Eddy Lee
Partner at Coffee Ventures / VP at Engie Factory APAC / NOC Instructor at National University of Singapore
Schools
- National University of Singapore
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Biography
National University of Singapore
Eddy – currently the Managing Partner of Coffee Ventures – has invested in over 50 startups predominantly in the US, Singapore and Indonesia. Interest areas include Fintech, Healthcare, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, and Marketplace technologies. has invested in over 50 startups predominantly in the US, Singapore and Indonesia. Interest areas include Fintech, Healthcare, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, and Marketplace technologies.
Eddy relocated from Silicon Valley and co-founded Coffee Ventures to tackle unmet needs in emerging markets. The early-stage fund focuses on people development, product-market iteration, and go-to-market strategy. At Stanford University, he mentored at the StartX incubator and was formerly a consulting professor. He has also devised a medical imaging technology for visualizing stem cell migration and therapy.
In his early career, Eddy was also a designer for semiconductor chips at Marvell, a NASDAQ-listed Southeast Asia success story which he hopes his portfolio startups could one day emulate.
Companies
- VP Engie Factory APAC (2019)
- NOC Instructor National University of Singapore (2018)
- Partner Coffee Ventures (2016)
- Consulting Assistant Professor Stanford University (2011 — 2017)
- Head of Investments Pegasus Tech Ventures (2011 — 2015)
- Design Engineer Marvell Semiconductor (2001 — 2003)
- Design Engineer Lucent Technologies (2000 — 2001)
Education
- Commercialization and Product Development Fellow Stanford University (2011 — 2012)
- Research Fellow The University of Queensland (2010 — 2011)
- PhD National University of Singapore (2003 — 2009)
- PhD Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (2005 — 2009)
- B.Eng Nanyang Technological University (1997 — 2001)
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