Art of Problem Solving

Harvard University

Harvard Business School

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kent Place School

University of Pennsylvania

Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics

UC Irvine

AwesomeMath Summer Program

Online School for Girls

The Johns Hopkins University

Young People's Institute

Cross Roads Camp and Retreat Center

Pingry School

Harvard 2019  -  VC @ Soma Capital  -  Head of Content @ Elpha (YC S19) & Harvard in Tech  -  EIR at Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs

Greater New York City Area

Reach me at <a href="mailto:jessica@somacap.com!Soma">jessica@somacap.com!Soma</a> Capital invests across consumer, enterprise, fintech, hardware, and healthcare. We have invested seed in the likes of Cruise, Rappi, Astranis, Embarktrucks, Razorpay, Lambda School, Flutterwave, and Ironclad. Soma Capital's portfolio has a combined valuation of over $35 billion. I worked on investments (primarily in enterprise software) in companies including Ramp, Workstream, Forager, API Tracker, Rosebud AI, Datasaur, Ditto Words, Slingshow, Yearend, Daily Gem, Flowdash, Flatfile, Curative, Embrace, Secureframe, Sora, Zaam, Battlecard, ElectroNeek, and Paragon. Special projects: 1) created technical talent database of 300+ candidates to help portfolio companies hire, 2) created centralized mentorship/services/knowledge database in Webflow for companies, 3) created ~200 global female founders network, 4) ran 3 events with 500+ people in attendance, 5) completed case studies and aggregate analysis on 230+ companies, and 6) launched a fellowship for aspiring founders with 400+ applicants <a href="https://www.somacap.com/">https://www.somacap.com/</a>

Soma Capital

Investor

Bow Capital is Soma Capital's sister fund focused on Series A/B investments; reach out to me if you are raising a Series A or B at <a href="mailto:jessica@bowcapital.com">jessica@bowcapital.com</a>

Bow Capital

Zane Venture Fund

Mentor

The Loop Network

The Emerging Venture Capitalist Association (EVCA) is a non-profit dedicated to supporting the emerging (pre-partner) VC community. We currently have 550 members representing over 412 venture firms. EVCA is generously supported by Silicon Valley Bank.Apply on our website: <a href="http://www.evca.orgCheck">www.evca.orgCheck</a> out our Twitter page for more info: <a href="https://twitter.com/joinEVCA">https://twitter.com/joinEVCA</a>

EVCA

Content Lead

Alchemist is a venture-backed accelerator focused on accelerating the development of seed-stage ventures that monetize from enterprises (not consumers). The accelerator’s primary screening criteria are on teams, with primacy placed on having distinctive technical co-founders. The organization provides seed investment into companies it admits (typically $36K) and provides founders a structured path to traction, fundraising, mentorship, and community over the course of a 6-month program. Our backers include many of the top corporate and VC funds in the Valley -- including Khosla Ventures, DFJ, Cisco, GE, next47(Siemens), and Salesforce, among others. The accelerator seeds around 75 enterprise-monetizing ventures/year. Notable alumni include LaunchDarkly, Rigetti Quantum Computing, mPharma, Matternet, and Mightyhive.

Alchemist Accelerator

Go Paladin

Hatchub

Advisor

Ramp

Forager

API Tracker

Alumni Ventures Group

Expert

Yale University

Yale Advisory Board for Diversity, Equity, and Digital Health

WorkstreamHQ

Hosting office hours for founders & investors and working on my own idea around intelligent automated ways to curate opportunities for operators & hires for startup founders 

Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur In Residence

Lagree pilates studio based in the Bay Area

CORE40 Studios

Intern/Teacher in Training

Reach me at <a href="mailto:jessica@harvardintech.com!Writing">jessica@harvardintech.com!Writing</a> a newsletter (distribution to 10K+ people) featuring Harvard alums in tech and opportunities to connect with the Harvard alumni community globally - reach out if interested in being featured, attending an event, or staying in the loop!I also organize events in SF and virtual events globally attended by hundreds of members worldwide. 

Harvard in Tech

Director of Content, Global Board

Interested in being featured or know someone who may be a fit? Interested in hiring on Elpha? Email me at <a href="mailto:jessica@elpha.com!Elpha">jessica@elpha.com!Elpha</a> (YC S19) is a platform for women to speak candidly online. We have 26K+ members. I lead featured posts and office hours! In the past, I have interviewed and held office hours with: Founder of GlossierFounder of EviteFounder of Scale AI Chief of Staff at Glossier/COO at HausMarketing VP at Equinox, Kate Spade, AmazonFounder of The Wing Founder of Cowboy VC Employee #1 at BrexCOO at Fast & prev Head of Product Operations at Uber Lead Designer at Superhuman Chief of Staff at Catalyte COO at the the Techstars Barclays AcceleratorHarvard Kennedy School, Harvard Business School researchers 

Elpha

Head of Content (YC S19)

Reach me at <a href="mailto:jessica.li@alumni.harvard.edu">jessica.li@alumni.harvard.edu</a>!

