Rebeca Eun Young Hwang
About Rebeca Eun Young Hwang
Rebeca is a venture capital investor who has collected experiences as innovator and inventor, founder and entrepreneur, social entrepreneur, educator and ecosystem builder. Most recently, Rebeca co-founded Kalei Ventures, which invests in early stage technology startups from Latin America. Prior to Kalei, Rebeca was co-founded and Managing Director at Rivet Ventures, which focuses in companies targeting women-led markets where female usage, decision-making, and purchasing are crucial to company growth. Rebeca is also co-founder of the San Francisco-born startup YouNoodle, which helps companies and governments engage with communities of entrepreneurs for open innovation and co-creation of products and services. Rebeca is proud to be a member of the Global Board of Directors for the Global Entrepreneurship Network and ImagineH2O.org. ▪ TED speaker 2018 in Vancouver and NYC ▪ MIT 35 under 35 Award (Argentina and Uruguay in 2012 and Global 2013) ▪ World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, 2012 ▪ Winner MIT IDEAS PRIZE and Lemelson Prize, 2002 ▪ Twelve awarded US patents (6 929 236; 6 935190; 6 929235; 9,318,014; 9,626,650; 9,564,766; 9,754,496; 10,134,291; 9,508,264; 9,915,438; 9,909,774; 9,711,035) and 9+ pending