Emily Zhu
Investor at New York Life Insurance Company
Emily Zhu
Investor at New York Life Insurance Company
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2022 - Current
New York Life Ventures Select Portfolio: AltoIRA, Brella Insurance, Cogito, DataRobot, Delphix, Digital Currency Group (exited), Empathy, EvolutionIQ, H2O.ai, Kasa, Kingfield, Lynx.MD, Modern Life, Netskope, Norm Ai, Personal Capital (exited), Pivot, Propel, Reka, Scribe, Sentilink, Sigfig, SimplyInsured, SmartAsset, Strata, Truehold, ValidMind, Wellth
Advanced Markets Network is a division of New York Life Insurance Company, a Fortune 100 company. New
Strategic Transactions Group
2021 - 2022
Finance & Impact Investing
2020 - 2020
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Strategy & Policy, Office of the City Treasurer
2018 - 2018
Awarded Metcalf grant and devised strategy for inaugural $100 million municipal impact investing Catalyst Fund, in office with $8 billion operating portfolio. The Catalyst Fund focuses on small businesses and CDFIs; now being disbursed to businesses affected by COVID-19.
Research Intern
2017 - 2017
Corps Member
2015 - 2016
Worked full-time in AmeriCorps program during gap year at a high-need elementary school in East New York, Brooklyn. Served as an assistant teacher in third-grade classroom focusing on math, ELA, and social-emotional skills. Also created new academic after-school program with team and served as program director, as well as event planner for whole-school events.
City Year is an organization that recruits young people for community service in 24 U.S. cities, as well as London and Johannesburg.
Editorial/Education Research
2014 - 2014
Common Sense is dedicated to helping kids thrive in a world of media and technology.