Samantha has 3 decades of investing experience in venture capital and private equity.  She began her career working with early stage technology companies at Bessemer Venture Partners in Menlo Park, CA, and Wellesley Hills, MA.  She later joined Warburg, Pincus in New York in the technology group, investing in later stage software businesses across the US and Europe.  Her focus in fintech brought her to Aquiline Capital Partners, a private equity firm that specializes in financial services and fintech companies.  She continues to invest personally with Tribeca Early Stage Partners.  She has served on private/public company and non-profit boards.  She is an ardent supporter of education and the arts.  She initiated an endowment project that established Stanford University's Asian American Research Center. She received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and is a graduate of Stanford's Graduate School of business.