Yuan Shi is an investor, academic, and engineer based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Yuan Shi is a General Partner with NYA Ventures, currently deploying its specialized fund in Food and AgTech, a $51M deep-tech, early-stage venture capital fund, investing in breakthrough innovations and outliers solving the planet’s most urgent agricultural, food and related climate challenges. Yuan comes from a 4th generation farming background, and was a small-scale farmer in British Columbia. She is an environmental engineer by training, and has led early-stage and growth-stage investments, M&A and investment banking teams. Yuan is a sought-after speaker and moderator, often focusing on the intersection of technology/science, investing, climate, agriculture and food. Yuan teaches innovation, commercialization, and private equity at UBC as an Adjunct Professor to contribute to experiential learning & training of the next generation business and community leaders. Yuan sits on the Board of Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. She is a believer that access to arts & music shouldn’t be a privilege. Yuan was recognized and awarded as the 2023 climate investor of the year.