Wai Yee Cheng, CFA

Managing Director

Greater Chicago Area

About

Experience

  • Managing Director, Head of Capital Formation & Investor Relations at Moderne Ventures
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Moderne Ventures is a top performing, woman-owned venture capital and growth equity firm with a 17-year track record, generating top tier returns across five funds. Moderne is a generalist investor with vertical expertise with a particular focus on technologies like Enterprise SaaS, AI, Robotics, Deep tech, Sustainability, Data and Digital Transaction Management and targets technologies that can apply to both Moderne’s core industries and expand beyond them to deliver outsized venture returns.

  • Business Development at Lafayette Square
    Jul 2022 - Nov 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Executive Director at GCM Grosvenor
    Apr 2015 - Jun 2022 · 7 yrs 3 mos

  • Senior Portfolio Manager at Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company
    Apr 2010 - Mar 2015 · 5 yrs

  • Associate Director at PAAMCO Prisma / KKR
    Aug 2007 - Mar 2010 · 2 yrs 8 mos