Class of 2019 Bay Area Alumni Activities Chair, Gift Committee 

Reach me at <a href="mailto:jessica.li@startupdigest.com">jessica.li@startupdigest.com</a>! And join 15K+ others and subscribe to my newsletter here: <a href="http://eepurl.com/D2dKH">http://eepurl.com/D2dKH</a>

Techstars

Head Boston Startup Digest Curator, Mentor 

I write about startups and venture - follow me @jessli (<a href="https://medium.com/@jessli)Have">https://medium.com/@jessli)Have</a> a topic/company you want to see covered? Message me on LinkedIn or reach me at <a href="mailto:jessica.feiya.li@gmail.com">jessica.feiya.li@gmail.com</a>

Medium

Startups/VC Columnist

Reach me at <a href="mailto:jessica@tcr.org!Grew">jessica@tcr.org!Grew</a> the business globally to include 18 employees, 30K in revenue, dozens of clients 

The  Concord Review Academic Coaching Service

Founder, Manager

New company of AppNexus founder, focusing on mental health and wellness 

LiveBetter

Growth & Product (Ambassador)

Fund focused on research driven innovation in healthcareInvolved in fund modeling, investment evaluation, network building, scout and venture program founding, and trends research

Alix Ventures

Founding Venture Partner

<a href="https://accelerated.carrd.co/Charles">https://accelerated.carrd.co/Charles</a> River Ventures 

Accelerated

Scout

Teaching Fellow for Advanced Macroeconomics 

Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Teaching Fellow

<a href="https://www.allocommunity.com/">https://www.allocommunity.com/</a>

Allo

Strategy & Research Intern (YC W19)

Penguin Random House

Marketer

Rialto is a 360° command center for curated and high-performing founders, institutional investors, vetted talent, corporate innovation departments, and more. <a href="https://medium.com/@kevinfung/rialto-announces-launch-of-a-360-command-center-for-high-performing-startup-operators-d4cd4bd52098">https://medium.com/@kevinfung/rialto-announces-launch-of-a-360-command-center-for-high-performing-startup-operators-d4cd4bd52098</a>

Rialto, Inc.

Head Of Startup Research

Harvard Initiative for Teaching and Learning, Office of the President and Provost of Harvard University 

Head of Education Technology Community, HILT - Harvard University Office of the President, Provost

- 4Bn of capital, investments include Slack, HelloFresh, Delivery Hero, Zalando, Facebook, LinkedIn, Away, and Italic, Venture arm of Rocket Internet (ETR: RKET)

Global Founders Capital

Investor, Female Founders Community Lead

Portfolio includes Maven (raised $27 million Series B), WayUp, Rent the Runway, Eloquii (acquired by Walmart), Zola, and Thrive GlobalExpert network includes the co-founder of Stitch Fix and SoulCycle as well as the former COO of PandoraInvestors include Melinda Gates, Hayley Barna (first woman GP of First Round Capital), and Reshma Saujani (Girls Who Code founder)

Female Founders Fund

Co-Lead of the National Venture Fellows Program

Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family Foundation (LeanIn.Org  -  OptionB.Org)

Circle Founder

Morgan Stanley

Harvard Student Ambassador

10 year, $200M fund, $250K - $8M/investment, research driven B2B technology innovation <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2019/05/01/this-seed-stage-vc-founder-sold-his-entire-first-fund-at-a-4x-profit-will-others-follow/">https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2019/05/01/this-seed-stage-vc-founder-sold-his-entire-first-fund-at-a-4x-profit-will-others-follow/</a>

Romulus Capital

Venture Team Lead

General Catalyst's seed and pre-seed university fund RDV's portfolio includes 175 companies, 300+ founders, 550+ jobs created, and $230mm+ in follow on seed capital raised. Our portfolio companies have been backed by Y Combinator, Thiel Fellowship, TechStars, MassChallenge, BoxGroup, LHV, SVAngel, and more. I led investments in:Cloud AgronomicsTracFloSEASON 3VerstaanTrio Aloha

Rough Draft Ventures

Partner

Seeking Alpha

Ambassador, Former Investment Researcher

10-week computer science course for underserved Boston communities 

Digital Literacy Project

Computer Science Teaching Fellow, Boston Public Schools

Advised by Professor Oliver Hart, winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Economic SciencesReceived Harvard's Morris Kronfeld Prize for my research

Senior Honors Thesis Researcher

Conducted co-authored research with Professor Robert Lawrence - Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, prior Senior Fellow at Brookings Institute, and prior member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers 

Harvard Kennedy School

Trade Theory and Policy Researcher

118 Capital, Inc.

Venture Diligence Fellow

Global Technology Investment Banking Group, Global Capital MarketsSelected transaction experience (all bookrunner role, lead/co-lead): Domo $222 million IPO, Bloom Energy $311 million IPO, Sonos $280 million IPOReceived return offer to join the firm full time

Summer Analyst

TAAZU is a blockchain e-commerce platform in 75 million token ICO presale phase with patented XKU technology, 100K unique downloads, $1 million first round fund (in process of raising $5 million equity round and $15 million token round via Panamax), recognition from Yahoo, global partners of PayPal, FedEx, and SAP, and international operations.

