About
Sally Yu joined King River Capital in 2021 and focuses on early-stage AI-native software startups, dividing her time between San Francisco and Sydney. Before King River, she was an Investment Banking Associate at Goldman Sachs, working on IPOs, equity raises and M&A transactions. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance, Accounting) from the University of New South Wales and sits on the boards of several portfolio companies.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Experience
- King River CapitalInvestment Principalcurrent2024 — presentSydney, San Francisco
- King River CapitalInvestment Associate2021 — 2024
- Australian Refugee Volunteers IncVolunteer Grants Managercurrent2025 — present
- Goldman SachsInvestment Banking Associate2018 — 2021
- UNSW Business SchoolResearch Assistant2016 — 2017
- NSW TreasuryFinance2016Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Skills & more
Financial Analysis7Research4Time Management12Accounting4Finance6Microsoft Excel7Microsoft Office5Teamwork20PowerPoint4Team Leadership3Microsoft Word5Public Speaking10
Languages Cantonese · English · Mandarin
- AI Ops Bootcamp – Certificate of Completion — Relevance AI
- Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification — Coursera
From Sally's professional profile.
Colleagues at King River Capital
Aiden Byrne
Fund Accountant at King River Capital
Berenice Lopez
Office Coordinator at King River Capital
Chris Barter
Co-Founder & Partner at King River Capital
Chris James
Partner at King River Capital
Dom Tayco
Partner, CFO & CCO at King River Capital
Ed Davies
Principal at King River Capital
Ellie Wong
Finance Director at King River Capital
Jack Daley
Investment Associate at King River Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sally Yu?
- Sally Yu joined King River Capital in 2021 and focuses on early-stage AI-native software startups, dividing her time between San Francisco and Sydney. Before King River, she was an Investment Banking Associate at Goldman Sachs, working on IPOs, equity raises and M&A transactions. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance, Accounting) from the University of New South Wales and sits on the boards of several portfolio companies.
- Where does Sally Yu work?
- Sally Yu is Principal at King River Capital.
- What does Sally Yu invest in?
- Sally Yu invests in AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where did Sally Yu go to school?
- Sally Yu studied at UNSW (Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting and Finance); University of Michigan (Bachelor's (Exchange Semester), Business and Psychology); North Sydney Girls High School.
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Shared employers
Also worked at King River Capital16
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