Victoria Cheng
Private Equity Investor at PruVen Management Company LLC
Profile
Victoria is a Partner at Pruven Capital.
She specializes in FinTech, InsureTech, HealthTech, and Enterprise SaaS.
Previously, she served as Director of Venture Investing at Citi Ventures, where she was an investor in companies such as Plaid, DataRobot, Immuta, Bluevine, Braze, Hopper, Tealium, and TMP.
There, she also launched and led the Citi Impact Fund for Citi Ventures, a $200MM program created in joint partnership with Citi SPRINT and GPA, to invest into sustainability, infrastructure (housing, transportation, healthcare), workforce development, and financial capability.
This team also drove the development of a Seed Program to invest in very early stage startups founded by women and minorities to increase the pipeline of diverse founders.
Previously, Victoria was a Senior Associate at Core Innovation Capital, a FinTech venture capital firm investing in the democratization of financial services, where she was involved with investments in TIO Networks, Ripple, and Oportun.
Prior to Core, she consulted for Foundation Capital, and worked with NYC Seed to build its Seed Start Media Accelerator.
Her experience before venture investing, includes working with startup, NimbleTV, private equity investing, and investment banking focused on power & utilities.
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Victoria graduated with honors from Columbia Business School, and received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, where she graduated magna cum laude.
She is a Kauffman Fellow and an InSITE Fellow.
Victoria is passionate about diversity and inclusion.
She was a founding member of Women in Venture and serves on the advisory board of Money2020's Rise Up program.
In her spare time, Victoria can usually be found rockclimbing in the Bay Area.
Victoria Cheng active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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PruVen Management Company LLC
PruVen Management Company LLC Investment ManagersFinance PruVen Management Company LLC (PruVen Management) is a venture capital subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. founded in 2020 by Ramneek Gupta. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Private Equity Investor | 31/12/2019 |
Moov Financial, Inc.
Moov Financial, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Moov Financial, Inc. provides technological services. The company is headquartered in Cedar Falls, IA. | Private Equity Investor | 31/12/2019 |
DataRobot, Inc.
DataRobot, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services DataRobot, Inc. develops automated machine learning, automated machine series, and managed al clouds. It offers solutions to the banking, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, and marketing sectors. The company was founded by Jeremy Achin and Thomas de Godoy in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Private Equity Investor | 31/12/2016 |
Money20/20 LLC
Money20/20 LLC Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Money20/20 is the world’s largest event enabling payments and financial services innovation for connected commerce at the intersection of mobile, retail, marketing services, data and technology. With 7,500+ attendees, including more than 750 CEOs, from over 2,500 companies and 60 countries, Money20/20 is critical to realizing the vision of disruptive ways in which consumers and businesses manage, spend and borrow money. Money20/20 was created in 2011 by successful serial FinTech entrepreneurs and investors, Anil D. Aggarwal and Jonathan Weiner, as a catalyst for the growth and development of the payments and financial services ecosystem in which they''ve operated for over 15 years. In just three years, Money20/20 fundamentally disrupted the status quo and established an entirely new and groundbreaking scale and standard for industry events. | Consultant / Advisor | 31/12/2017 |
Former positions of Victoria Cheng
Companies | Position | End |
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Citi Ventures, Inc.
