A. Richard Newton Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series

Olivia Wang, who founded ZhenFund’s U.S. office ($1.6B AUM, partnership with Sequoia Capital China) and ran its cross-border investments for over five years, is continuing her work investing in early-stage companies in computational biology, healthcare, and tech. Her vision is to partner with exceptional, US-based founders and provide them with an unparalleled network and unique insights to global markets like Asia. Olivia’s early-stage investments include Synthego, Substack, Tagomi, Bolt Payments, Transcriptic/Strateos, Spring Discovery, Osaro, and Xtalpi (board observer). She was also a board member and early employee at Huobi, and the Chinese internet specialist at Credit Suisse in New York. Olivia graduated from John Hopkins University and Phillips Andover Academy. She was named one of Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30’ for venture capital.