Various StartupsAngel Investor & Advisorcurrent2025 — present
- NFXVenture Fellow2023 — 2024
- E14 FundVC Fellow2023 — 2024Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Amazon RoboticsSr. Design Engineer2021North Reading, Massachusetts, United States
- Amazon RoboticsSolutions Design Engineer2018 — 2021North Reading, MA
- SirMixABot IncCo-Founder / Product (MIT delta v '19)2019 — 2020Boston, MA / San Francisco, CA
- MarkforgedSolutions Engineer2017 — 2018Watertown, MA
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMBA, Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- Worcester Polytechnic InstituteBachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering
- Stanford UniversitySummer Program, Entrepreneurship
- Parsons School of Design - The New SchoolIndustrial and Product Design
Skills & more
Leadership15Relationship BuildingAnalytical SkillsTeamworkCommunicationNegotiationMentoringWarehouse Management SystemsSolidWorks7Matlab3ANSYS3AutoCAD1
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Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordMicrosoft PowerPointLightroomInventorPTC CreoLabVIEWArduinoZBrushpythonEntrepreneurshipLanguages Chinese · English · German
- Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate — Dassault Systèmes
From Emily's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda
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Also attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute24
Steve VassalloInvestor at Foundation CapitalJiong MaInvestor at Phoenix Venture PartnersJill GoldsteinPrincipal at Vida VenturesStephen MarcusCo-Founder and General Partner at Riot VenturesKun PengGP at Blockchain BuildersBob MasonCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Argon Ventures
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Also attended Stanford University1,575
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
+ 1,569 more
Also attended Parsons School of Design - The New School22
Carina ChoAssociate at Context VenturesGaya ShiloahAssociate at Qumra CapitalSandy DestrugeInvestor at Silversmith Capital PartnersDana Al SalemAdvisor at SPiCE VCAmanda BellVP of Public Relations at XRCMelissa BeightInvestor at Altai Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Various Startups80
Laura BuhlerPartner, Head of Community at Felicis VenturesDaniel SimonVenture Partner at FJ LabsMichelle GonzalezCorporate Vice President and Global Head, M12 at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Shakhina PulatovaInvestor at Storm VenturesAileen AllenPartner at Mercury FundEran SavirFounder & Managing Partner at Savyon Ventures
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Also worked at NFX33
Loubaba El AyoubiInvestor at NorthzoneKyle TreigeSenior Associate at Core Venture CapitalLouden RichasonPrincipal at FinTech CollectiveAnna PiñolInvestor at NFXAnastasia BudinskayaInvestor at NFXMorgan BellerInvestor at NFX
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Also worked at E14 Fund24
Habib HaddadManaging Partner of the E14 Fund, MIT at XfundCalvin ChinManaging Partner at E14 FundAndrea PorrasHead of Community at E14 FundShin ChenVenture Investor at E14 FundEvan HaasInvestor at E14 FundHilal DahlehInvestor at E14 Fund
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Also worked at Amazon Robotics10
Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Amy VilleneuveBoard Director, Advisor & Past COO and President of Amazon Robotics at Underscore VCPeter WurmanAdvisor at Cybernetix VenturesAjay AgarwalPartner at Bain Capital VenturesSiva Kumar ThotaAI Engineer at Untapped VenturesJosh PollakOperating Partner - Robotics at Climactic
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Colleagues at E14 Fund
Network4
Adam DraperScout
Managing Director at Boost VC
Brayton WilliamsScout
Co-Founder & Partner at Boost VC
John EvansScout
Investor at Boost VC
Maddie CallanderScout
Partner at Boost VC
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