Cookie Yu
Investment Director at Samsung Ventures
Islands District, Hong Kong, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCookie Yu is an Investment Director with nine years of experience translating biomedical science into high-conviction venture investments across gene therapy, oncology, and early-stage biotech. With a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and hands-on lab experience in microfluidics and cardiac optogenetics, she blends rigorous scientific literacy with financial modeling to quantify clinical and market risk. At Samsung Ventures and previously Pappas Capital, she has led diligence and board-level engagement as investor or observer for companies like Latus Bio and CuraSen, spotting early trends that others miss. Comfortable bridging technical and business audiences, she distills complex research into actionable investment theses and financial impact. Cookie’s network spans entrepreneurs, VCs, and experts in data science and ML, enabling cross-disciplinary sourcing and value creation. An engineer at heart who believes “tech pushes life to change,” she pairs curiosity-driven science fluency with practical deal execution.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
2017 Level I, 2017 Level I at CFA InstituteDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Biomedical Engineerng, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Biomedical Engineerng at Stony Brook University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (5)
hosts9
hosts-file8
go5
git5
concurrency2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
GeekCookie/Hosts-Go
Dec 2017 - Jan 2020
hosts file for hosts go
Contributions:21 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
gohosts-file
GeekCookie/blog-publish-helper
Oct 2016 - Feb 2021
Contributions:2 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
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