Taazu

Board Member

ProMazo is a professional development platform for students to gain real world consulting experience through providing consulting services for Fortune 500 clients across a range of industries (clients include Google, BlackRock, Charles Schwab, Fidelity, Whirlpool, IBM, and Unilever). 

ProMazo

Founding Harvard Board Member, Head of Inreach

Built a comprehensive deck (visuals, graphs, models, and written analysis) for Charles Schwab executives with problem summary and solution proposal that would lead to a projected over 80% decrease in system downtime and 20MM increase in revenues 

Charles Schwab

Securities Lending Technology Consultant

Harvard tutor in economics, statistics, computer science, sociology, and psychology courses

Economics Question Center Tutor, Economics Peer Tutoring Fellow, Bureau of Study Counsel Tutor

Northwestern Mutual is a fortune 100 company and one of the top financial services mutual organizations; I worked on the portfolio management team's $220Bn portfolio strategy  

Northwestern Mutual

Investment Strategy and Portfolio Management Analyst Intern

Harvard University Employees Credit Union (HUECU)

Founding Student Advisor, Scholarship Review Committee

Organized biweekly meetups for all involved in financial services relevant sectors

Wall Street Oasis

Boston Community Chair

Morning Brew is a business newsletter with readers and subscribers from over 50 countries, all 50 US states, and well over 100 universities. The platform has over 1M subscribers and was Forbes 30 under 30.

Morning Brew

Head of Strategy

Microsoft

Harvard Student Partner

Invited to review manuscripts on microbial fuel cells, microbial desalination, stability analysis, resource management, and predator prey models

Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. USA

Peer Reviewer in Mathematical/Computer Modeling and Chemical/Environmental Engineering

<a href="https://www.realworldplaybook.com/">https://www.realworldplaybook.com/</a> is building the next gen personal finance tool for new graduatesRWP's advisors include Jean Case (Chairman of National Geographic) and clients include Jet Blue and Macy's as well as dozens of universities nationwide.  

real world playbook

National Campus Ambassador Program Founder, Strategy Consultant 

Acquisto Financial Advisory LLP is a global boutique investment bank (with members in the USA, India, France, and Hong Kong) whose services include cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions advisory as well as capital raising.

Acquisto Financial Advisory LLP

Mergers and Acquisitions Analyst Intern

LinkedIn

Harvard Campus Editor, Business Leadership Program Associate Mentee

Roundview Capital is an independent investment management and advisory firm for high net worth families and institutions with $700M AUM. 

Roundview Capital, LLC

Asset Management Analyst

Meister Consultants Group (MCG) is an international sustainability consulting firm specializing in renewable energy policy and strategy development. MCG advises its clients in the United States and over 25 countries across the globe on new strategies in fields such as energy, climate, water, and mobility.

Meister Consultants Group

Management Consultant and Research Intern

The Charles River Growth Fund

Managing Partner

bSmart is an international women's empowerment community and platform startup. bSmart has been recognized by The Huffington Post, Her Campus, Vice, and Fox Business. The platform has 2K+ monthly active users. It is incubated by Million Dollar Women. 

bSmart Guide

Hugs for Ghana is an entirely student run 501(c)3 international nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting children in Ghana, West Africa through grassroots projects and collected gift item donations. The organization has been recognized by the YMCA, the Boys and Girls Club, and Coca-Cola. 

Hugs for Ghana

Global Finance Director

The New York Times

Harvard Marketing Representative

Retask (retask.io) is an award-winning enterprise software startup incubated at the Harvard Innovation Lab and acquired by Staketrak. 

Harvard Innovation Labs

Business Development Intern

World's largest student run company, managed multi-million dollar businesses since age 18, 100/100 net promoter score

Harvard Student Agencies

Finance Board/Web Fulfillment/Boston Apparel Company Manager, Math/Statistics/Computer Science Tutor

- 1 Bestselling Technology Book in China, Simon & Schuster Published, Endorsed by Inventor of Wi-Fi as well as leaders of Adobe and Facebook India 

Online Gravity

Publicity Assistant

Founding member of the Fiscal Challenge team at Harvard - completed original research, policy design, and data analysis to reduce the debt to GDP ratio by 75% in the next 25 yearsAdvised by Lawrence Summers, prior Chief Economist of the World Bank and US Secretary of Treasury 

Fiscal Policy Researcher

The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is a collaboration between the Harvard College Observatory and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory to study physical processes that determine the nature and evolution of the universe. 

