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Yichen Feng

Investor

Investment Director at Acumen America

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Yichen Feng is Investment Director at Acumen America, where she leads investment activities and focuses on founders building solutions for Americans affected by or at risk of poverty, particularly around how people live and work. She previously co-founded Lumos Capital Group, serving as principal, growth partner, and head of impact with a focus on edtech and the future of work at the growth equity stage, and earlier worked as a technology investment banker at Goldman Sachs on M&A and IPOs for internet and software companies. She holds a B.A. in social studies and visual arts from Harvard and an MBA from UVA, and is on faculty at the Just Economy Institute.

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Invests in

EdTechFuture of WorkImpact & Social Good

Experience

  1. Acumen AmericaInvestment Directorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. SK2 FundInvestment Committeecurrent2024 — present
  3. One Mighty MillInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  4. Kachuwa Impact FundCoop Member & Board Directorcurrent2024 — present
  5. PerplexityBusiness Fellowcurrent2025 — present
  6. Just Economy InstituteFaculty & Facilitatorcurrent2023 — present
  7. Lumos Capital GroupCo-Founder, Principal, Growth Partner, Advisory Boardcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  8. East Bay Permanent Real Estate CooperativeInvestor & Member Ownercurrent2020 — present
  9. HeadStarter NetworkAI and Tech Committee Leadcurrent2019 — present
  10. Space CraftInvestorcurrent2018 — present
  11. BookNook 📚Investor & Board Member2021 — 2023
  12. IronhackInvestor & Board Observer2020 — 2023
  13. On DeckCommunity Builders Fellow2021 — 2022
  14. Nova CreditHead of Asia Partnerships2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  15. Goldman SachsTechnology, Media and Telecommunications Investment Banking2014 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  16. Village CapitalEd Tech Program2014 — 2015Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  17. U.S. Department of StateConsultant2014 — 2015Chengdu, Sichuan, China
  18. AshokaConsultant2013 — 2014
  19. Teach for EgyptCo Founder2011 — 2012Egypt
  20. Amazon StudiosMarketing Associate2011 — 2012

Education

  1. Harvard UniversityBA2006 — 2010
  2. University of Virginia Darden School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (MBA)2013 — 2015
  3. Beijing Language and Culture UniversityHarvard Beijing Academy, Intensive Chinese Language
  4. Just Economy Institute

Skills & more

Public Speaking4Strategic Planning2Strategy7Non-profits7Research12Fundraising7Community Outreach6Data Analysis9Entrepreneurship19International Development6Public Policy3Market Research4
+8 moreSocial EntrepreneurshipQualitative ResearchGrant WritingProgram DevelopmentNonprofitsBusiness DevelopmentMarketingBusiness Strategy

Languages Chinese

From Yichen's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard University1,171

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGRyan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures

+ 1,165 more

Also attended University of Virginia Darden School of Business98

Cathy FriedmanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Daniel LynchInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Rajan MehraPartner at March Capital PartnersRob LudwigChief Operating Officer at Hoxton VenturesBrett BrohlManaging Partner at Bread And Butter Ventures, LlcKwame UlmerVenture Partner at Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health

+ 92 more

Also attended Beijing Language and Culture University26

Lindsey YeePrincipal at Starbridge Venture Capital LlcSophie StalkerOperations Director, Healthcare at Red Cell IncubationMick AguirrePrincipal, Strategy & Sustainability at Kickstart VenturesMurat AkuyevGeneral Counsel at Runa CapitalMinh DoChief Operating Officer at Animoca BrandsMathieu CostesOperating Partner at Airbus Ventures

+ 20 more

Also attended Just Economy Institute2

Ben FentonPartner at BFG PartnersChad DyerPartner at Full Spectrum Capital FoF

Shared employers

Also worked at BookNook 📚1

James TiengManaging Partner at Lumos Capital Group

Also worked at Nova Credit5

Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystIlya FushmanPartner at KPCBArvind AyyalaPartner at Geodesic CapitalWalker ForehandPresident and General Partner at Canapi VenturesIpshita AgarwalInvestor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)

Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,186

Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmNiki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 1,180 more

Also worked at Amazon Studios4

MATTHEW BALLInvestor at Makers FundRoss MartinGeneral Partner at Lunch PartnersJordan HutsonAssociate at Manhattan WestDougInvestor at VSC Ventures

Investments

Investor

One Mighty Mill

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Acumen America

Amon Anderson
Managing Partner at Acumen America
Carlyle Singer
President, Acumen at Acumen America
Catherine Casey Nanda
Managing Partner at Acumen America
Jacqueline Novogratz
Founder & CEO, Acumen at Acumen America
Lily Brown
Associate, Partnerships & Operations at Acumen America
Maya Makkawi
VP, Partnerships & Operations at Acumen America
Meaghan Gamboa
Associate, Investments at Acumen America
Miriam Rivera
Cofounder, Managing Director at Ulu Ventures