JY

Joanne Yuan

Partner, Co-Head of Investment Team at Turn/River Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview

Work Experience

  • Partner, Co-Head of Investment Team

    2017 - Current

    Turn/River specializes in buyouts, growth capital, founder liquidity, and spinouts of software companies too growth focused for PE, too capital efficient for VC, and too independent for strategics. With operational values and playbooks developed at software leaders, we unlock potential and drive 2-3x growth at scale. I led our investments in Paessler, PairSoft, CoSoSys and Invicti Security.

  • Associate Partner

    2014 - 2017

    Cowboy Ventures is a seed stage-focused venture fund. My lead investments have exceeded over $9 billion of value since investment.

  • Deal Lead, Corporate Development

    2014 - 2014

    Strategic investments and acquisitions across Google’s business units including Android, Nest, Google X, Hardware and Cloud.

  • Founding Team, Acquired by Strategic

    2013 - 2014

    Mobile app and SDK printing platform for photo books and prints from your phone. Featured by the Apple App Store and Google Play as one of the best apps of 2013. Acquired by a large commercial strategic.

  • Technology Investor

    2011 - 2013

    Diligence, acquisition and operational improvement of software and consumer internet companies. Expertise in subscriptions, ecommerce and content platforms, marketing services and data analytics.

  • Investment Banking, M&A Group

    2009 - 2011

    Mergers & Acquisitions transaction execution - financial modeling, market analysis and strategic advisory in the technology, media, consumer, retail, services, transportation and healthcare industries.

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