Fundraising Fox

Jenny Yang

Investor

Partner at RiSC Capital Corp

Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area

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

  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

Education

  1. INSEADMBA
  2. The University of British ColumbiaB.A.Sc, Electrical Engineering

Skills & more

SaaS12Enterprise Software6Strategy6Strategic Planning3Start-ups43Angel Investing16Entrepreneurship32Venture Capital68Corporate Development6Product Management16Product Marketing22Strategic Partnerships19
+9 moreBusiness 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
Advisor at RiSC Capital Corp

Frequently asked questions

Where does Jenny Yang work?
Jenny Yang is Partner at RiSC Capital Corp.

Same school

Also attended INSEAD773

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Also attended The University of British Columbia242

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Shared employers

Also worked at Clir Renewables1

Tom RandCo-Founder and Partner at ArcTern Ventures

Also worked at Vision Critical6

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Also worked at BDC60

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Also worked at Boston Consulting Group867

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