Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka

About

I invest in early stage companies in deep tech

Experience

• Partner at Geodesic Capital
  May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

  Geodesic Capital is a $1B AUM VC firm with deep ties between the U.S. and Asia-Pacific, with multiple funds across early to growth stage. I lead investments in Geodesic Capital's Alliance Fund, a $250M+ fund focused on early-stage investment in deep tech areas such as AI, national security, space, autonomous systems, semis, and energy.

• Canaan (San Francisco Bay Area)
  • Partner
    Dec 2020 - May 2025 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    Canaan is an early stage venture capital firm with $7B+ under management and currently investing out of Fund 13. We lead investments in Seed / Series A / Series B investments in technology and healthcare.

  • Principal
    Jul 2018 - Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Investment Professional
    Sep 2015 - Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Board Member at Enterpret
  Oct 2024 - Apr 2025 · 7 mos

  https://www.enterpret.com/

• Board Member at Tropic
  Feb 2022 - Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 3 mos

  https://tropicapp.io/

• Board Observer at Kepler Communications Inc.
  Jun 2021 - Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  https://www.keplercommunications.com/