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Yuan-Ting Meng

Investor

Investor at SOSV

Washington, District of Columbia

Writes $100K – $2M checks · typically $1M

About

Yuan-Ting Meng is Investment Lead for Africa at SOSV, a global venture capital fund with $1.5 billion in assets under management, where she builds and oversees the firm's African portfolio and network across 15+ companies in Asia and Africa. Previously, she worked at the World Bank advising on agricultural value chain digitalization and co-creating an innovation consortium with telecommunications companies, venture capital firms, and corporations, and at Intellecap-Sankalp Africa supporting financial inclusion initiatives and public-private partnerships with institutions including the African Development Bank and FAO. She has worked across multiple continents in roles focused on venture capital, agribusiness, and emerging market development finance.

Experience

  1. SOSVInvestment Lead, Africacurrent2021 — presentGlobal
  2. Harvard Business ReviewAdvisory Council Membercurrent2024 — present
  3. DIGITIMES AsiaColumnist, Africa Digital Techcurrent2021 — present
  4. The World BankDigital Agriculture & Open Innovation2017 — 2021Global
  5. IntellecapConsulting & Sankalp Africa2017Nairobi, Kenya
  6. umati capitalStrategic Project Management2016Nairobi, Kenya
  7. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Research, U.S. Leadership in Development2015Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  8. TechnoServeConsultant, Agri-Finance2015Gulu, Uganda
  9. Fletcher Social Investment Group (FSIG)Investment Associate2014 — 2015Greater Boston
  10. Innovations for Poverty ActionConsultant, Agriculture Sector Communication and Policy Impact Strategy2014Tamale, Ghana
  11. European External Action ServiceTrainee2013
  12. International Cooperation and Development Fund (Taiwan ICDF)Summer Project Researcher, Public Health and Medicine2012

Education

  1. The Fletcher School at Tufts UniversityMaster of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, Concentration: Development Economics; International Business Relations
  2. Harvard Kennedy SchoolMaster of Public Administration, Cross-Registrant
  3. National Taiwan Normal UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Chinese Language and Literature; English Language and Literature
  4. Leiden UniversityInternational Relations

Skills & more

English17Mandarin2Analytical SkillsStrategy4Design ThinkingSub-Saharan AfricaInternational Relations45International Development24Emerging MarketsVenture CapitalIntercultural Communication9Research21
+12 morePolicy AnalysisPartnership DevelopmentAgribusinessMarket ResearchNGOsEditingPoliticsTranslationPolitical ScienceNon-profitsPublic PolicyNonprofit Organizations
  • Venture Deals - Kauffman Fellows & Techstars — Kauffman Fellows
  • Future VC — Diversity VC
  • Hello Design Thinking — IDEO U
  • Design Thinking: Venture Design — LinkedIn
  • Market Segmentation at the Bottom of the Pyramid — Acumen

From Yuan-Ting's professional profile.

Colleagues at SOSV

Alan Clayton
Investor at SOSV
Alex Kopelyan
Partner at SOSV
Alexander Hall-Daniels
Principal at SOSV
Andrew Gollach
Partner at SOSV
Benjamin Joffe
Partner at SOSV
Bill Liao
General Partner at SOSV
Bradford Higgins
Venture Partner at SOSV
Cyril Ebersweiler
General Partner at SOSV

Frequently asked questions

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Yuan-Ting Meng typically writes checks of $100K – $2M.

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