Janie Yu

Partner at Fung Capital

Janie Yu

Janie is a partner at Fung Capital, one of the few venture capital firms with 100% focus on B2B technology companies that enable omni-channel commerce and improve supply chain efficiency. Some of the companies include Narvar, Celect, Flow, Tulip Retail, ThirdChannel, Centric, Hooklogic, Olapic, GTNexus, etc.

Fung Capital is the investment arm of the Fung family in Hong Kong which separately controls the Fung Group that sources, distributes, and retails consumer products globally. The Fung Group of companies include Li & Fung, Global Brands Group, and Fung Retailing, with over US$25 billion in total revenues and 45,000 employees in over 40 countries.

Prior to joining Fung Capital, Janie was with Burt's Bees, learning about different aspects of the retail industry. Before starting her business career, she was a journalist for BBC and PRI's "The World", reporting in China.

Janie obtained her M.A. degree from Harvard University, where she received the prestigious Fung Fellowship, sponsored by the Victor and William Fung Foundation. Janie grew up in China and received her B.A. in journalism from Communications University of China, graduating with first-class honor.