About

About Me
My current obsession is building AI tools and investing in them. I've personally invested in Gamma, Rork, Blaze AI, Please (formerly MultiOn), Better Brain, etc. Though I also invest to learn about unique business models (Beyond Health) and trends (Shield AI). I'm also a tiny LP in a couple of incredible emerging funds such as Shumer Capital (by Hyperwrite founder Matt Shumer).
My day job is Senior Director at Darwin Ventures, where besides investing I build AI-powered workflows for the team and handle external communications.
Prior to Darwin I had my own consultancy, Presentality, where we helped startups in Taiwan raise over $100M in venture funding and worked with public companies on their communication strategy. 
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Even prior to that I was a political staffer: first as special assistant to the president of the global organization of scientists under the United Nations (International Science Council), then as speechwriter to the president and vice-president of Taiwan. 
My Investments
Gamma
A new medium for presentations, powered by AI
When I invested: Seed, pre-revenue
Why: Used the product and loved it! Felt it was a new species and in fact defensible.
Status: 100M users, $100M ARR, Series B led by a16z at $2.1 billion valuation  
gamma.app
Instant Presentations, Websites, and More with AI | Gamma
Gamma is your free-to-use AI design partner
Beyond Health
Primary clinic roll-up and digitization play
When I invested: Series A
Why: Founder-market fit, biz model made sense, and top expert friends affirmed it.
Status: Fast growing and profitable. Revenue is higher than the valuation I invested at, that's always a good sign 😆 
BeyondHealth
Home One
Beyond Health provides a blend of in-person and virtual care aiming to reduce hospital and urgent care visits. We aim to restore community health, revolutionize chronic condition management, and provide quality healthcare at only the best standard.
Phaseshift 
AI to discover new materials for industrial use
When I invested: Seed
Why: Great technical team yet focused squarely on commercial application.
Status: Secured two large industrial applications and proving out its technology and approach 
Phaseshift Technologies | Alloy Design | Materials | Toronto
Home - Phaseshift Technologies | Alloy Design | Materials | Toronto
Accelerating materials engineering through our AI-powered Rapid Alloy Design (RAD)™ platform.
Shield AI 
AI powering drone swarms and other key military applications
When I invested: Late (secondary)
Why: 100% trend bet — defense tech rising with AI as driving force.
Status: Valuation 4x'd to over $12 billion within 2 years.
Shield AI
Shield AI
Autonomy for the world.

Please
When I invested this was MultiOn. Its pivoted from browser agents to life planning.
When I invested: Series A
Why: Betting that its AI agents would be embedded into Amazon and Samsung phones (both invested in the round).
Status: That… didn't happen. Pivoted.
please.ai
Please
Please AI is your one place for every plan, from trips with friends and dinner parties to life projects. Create personalized plans and plan smarter with AI.
Better Brain
When I invested it was SQL agent for data teams. Now its workflow automation.
When I invested: Seed
Why: Believed that all data teams would query and visualize data with agents.
Status: Pivoted and finding PMF
betterbrain.ai
BetterBrain
Intelligent workflow automation that understands your business.
Blaze AI
Marketing autopilot - generating weeks worth of content across Instagram, Tiktok and other platforms
When I invested: Series A
Why: Bullish on "autopilot" becoming a standard mode for creative and knowledge workers, and this team had the product + taste sense.
Status: Growing very fast
www.blaze.ai
Blaze | AI That Does Marketing For You
Blaze is the first agentic AI marketer that creates your strategy, auto-posts content, and learns from every post so your marketing drives more growth every week.
Parker
Data platform for US mobile home park investment
When I invested: Seed
Why: Betting on mobile homes as an asset class, demographic trends, and the founding team's charisma and drive
Status: Announced $50M to invest into >1,000 mobile home units
Parker
Invest in real estate's best kept secret
Invest with Parker
Rork
Vibe coding tool for building apps for iOS
When I invested: Seed
Why: "Lovable" for mobile obviously a thing. And focus — focused team, focused aim for iOS only would lead to edge.
Status: Growing very fast
Rork
Rork | Idea to mobile app in minutes
Rork builds complete, production-ready mobile apps from your description using AI and Expo (React Native)
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