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Jenny Yang

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Partner at RiSC Capital Corp · Investment Committee Member at Praxis Spinal Cord Institute · Board director at Clir Renewables

Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area

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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.

Board director at Clir Renewables

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Clir Renewables's investors · 6

Active Impact InvestmentsNorth Vancouver · $1M checks · since 2021ArcTern VenturesToronto · $730K – $2.9M checks · since 2021BDC Capital CorporationWakefield · $100K – $10M checks · since 2021ForesightVancouverLongbow CapitalCalgary · since 2021Longbow Energy Services (INT)Calgary · since 2021

Co-founders at Clir Renewables

GBGareth Brown
Gareth BrownChief Executive Officer

Experience

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

Skills & more

SaaS12Enterprise Software6Strategy6Strategic Planning3Start-ups43Angel Investing16Entrepreneurship32Venture Capital68Corporate Development6Product Management16Product Marketing22Strategic Partnerships19
+9 moreBusiness StrategyGo-to-market StrategyMobile DevicesCloud ComputingBusiness DevelopmentTelecommunicationsSoftware DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentMobile Applications

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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 and Board director at Clir Renewables.
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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