Food for Thought - Silicon Valley Global Venture Capital - Big Market Bets for a Better World
Tiffine Wang, Partner at MS&AD Ventures, an early stage Silicon Valley based global fund backed by Mitsui Sumitomo & Aioi Nissay Dowa (MS&AD) Group will speak to us about making investments around the world (e.g. US, Europe, Singapore/South East Asia, Israel) and how venture capital can be utilized for “good”. She’s passionate about investing in big market bets that positively impacts humanity. Tiffine will give an overview of her firm and introduce a few of her portfolio companies that’s transforming the world we live in. There will be an Q&A session after.
Her investment areas include: Data Driven Fintech/Financial Inclusion, InsurTech, Artificial Intelligence, Impact/Sustainability, Mobility, Digital Health, Enterprise/Security.
Tiffine was voted as one of the Top 10 Emerging Leaders in Corporate Venture Capital by GCV in 2021.
She previously spent 5 years with Singtel Group, working on investments and strategic partnerships, bridging new technologies from North America to South East Asia and Australia.
She held positions in various global accelerator programs including AngelHack, European Innovation Academy (Portugal, Qatar, Italy, France, China) and Alchemist Accelerator.
Prior to moving into tech/venture, she worked in economic & workforce development. She serves as an Industry Fellow for the Center of Entrepreneurship and Technology (CET) at the University of California, Berkeley and sits on the Advisory Board of UC Santa Cruz's Center for Analytical Finance. Tiffine received her B.A. in Psychology & Sociology from University of California, Davis.
