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Katy Yam

Investor

Partner at Real Ventures and General Manager of FounderFuel at Inovia Capital · General Manager at FounderFuel

Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area

About

Katy Yam is a Partner at Real Ventures and General Manager of FounderFuel, with over 20 years of experience leading product, business intelligence and marketing teams across venture capital, AI, gaming, consumer packaged goods, telecommunications and nonprofits. Before Real Ventures, she spent three years at Element AI, helping scale the company from pre-Series A through its acquisition. She is active in the startup community as a mentor, guest lecturer and board member, and is ICD.D certified.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningEdTechFintechSaaSSector Agnostic

Experience

  1. Real VenturesPartnercurrent2021 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
  2. Real VenturesBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  3. Real VenturesGeneral Manager, FounderFuelcurrent2020 — presentMontreal, Canada Area
  4. Loto-QuébecMembre independante du conseil d'administration • Independent Board Membercurrent2020 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
  5. Loto-QuébecMember of the Development & Innovation Committeecurrent2021 — present
  6. Loto-QuébecMember of the Audit & Risk Management Committeecurrent2025 — present
  7. Réseau CapitalMembre independante du conseil d'administration • Independent Board Membercurrent2022 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
  8. Réseau CapitalPrésidente du comité de programmationcurrent2023 — present
  9. Réseau CapitalCo-présidente du comité d’Elle-Investcurrent2024 — present
  10. QV StudioIndependent Board Membercurrent2024 — presentSherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
  11. LE CAMPAdvisory Board Membercurrent2024 — present
  12. CDL-MontrealModerator - AI Streamcurrent2023 — present
  13. BioIntelligence TechnologiesBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
  14. BioIntelligence TechnologiesBoard Member2021 — 2023
  15. HALEO ClinicBoard Observercurrent2020 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
  16. TEDxMontréalProducer & Administratorcurrent2020 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
  17. TEDxMontréalLicensee, Producer & Head Curator2013 — 2020Montreal, Canada Area
  18. AxyaBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
  19. FounderFuelGeneral Managercurrent2020 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
  20. Eli HealthBoard Observer2022 — 2025

Education

  1. McGill UniversityBachelor of Commerce, Major in Marketing1997 — 2001
  2. University of Toronto - Rotman School of ManagementICD.D Certification2021 — 2022
  3. HEC MontréalBusiness Administration and Management, General2012 — 2014
  4. Ivey Business School Executive EducationTraining, Direct Personal Leadership2006

Skills & more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Risk AssessmentStartup DevelopmentVenture CapitalBoard GovernanceBoard AdministrationProduct Development16Budgeting1Advertising8Six Sigma5PlanningCross-functional Team Leadership27
+12 moreProject PlanningCoachingTrainingCustomer InsightBudgetsTeam BuildingMarketingMarketing StrategyManagementLeadershipStrategic PlanningStrategy

Languages English · French · Cantonese

From Katy's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended McGill University322

Harley FinkelsteinInvestor at Felicis VenturesMattias LjungmanInvestor at Moonfire VenturesNoubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship PioneeringDavid NaultGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalLaviva MazharPrincipal at Luge CapitalLisa PurcellInvestor at Third Rock Ventures

+ 316 more

Also attended University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management82

Clayton MacDougaldInvestment Director - Water at Emerald Technology Ventures AgLeah MorrisExecutive Director, Encode: AI for Science at Pillar VCGreg AllenPartner at ChrysalixIvan YuenInvestor at AgeTech CapitalTomi PoutanenCo-founder, Partner at Radical VenturesSarah FangPrincipal, Finance at Vanedge Capital

+ 76 more

Also attended HEC Montréal97

Frank BalasSenior Investment Director - Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures AgTom Espiard-CignacoPresident and Managing Director at CapagroNassim OliveGeneral Partner at Eterna CapitalGenevieve TanguayPartner at Panache VenturesEric Martineau-FortinFounder & Managing Partner at White Star CapitalJean-Francois MarcouxCo-Founder & Managing Partner at White Star Capital

+ 91 more

Also attended Ivey Business School Executive Education7

Alex McIsaacGeneral Partner at Inovia CapitalJordan McFarlenManaging Director at Conexus Venture CapitalBritt BowraInvestor at Roseview Global IncubatorRob RussellPartner at EmmertechRyan St. GermaineEntrepreneur in Residence at Raven CapitalCarolyn BestBoard Member at Women's Equity Lab

+ 1 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Réseau Capital10

Melissa BelecVice President, Investor Relations at Panache VenturesChristophe BourqueGeneral Partner at White Star CapitalChris ArsenaultFounder and Partner at Inovia CapitalJean-François PariseauPartner at Amplitude Venture CapitalInès HolzbaurFounder and Managing Partner at AmorChemKalthoum BouacidaGeneral Partner at AQC Capital

+ 4 more

Also worked at QV Studio1

Martin LaforestDirecteur Stratégie Quantique at ACET Capital

Also worked at Zeffy2

Sebastien BoyerVenture Partner at Basis Set VenturesJim TexierPartner at Framework Venture Partners

Also worked at Nectar Technologies1

Mike KreadenPartner at FirsthandVC

Colleagues at Inovia Capital

Alex Barrett
General Partner at Inovia Capital
Alex McIsaac
General Partner at Inovia Capital
Alex Norman
Partner at N49P
Alice Reimer
Co-Founder & Venture Partner at Inovia Capital
Andre Charoo
Founder & Managing Partner at Inovia Capital
Andrew Biddell
Analyst at Inovia Capital
Arie Koifman
Investor at Inovia Capital
Catherine Zhang
Investor at Inovia Capital