Helen brings more than a decade of product and operations experience in the high-tech industry and leads the firm’s investment strategy in full-stack AI—from AI chips and deep-domain foundation models to agentic AI applications across industries including finance, healthcare, supply-chain, and enterprise services. Since founding FoundersX in 2016, she has backed more than 100 early-stage technology companies, including 12 unicorns and more than 30 companies valued above $100 million. She serves on the boards of several high-growth AI companies and has been featured on The Wall Street Journal and Business Insider. She is a guest lecturer at Stanford University and an invited speaker at TechCrunch. Selected investments include SpaceX, World Labs, Turion Space, Universal Quantum, Salt Security, Jeeves, Kapital, Alinea Invest, Arintra, Nitra, Charge Robotics, and Solve Intelligence.

She holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a member of Harvard HBS PE/VC Class 2022. She has also completed HBS Corporate Board Governance Program. Helen is based in Silicon Valley.