About
Hi, I’m Johnnie Yu , a twenty-something year old consumer investor, brand nerd, and futurist currently living and working in New York City. I invest at Listen by day and sometimes create content by night.
My (investing-related) interests are in early-stage consumer brands that redefine category boundaries and rewrite conventional playbooks, especially brands that create products and services for previously underrepresented demographics.
Outside of investing, you can find my alter ego photographing and creating with emerging artists and fashion labels. I also run an AAPI-focused consumer syndicate, Cult-Classic, and occasionally mentor consumer brands on creative production and content strategy through Techstars and XRC Ventures.
Work Experience
2021 — Now
New York (remote)
2021 — Now
New York
2022 — Now
New York (remote)
2022 — 2023
New York
2021 — 2022
New York
2021 — 2021
Teaching Fellow & Program Assistant at NYU Stern School of Business
New York
2021 — 2021
New York (remote)
Features
Volunteering
2019 — Now
Shanghai, China (remote)
2022 — Now
2017 — 2020
Bukinda, Uganda (remote)
Speaking
2019
Breaking Boundaries at TEDxShanghaiAmericanSchool
Shanghai, China
Education
2018 — 2023
B.A. in Cinema Studies at New York University
New York
Contact
Website
Are.na
Letterboxd
Twitter
Instagram
Email