Edith Yeung

Partner

2019 - Current

Race Capital invests and partners with pre-seed, seed to Series A companies in the enterprise, developer tools, APIs, data privacy, collaboration, security, fintech infrastructure space.  I lead investments (pre-seed and seed) and work closely with our portfolio companies on go-to-market, strategy, growth, and fundraising. Some of my investments include Solana, FTX, Agora.io (Nasdaq: API), DayDayCook, Silk Labs (acquired by Apple), Chirp (acquired by Apple), Fleksy (acquired by Pinterest), Human (acquired by Mapbox), Oasis Labs, Nebulas, Hooked, AISense, and many more. To learn more > https://race.capital/

FoundersHK Mentor

2020

FoundersHK (港創人) is a nonprofit, a nonpartisan, and a Hong Kong-US-based organization. FoundersHK is a community where Hong Kong founders can get connected, get support from others, be mentored, and learn from each other. Our goal is to bridge and connect founders and tech leaders in both Silicon Valley and Hong Kong with the mission to build Hong Kong as the next tech hub of the world. To learn more > https://www.foundershk.com/

General Partner / Advisor

2014

I focus on investing in seed and early-stage startups -- aiming to fund founders with strong engineering excellence and the conviction in the use of technology to change how the world works. All key people (partners, LPs, advisors) involved in our fund have operational experience including user distribution, business development, marketing, growth mobile, PR, branding, M&A, etc.

Lecturer | Entrepreneurship and Innovation

2014 - 2019

Edith teaches Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Venture Capital Fundraising at UC Berkeley's Venture Capital Deal Bootcamp (Spring 2017, 2018, 2019) and Learn to Launch Program (2014 - Present).

Advisor

2014 - 2018

Strategies on user acquisition, business development and marketing at Dolphin.

General Manager

2011 - 2014

Marketing/Business Development/Corporate Strategy

2011 - 2013

Provide direction and define strategies for the company from branding, user acquisition, business development, funding, web strategy, communication and digital media efforts.

Founding Partner

2011 - 2014

We advise and invest in Cloud and Mobile early stage startups.

Board Member

2008 - 2014

Responsible for all social media and web marketing strategy for San Francisco Small Business Week. San Francisco Small Business Week (SF SBW) is a partnership that honors and supports San Francisco’s entrepreneurs and small businesses through a series of educational and networking events that inspire, educate and connect the business community. SF SBW is part of a national celebration of the contribution of small businesses and entrepreneurs. San Francisco takes great pride in being the home to over 75,000 small and new startup businesses. The annual SF SBW, is presented by Wells Fargo, produced in partnership with the Small Business Administration, The San Francisco Mayor’s Office, Small Business Commission, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, BizTechDay and the Golden Gate Business Association.

Founder

2008 - 2011

BizTechDay is one of the largest tech conferences and media companies in Silicon Valley. We create events where inspiring entrepreneurs, thought leaders, industry experts, investors and media rock stars gather, connect, and share the practical business ideas and technology strategies. Past speakers include: Craig Newmark Seth Godin Esther Dyson Lisa Gansky Scott Heiferman Tim Ferriss Dave McClure Peter Shankman Ben Huh Joan Barnes Chris McCann Megan Casey Simon Sinek Jessica Jackley Naval Ravikant And many more. Companies who have participated include: - CBS 5 - Intuit - Google - Yahoo! - Madrona Ventures - Comcast Business Class - Wells Fargo - HP - Visa - Meetup - Elance - Foursquare - Zynga - FOX 13 Seattle - Biznik - Infusionsoft - Constant Contact - 500 Startups - Startup Digest Media outlets who have participated include: Scobleizer Venture Hacks Entrepreneur Magazine PE Hub / Reuters Mashable Mercury news VentureBeat Technologizer FastCompany Techcrunch Read Write Web CBS 5 Startup Digest Smallbiztrends Forbes VatorNews CNN Money Gigaom For more info on BizTechDay, see: http://www.biztechday.com/what-is-biztechday/

Global Process Owner - Channel, Sales & Marketing Strategies

2006 - 2008

Responsible for strategy and process for channel sales, marketing and IT organizations.

Lead Program Manager - Sales Operations / IT

2006 - 2006

Responsible for all internal Siebel/CRM sales operations related programs and processes. Participated in Oracle/Siebel integration effort.

Lead Program Manager - Sales Operations / IT

2004 - 2005

Responsible for all internal sales operations related programs between Siebel Sales and IT organizations.

Principal/Senior/Associate Consultant - Telecommunication, Order management, Product and pricing

2000 - 2004

Subject matter expert in telecommunication, order management, product and pricing. Consulted with Fortune 500 companies including AT&T Wireless, Oracle, Siebel, Autodesk, Cisco Systems, Symantec, American Management Systems (AMS), Telstra Australia, Matav Hungary Telecom and Taiwan Semi-Conductor.