Cherry Rose Tan
M.A.
ON, CANADAI shift organizations from obsolete to future proof.
Futurist Cherry Rose Tan is a General Partner at Renew Venture Capital, whose mission is to solve society’s biggest challenges by purposely renewing how we invest in and help build companies, all while leading with empathy. Alongside a diverse and talented team of ex-operator GPs, spread across key ecosystems in North America, she brings expertise in early-stage B2B SaaS, network effects, and regulated industries like crypto and cannabis.
With over 15 years of experience in Tech, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, she has built a reputation as the First Mover in several industries, including crypto, edtech, and mental health. Tan served as Pre-Seed Investor of Paycase Financial, a Canadian blockchain pioneer that provides infrastructure and liquidity to global financial markets, where she and her brother worked on financial inclusion for the bottom billion.
Her previous company #REALTALK, the mental health movement for the tech industry, is known for being North America’s first and largest platform on Founder Mental Health. Specializing in working with high-net worth and C-Suite clientele, Tan grew the movement to 40,000 leaders and 70 national champions in four years, with a synonymous Top 14 Business podcast on iTunes as well.
As an Innovation Keynote Speaker, Tan is represented by the Speakers Bureau of Canada. She is also the Entrepreneur in Residence at the Schulich School of Business, based in Canada's third largest university, where she advises a global ecosystem of 200 startups and 3,000 members. Her companies have been featured on Forbes, Inc., The Globe and Mail, CBC, Nasdaq, Reuters, Insider, and MarketWatch for being disrupters in their industries.
Futurist Cherry Rose Tan is a General Partner at Renew Venture Capital, whose mission is to solve society’s biggest challenges by purposely renewing how we invest in and help build companies, all while leading with empathy. Alongside a diverse and talented team of ex-operator GPs, spread across key ecosystems in North America, she brings expertise in early-stage B2B SaaS, network effects, and regulated industries like crypto and cannabis.
With over 15 years of experience in Tech, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, she has built a reputation as the First Mover in several industries, including crypto, edtech, and mental health. Tan served as Pre-Seed Investor of Paycase Financial, a Canadian blockchain pioneer that provides infrastructure and liquidity to global financial markets, where she and her brother worked on financial inclusion for the bottom billion.
Her previous company #REALTALK, the mental health movement for the tech industry, is known for being North America’s first and largest platform on Founder Mental Health. Specializing in working with high-net worth and C-Suite clientele, Tan grew the movement to 40,000 leaders and 70 national champions in four years, with a synonymous Top 14 Business podcast on iTunes as well.
As an Innovation Keynote Speaker, Tan is represented by the Speakers Bureau of Canada. She is also the Entrepreneur in Residence at the Schulich School of Business, based in Canada's third largest university, where she advises a global ecosystem of 200 startups and 3,000 members. Her companies have been featured on Forbes, Inc., The Globe and Mail, CBC, Nasdaq, Reuters, Insider, and MarketWatch for being disrupters in their industries.
The Glimpse: Predicting the Future of an Industry
How do you spot disruption before it comes? Cherry Rose Tan is a serial entrepreneur and tech founder, who has been the First Mover in several industries: crypto, eSports, and mental health. As a Venture Partner for GoingVC Partners, one of the largest angel networks in San Francisco, Tan has been able to see emergent companies that will change the world before the mainstream sees it coming.
In this keynote, Tan shares how leaders and organizations can quickly identify...
Future Proof: Managing Disruption as an Organization
How do we innovate once we know the glimpse is here? The glimpse happens when we see the future and sense that our industry, its assumptions, and the ways it operates will change for better or for worse. Organizations, especially those that are incumbents, are always challenged by new and ambitious players that wish to overtake their market share.
In this keynote, futurist Cherry Rose Tan talks about what it takes to be the leader that can introduce, manage, and...
From Mission to Movement: Creating Stickiness in Sales
Are mission statements just a fad or can they be something more? Cherry Rose Tan is a fifth-generation entrepreneur who has built the stickiest way to compete as a company: building national movements backed by thousands of people. Her last company #REALTALK, the mental health movement for the tech industry, worked with 40,000 leaders while building a B2B clientele that included governments and universities.
In this keynote, Tan teaches how leaders and organizations...
Real Talk as a Strategy: Building Resilient Organizations
How do we have tough yet necessary conversations in a polarized world? Cherry Rose Tan has spent a decade answering this question, culminating into her tech company #REALTALK, a national movement that has helped 40,000 leaders address Mental Health and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. COVID-19 has amplified the discomfort and tension in many spaces, where organizations experience division on many topics.
In this keynote, Tan shows how leaders can use “real talk” to...
One Percent-Her: The Age of Inclusive Leadership
Do bias and stereotypes overlook skills? Cherry Rose Tan comes from five generations of entrepreneurs, where her success as a Woman of Colour represents less than 1% of all tech founders. As a Filipino-Chinese Canadian woman who has carved her own path as a C-Suite executive, she shares her first-hand experience of entering, surviving, and flourishing in male-dominated industries like tech and academia.
In this keynote, Tan speaks about the advantages of diversifying...
The Future of Work: Retaining Millennial and Gen Z Talent
With the Great Resignation, how do we engage and retain our best talent? Cherry Rose Tan is an expert on the Future of Work, advising and investing in startups who are solving this problem. With organizations balancing in-person, work-from-home, and hybrid work, they must learn to become 21st century organizations: able to recruit, retain, and grow a workforce that wants hybrid and/or remote work to stay.
In this keynote, Tan demonstrates research, strategies, and...
The Future of Education: Moving into 21st Century Learning
In a world of disengagement, how do we incentivize students to stay? Cherry Rose Tan is the Entrepreneur in Residence at the Schulich School of Business, where she teaches at the BBA and MBA levels. During COVID-19, many educational institutions (K-12 and Higher Education) were disrupted when learning went online. Global cynicism has spread, where students and their families are questioning the value of schools.
In this keynote, Tan shares first-hand experiences,...
The Future of Community: Metaverse, eSports, and Gamification
What is the metaverse and why should we care as a company? Cherry Rose Tan is a tech Investor and Advisor that specializes in the Future of Community, where Millennials and Gen Z are native to the metaverse. In these digital and immersive worlds, entire storylines, communities, and even economies are created that represent billions of unrealized revenue for companies.
In the keynote, Tan shares the trends and insights that have shaped the emergence and takeover of the...
The Future of Money: Blockchain, NFTs, and Digital Assets
What is possible with blockchain and how will this affect my organization? Cherry Rose Tan has been a crypto Investor since 2015, partnering with her brother and resulting in the creation of Paycase Financial, a Canadian blockchain pioneer that provides infrastructure and liquidity to global financial markets. Blockchain has taken over industries and headlines, challenging the way we conceptualize value and money.
In this keynote, Tan shares the latest research and...
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