Citi Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Citi Ventures Inc. (Citi Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary founded in 2007 by Deborah C. Hopkins. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Private Equity Investor | 31/12/2019 |
Core Innovation Capital
Core Innovation Capital Investment ManagersFinance Core Innovation Capital (Core Innovation) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Arjan Schutte. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/2013 |
Filene Research Institute
Filene Research Institute Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Filene Research Institute provides scientific analysis about issues affecting the future of consumer finance and credit union. The private company is based in Madison. | Consultant / Advisor | 31/12/2013 |
InSITE Fellows
InSITE Fellows Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services InSITE Fellows is a highly competitive leadership development program for exceptional graduate students at top universities. The program aims to create a community of passionate leaders who share common values and have the desire, ability, and network to support innovative companies and projects. In addition to chapter-specific curriculum and networking events, fellows engage in semester-long consulting projects for emerging companies across a range of industries, including software, healthcare, education, and social impact. The program also offers recurring events such as mock term sheet negotiation and product management crash course, as well as annual events like InSITE Connect and Kingpins of Silicon Alley. The program has a network of 750 proud alumni and has raised $750 million. | Director/Board Member | 31/12/2013 |
Foundation Capital LLC
Foundation Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Foundation Capital LLC (Foundation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Bill Elmore, Kathryn Gould, and Jim Anderson. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Consultant / Advisor | 31/12/2011 |
Training of Victoria Cheng
Columbia Business School | Masters Business Admin |
Georgetown University | Undergraduate Degree |
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H.I.G Capital LLC (Private Equity)
H.I.G Capital LLC (Private Equity) Investment ManagersFinance H.I.G. Capital LLC (H.I.G Capital) is a private equity division of H.I.G. Capital LLC founded in 1993 by Sami W Mnaymneh and Anthony A Tamer. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida with offices in Europe, Latin America and Middle East. | Finance |
Patricia Industries AB
Patricia Industries AB Investment ManagersFinance Patricia Industries AB (Patricia Industries) is a private equity subsidiary of Investor AB founded in 1972. The firm is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. | Finance |
Foundation Capital LLC
Foundation Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Foundation Capital LLC (Foundation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Bill Elmore, Kathryn Gould, and Jim Anderson. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Core Innovation Capital
Core Innovation Capital Investment ManagersFinance Core Innovation Capital (Core Innovation) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Arjan Schutte. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | Finance |
Citi Ventures, Inc.
Citi Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Citi Ventures Inc. (Citi Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary founded in 2007 by Deborah C. Hopkins. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
PruVen Management Company LLC
PruVen Management Company LLC Investment ManagersFinance PruVen Management Company LLC (PruVen Management) is a venture capital subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. founded in 2020 by Ramneek Gupta. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Moov Financial, Inc.
Moov Financial, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Moov Financial, Inc. provides technological services. The company is headquartered in Cedar Falls, IA. | Technology Services |
DataRobot, Inc.
DataRobot, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services DataRobot, Inc. develops automated machine learning, automated machine series, and managed al clouds. It offers solutions to the banking, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, and marketing sectors. The company was founded by Jeremy Achin and Thomas de Godoy in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Technology Services |
Money20/20 LLC
Money20/20 LLC Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Money20/20 is the world’s largest event enabling payments and financial services innovation for connected commerce at the intersection of mobile, retail, marketing services, data and technology. With 7,500+ attendees, including more than 750 CEOs, from over 2,500 companies and 60 countries, Money20/20 is critical to realizing the vision of disruptive ways in which consumers and businesses manage, spend and borrow money. Money20/20 was created in 2011 by successful serial FinTech entrepreneurs and investors, Anil D. Aggarwal and Jonathan Weiner, as a catalyst for the growth and development of the payments and financial services ecosystem in which they''ve operated for over 15 years. In just three years, Money20/20 fundamentally disrupted the status quo and established an entirely new and groundbreaking scale and standard for industry events. | Consumer Services |
Filene Research Institute
Filene Research Institute Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Filene Research Institute provides scientific analysis about issues affecting the future of consumer finance and credit union. The private company is based in Madison. | Commercial Services |
InSITE Fellows
InSITE Fellows Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services InSITE Fellows is a highly competitive leadership development program for exceptional graduate students at top universities. The program aims to create a community of passionate leaders who share common values and have the desire, ability, and network to support innovative companies and projects. In addition to chapter-specific curriculum and networking events, fellows engage in semester-long consulting projects for emerging companies across a range of industries, including software, healthcare, education, and social impact. The program also offers recurring events such as mock term sheet negotiation and product management crash course, as well as annual events like InSITE Connect and Kingpins of Silicon Alley. The program has a network of 750 proud alumni and has raised $750 million. | Commercial Services |
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