An award-winning communications strategist, over the past ten years Connie has represented a range of clients, from early-stage startups to global brands, to multiple unicorn startups worldwide, to high-profile tech executives, scientist-founders, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. In her work with VCs, Connie has advised the PR strategies involving over 100 startups and nearly $1 billion of funding, including the groundbreaking $125 million Diversity Fund from Intel Capital and the $200 million Tough Tech fund from The Engine, the venture firm spun out of MIT.

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CLIENT EXPERIENCE INCLUDE:

The Engine (venture firm founded by MIT to invest in tough tech startups) ● Intel Capital ●  Insilico Medicine (AI for drug discovery) ● Overjet (world leader in dental AI) ● Formlabs (3D printing powerhouse) ● Brelyon (VR without the headsets) ●"CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap" film (won multiple PR awards) ● Square Panda (backed by Andre Agassi) ● VIPKID (one of China’s top unicorns) ● Avegant ● Braigo Labs (founded by one of youngest VC-backed entrepreneurs)  ● UVify (dronemaker in South Korea) ● Filipino American Arts Exposition ● Kebotix (AI for chemicals & materials discovery) ● Untether AI (AI semiconductors) ● Zapata Computing (quantum computing)

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Prior to founding her own shop, Connie was a publicist at Burson, one of the top PR firms in the world. Her professional experience includes stints at Fox News, at the Communications Office of Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and as a freelance writer covering local events and issues in San Francisco.

Connie has lived abroad in China, England and Japan, and is familiar with Chinese and Japanese. 

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