Research Assistant

Zomida is an early stage startup hosted by the Harvard Innovation Lab’s Venture Incubator Program.

Strategy and Development Associate

Luxe is a San Francisco based tech startup that has raised $25 million in venture funding from Google Ventures and others. Luxe was acquired by Volvo in 2017. 

Luxe

Operations and Marketing Intern

Uber

Brand Ambassador

McKinsey & Company

Young Women's Leadership Program Participant

Scientista is a national organization that empowers women interested in science, technology, engineering and math fields through writing and sharing articles, creating support networks, and organizing conferences; Scientista is the largest network of campus women across STEM disciplines. As a blogger intern for Scientista, I • Wrote articles mostly on women in STEM, including articles providing guidance for high school aged young women to become more involved in STEM and encourage others to do so as well• Have had multiple articles published on the Scientista website, which has over 1,000 subscribers and almost 8,000 social media followers. • My article on Lise Meitner received thousands of views in around 2 days• Added a unique perspective and contributed articles that would also appeal to and guide a new group of readers: students, especially young women, in high schoolPlease see the Publications section of my profile with more information on my Scientista published pieces. 

The Scientista Foundation

Blogger Intern

MIT PRIMES-USA is an intensive year round mentorship program that allows select high school students to be matched with a mentor to collaborate on a mathematics research project of mutual interest. As a participant in MIT PRIMES-USA, I  •  Was one of 13 students in the nation selected to participate in the MIT PRIMES-USA program, a year-round math research mentorship program•  Worked on a project on the modeling of snowflake growth using hexagonal automata in partnership with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Illinois Geometry Research Lab •  Received multiple national honors and awards for my project (see Honors and Awards section) •  My published paper was cited by the Head of the Caltech physics department, Kenneth Libbrecht

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

MIT PRIMES-USA, Mathematics Researcher

Hands4Others is a nonprofit organization that empowers youth worldwide to work with each other to solve the global water crisis. With Hands4Others, I • Recruited prospective volunteers largely through online platforms such as VolunteerMatch• Found and created the position that is best fit for volunteers based on their interests, background, and availability• Managed volunteers through providing the appropriate guidance and training to do their best in their respective roles• Created, expanded, promoted, and managed the high school outreach intern position and the university outreach intern position, especially for the World Water Day Walk4Water Campaign 2015• Founded and led the New Jersey Chapter that generates awareness for the cause locally• Ran and iteratively improved targeted ads through Google AdWords based on analyzing data from Google Analytics • Maximized the impact of Hands4Others promotional campaigns, marketing ads, and other content• Created fundraising catalogs to be distributed to prospective volunteers nationwide to help them discover and implement fundraising initiatives• Utilized the fundraising catalogs I created to help launch Hands4Others Team and Campaigns, a new initiative seeking to empower youth to become more involved with Hands4Others in their respective communities• Conducted research (thousands of participants, nationwide reach) on youth philanthropy and plan to share my findings and information about the organization with potential donors

Hands4Others

Volunteer Coordinator, Analytics Manager, New Jersey Leader, Researcher

The Junior States of America is a national student run organization for individuals interested in pursuing politics, government, foreign affairs, law, and education through local conferences, regional and national conventions, summer programs, and more. As the website content manager of the Mid Atlantic State Junior States of America, I •  Managed the website content through creating a plan for what would be posted on the website and when and coordinated this plan with the timing of regional and national Junior States of America events as well as major political events •  Helped create promotional videos for events, including Winter Congress, which was attended by over 1,000+ individuals worldwide•  Reached out to people to write articles for the website and edited article submissions •  Helped with various tasks in the Gubernatorial Cabinet such as planning and organizing Junior States of America events

The Junior Statesmen Foundation

Mid Atlantic State Website Content Manager, Gubernatorial Cabinet

International Professors Project is a nonprofit that seeks to connect individuals and organizations to improve education worldwide, especially in the developing world. With International Professors Project, I • Founded and taught the research mentorship with Philippine undergraduate students• Started the Environmental Science Student Group, an international platform for students to collaborate on environmental science research and activism projects, discuss environmental science, and be matched with mentors in their environmental science endeavors; the group now has almost 1,000 members worldwide • Worked with the marketing and human resources teams to develop plans for promoting the Environmental Science Student Group, recruiting members, managing volunteers, coordinating activities within and related to the group, and leveraging social media platforms for the group • Marketed MIT Climate CoLab and consulted the group on potential partnerships • Worked as a statistics and probability and Mandarin curriculum designer and instructor • Designed STEM curricula for underprivileged students in partnership with World Possible, Skynotch, and Lightyear Foundation

Jessica Li