Where does Jenny Yang work?

Jenny Yang is Partner at RiSC Capital Corp.

Where did Jenny Yang go to school?

Jenny Yang studied at INSEAD (MBA); The University of British Columbia (B.A.Sc, Electrical Engineering).

Jenny Yang

Investor

Partner at RiSC Capital Corp · Senior Advisor at MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF) · Investment Committee Member at Praxis Spinal Cord Institute

Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area

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494 people in our graph share verified history with Jenny — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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Jenny: together at Boston Consulting Group

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About

VC and angel investor with 20+ years of experience and co-founder/CEO of two acquired startups. Senior Advisor at MaRS with an electrical engineering degree from UBC and an INSEAD MBA.

Experience

RiSC CapitalPartnercurrent2025 — present
Panda Angel PartnersManaging Partnercurrent2015 — present
MaRS Discovery DistrictSenior Advisorcurrent2019 — present
Creative Destruction LabMentorcurrent2018 — present
Praxis Spinal Cord InstituteInvestment Committee Membercurrent2022 — presentVancouver, British Columbia
Clir RenewablesMember Board Of Directorscurrent2019 — present
Vision CriticalProduct Management, Data Science2018 — 2019
Aida Software CorpCEO/Founder2016 — 2017
The University of British ColumbiaEntrepreneur in Residence2015 — 2016http://entrepreneurship.ubc.ca/
Metafor SoftwareCo-founder, Founding CEO, Board Director2010 — 2015
Vanedge CapitalVenture Partner2014 — 2015
Vancouver Enterprise ForumChair/Board Director2007 — 2012
BDCSenior Director, Venture Capital1999 — 2008
Boston Consulting GroupConsultant1998 — 1999
Bain & CoConsultant1996
Nortel AsiaProduct Marketing1993 — 1995
TELUS CommunicationsEngineer1991 — 1993

Skills & more

SaaS12Enterprise Software6Strategy6Strategic Planning3Start-ups43Angel Investing16Entrepreneurship32Venture Capital68Corporate Development6Product Management16Product Marketing22Strategic Partnerships19

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Business StrategyGo-to-market StrategyMobile DevicesCloud ComputingBusiness DevelopmentTelecommunicationsSoftware DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentMobile Applications

From Jenny's professional profile.

Colleagues at RiSC Capital Corp

Chris Burns

Advisor at RiSC Capital Corp

Colin Webster

Co-Founder at RiSC Capital Corp

Kristina McDougall

Advisor at RiSC Capital Corp

Landon Steele

Advisor at RiSC Capital Corp

Paul Martin

Advisor at RiSC Capital Corp

Roger Singh

Advisor at RiSC Capital Corp

Sam Macdonald

Advisor at RiSC Capital Corp

Scott Lake

Co-founder of Shopify

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jenny Yang?: VC and angel investor with 20+ years of experience and co-founder/CEO of two acquired startups. Senior Advisor at MaRS with an electrical engineering degree from UBC and an INSEAD MBA.
Where does Jenny Yang work?: Jenny Yang is Partner at RiSC Capital Corp.
Where did Jenny Yang go to school?: Jenny Yang studied at INSEAD (MBA); The University of British Columbia (B.A.Sc, Electrical Engineering).

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Also attended INSEAD1,154

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Also attended The University of British Columbia446

Joan MirallesHead of Administration & Valuation at Inveready Technology Investment Group Zack GrimmerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Rares CrisanInvestor at Notable Capital Marianne WuVenture Partner at Congruent Ventures Brendan BakerPartner at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp Ali KashaniVenture Partner at Think+ Ventures Management, Llc

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Shared employers

Also worked at Clir Renewables2

Tom RandCo-Founder and Partner at ArcTern Ventures Gareth BrownDirector at Clir Renewables

Also worked at Vision Critical9

Kevin KimsaCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Climate Innovation Capital Nick SteinCMO | GTM Advisor at Leaders Fund Sid PaquetteHead, RBCx at RBCx Monique MordenInvestor at Spring Impact Capital Alec LeclercBoard Member at Women's Equity Lab Rob ChaplinskyCo-Founder & Managing Director at Link Ventures

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Also worked at BDC125

Inshaal QadirAnalyst at Panache Ventures Paige MartinManager, Portfolio Monitoring and Valuation at White Star Capital Alex McIsaacGeneral Partner at Inovia Capital Mark TrevittFounder & Managing Partner at Inovia Capital Robert SimonVenture Partner at Ridge Ventures Sabreen SidhuSenior Analyst at Vistara Growth

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Also worked at Boston Consulting Group1,300

Cristina JunqueiraCo-founder of Nubank Massimo PrelzInvestor at DN Capital Rasmus AreskougInvestor at DN Capital Riccardo MontiOperating Advisor at P101 Ventures Antonio TurroniOperating Advisor at P101 Ventures Luca RossettoOperating Advisor at P101 Ventures

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