About Jonathan

I'm an investor relations and finance executive based in the San Francisco Bay Area — currently a Board Director at Hectre, a Venture Partner at Scrum Ventures, and a strategic advisor to companies building transformative AI and software across agriculture, climate, logistics, and food-tech. I bring a rare blend of late-stage IR, growth-stage corporate strategy, and early-stage venture experience to help teams communicate value and close deals. My story starts between Texas, Tokyo, and Taipei. I grew up Taiwanese American with eight formative years in Japan and Taiwan — a tri-cultural upbringing that taught me how stories land differently across cultures, and how context, more than credentials, often determines what gets funded. I studied History at Rice because what moves investors is fundamentally a human question, then sharpened my analytical edge at Cornell. As a student, I launched two businesses — both created real value, neither survived — and that gave me lasting respect for every founder who bets on themselves. I've built my career at the intersection of capital, story, and strategy. I started at THRIVE, SVG Ventures' award-winning agtech accelerator, running full-cycle deal selection, diligence, and program management for early-stage founders building the future of food. I then moved into venture at Scrum Ventures, investing as a generalist across deep tech and food supply chain — including a nine-figure exit. From there, I crossed to the operator side at GrubMarket, a $2B+ revenue pre-IPO food-tech unicorn, where I built the company's IR and capital markets infrastructure from scratch — orchestrating nearly $300M across multiple rounds, driving a 3.5x valuation increase, and running full IPO readiness with Tier-1 Wall Street banks. Along the way, I launched a sustainability initiative that planted 150,000 trees and helped ten farmers transition to organic certification. Today, I advise high-growth tech companies on fundraising, investor relations, and the art of building stories that close. Off the clock, you'll find me at SF tech meetups or on the tennis courts, because every good investor knows when to press the advantage and when to just keep the ball in play.