Jade Le
Venture Partner at SoTech Ventures
Jade Le
Venture Partner at SoTech Ventures
Los Angeles, California
Overview
Work Experience
Impact Investing + Corp Dev
2021 - Current
We're on a mission to help students succeed. We focus on innovative solutions in postsecondary education and the future of work, with a particular lens on solutions positively impacting underserved students and communities. We invest (check sizes up to 20M+ varying by stage) in seed, series A-C, follow-on growth equity, as well as conduct strategic M&A transactions into our family of companies. I'm always looking for amazing double bottom line (impact + financial returns) companies to support. Please send a short note and deck my way if I can help. And bonus points from me if you're an underrepresented minority (eg refugee/woman/lgbtq/poc/veteran/have a disability/etc) in your field, would love to connect and learn more about you/your work!
VC Investments Team (LA)
2021
The Fund is a pre-seed venture capital fund investing in startups alongside other top-tier venture funds globally--in New York, Los Angeles, Rockies, The Midwest, London, Australia, India and more. We're a community of founders and operators who care deeply about the next generation of local entrepreneurs. I help cover the local LA / SoCal, Hawaii, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada geographic areas. If you, or someone you know, has that brilliant startup idea you just can't help but make happen, shoot me a note to discuss
Elected Board Member
2020
Proud to be one of the youngest members elected to the Board of Directors. Here to help advocate for underrepresented voices and push for initiatives that support those communities. If you're a Harvard alum in the SoCal area, I want to connect with you. Share with me how I can help. jadele@post.harvard.edu Tech Committee, Board Nominations Committee, Emergency Funds Committee (providing economic relief grants for under-resourced Harvard students, mostly COVID related so far), Recent Grads Committee
Venture Partner
2020
SoTech Ventures specializes in unlocking access to $890B in assets held within philanthropic institutions by providing investors with an innovative operating model that allows their assets to be seamlessly transitioned between private and non-profit corporate structures.
Business Development Executive
2019
www.fulldome.pro | www.360art.pro | www.wisdome.la Wisdome.LA is the premier site for 360° productions and is the LA showroom for Fulldome.pro domes (the same domes used at Coachella and Burning Man, and by corporate clients including Marvel, Facebook, Sony, E3, Canon, LiveNation, CocaCola, Westfield Malls, and more). We invite you to come experience this visual oasis in the heart of DTLA/Arts District! Contact jade@wisdome.la or rentals@wisdome.la for more information.
Advisor, International DEI Recruitment
2018
The Coding School specializes in making emerging fields like quantum computing, AI, and cyber security accessible. We’re dedicated to increasing diversity in the field of computer science by ensuring we reach underrepresented students who are disadvantaged in traditional education environments including girls, minorities, students with learning disabilities, low SES students and students from rural communities. In addition to a number of other programs, like workshops and camps, TCS offers large-scale virtual courses with live instruction for K-12 credit, reaching up to 7.5K students in a given course. By 2022, TCS trained 40K+ students from 125 countries; had partnerships with universities and corporations like Stanford/Caltech/Johns Hopkins and Amazon/Google/IBM etc. TCS was also recently asked to join the White House's K-12 quantum education partnership, Q12.
Social Impact Innovation Fellow: Impact Investing Group
2018 - 2019
StartingBloc believes that growing transformative leadership is one of the greatest leverage points across all systemic challenges: climate change, social justice, poverty, education, and more. Leaders shape public narrative, organizational design, and more broadly, cultural norms. StartingBloc believes that investing in people, both their personal development and their professional skill set, is how we might accelerate the pace of cultural shift towards a more life sustaining, thriving world.
US Activator
2017 - 2019
SheEO is a global initiative focused on building an innovative new model to finance, support, and celebrate women-led Ventures that are creating a better world. The signature initiative #RadicalGenerosity calls upon 1000 Activators in 1000 cities each donating $1000 (+$100 for admin costs) to create a $1B perpetual fund that will support women entrepreneurs for generations to come. Selected women-led ventures are provided with zero-interest loans and access to the women's networks, buying power, and expertise to grow their businesses. Loans are paid back over 5 years and then loaned out again, creating a perpetual fund which will be passed on to our daughters, granddaughters, great-granddaughters, and beyond.
Impact/Venture Investments & Programs
2017 - 2018
Founded by billionaire inventor Dr. Gary K. Michelson who holds over 950 patents, the Michelson 20 Million Minds Foundation supports and invests in leading-edge entrepreneurs, technologies, models, policies, and initiatives with the potential to improve equity, access, and efficacy in postsecondary education (higher ed, workforce development, lifelong learning, et al).
Impact/Venture Investments & Programs
2017 - 2018
A partnership between Michelson 20MM Foundation and Runway Incubator, Michelson Runway is the world’s first social impact edtech accelerator dedicated to supporting innovations in higher education and career training. Are you working on something that improves equity, access, and efficacy in postsecondary education (higher ed, workforce development, and/or lifelong learning), let's chat to see how we can help amplify your impact and success. While our investment criteria is broader, I'm personally interested in the applications of frontier tech (AI, AR/VR, and blockchain, et al) to postsecondary education innovations and better serving refugee, immigrant, and/or other minority populations. Additionally, I'd like to support and invest in more female founders and other minority groups, and to serve as a voice and advocate for traditionally marginalized groups in the tech and financing industries.