Cheryl Sew HoyFounder

United States - Austin, Texas

Currently Founder & CEO of Tiny Health, a gut microbiome testing platform for the whole family, using shotgun metagenomic sequencing.

Previously EIR at SVB, Advisor at Tendermint (Cosmos Network) & Culture Summit. Co-Founder of #MovingForward. Also career/leadership coach to selective clients: cherylsewhoy.com

Previously Director at Flexiroam, Former CMO at Hack Reactor, Founding CEO of MaGIC (a $30M government-funded company to build the startup ecosystem in SEA, launched by President Obama in 2014) and Co-Founder & CEO of Reclip.It (acquired by Walmart Labs, 2013)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Yeoh

Launched #MovingForward on March 8, 2018, a non-profit open-source directory that lists VCs' discrimination and harassment policies and reporting contacts. As of Mar 2020, >195 VC firms in the US, Europe and Australia have committed as full participants, including top tier firms like a16z, Accel, Benchmark, First Round, Greylock, Kapor Capital, Sequoia, and others.

Was listed as #13 in TIME'S "2017 Person of the Year," as one of the 61 women featured in the magazine's "Silence Breakers." “Silence Breakers” are the women who've spoken out against sexual harassment and sexual assault in the workplace. Here's my account on July 3, 2017: https://cherylyeoh.com/2017/07/03/shedding-light-on-the-black-box-of-inappropriateness/

Check out notable press on Cheryl's accomplishments in building the SEA startup ecosystem in the links below.

Accolades:
♦ Top 50 Generation T List 2017, Tatler
♦ LinkedIn Influencer (only 4 from SEA)
♦ Rice Bowl Awards: Social Media Influencer 2016
♦ Top 40 Under 40 2015, Prestige
♦ Golden Globe Tiger Awards 2015 in Women Leadership
♦ Top 10 Most Impactful Young Leaders Award 2015, UCSI
♦ Great Women of Our Time 2014, Women's Weekly
♦ Top 44 Female Founders Every Entrepreneur Should Know 2012, Mashable
♦ Top 10 Women in Digital Award 2012, L'Oreal
♦ Top 25 Women Driving NY's Tech Scene in 2011, Betabeat NY Observer
♦ Global Ambassador to hike Mt. Kilimanjaro in March 2013

Global media appearances on CNN, CNBC, NBC, Bloomberg Tech, BBC World News, Fox News, ABC7 & The Economist. Speaker at tech conferences in Singapore, London, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, India, Hungary etc. Former TEDx speaker & guest speaker at INSEAD, Harvard & Stanford University.