Henry Sheng

Henry Leo Sheng is an entrepreneur, early-stage investor, start-up mentor, and finance and operations executive with proven success in business development, strategic planning, financial management, and team leadership.

He was one of the first employees at several venture-backed software companies. This includes being employee #4 at Fintech loyalty currency company, RewardsPay, serving as the company's VP Operations, signing deals with PNC Bank, Choice Hotels International, Scandinavian Airlines Systems, VISA, among others, as well as, employee #2 and VP Finance at Botco.ai, an emerging player in the application of generative AI to enterprise marketing automation use cases.

Henry has over 7 years of experience as an active angel investor, personally supporting and investing in enterprises and causes that he believes in, namely, underserved women and minority founders in their entrepreneurial ventures.

His personal portfolio includes: Hyperspectral, MissedFits, GenShe, Break The Web Technology Co., and CreditCliq (acquired by Creditchek earlier this year). He is also an investor in multiple early-stage venture capital funds around the world and sits on the Board of Wellerman Capital Management, Guangzhou Yinghua Technology Corporation, and Insane Ink.

Henry actively mentors start-ups out of Santa Clara University's start-up accelerator, and was a Dean's scholarship recipient and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Santa Clara University (BSC and MBA), and also studied abroad at Fudan University in Shanghai.