Co-founderSynergy Social Ventures
Jana has a professional background in the financial industry in wealth management and business banking, which inspired her interest in socially focused business. She worked as Investment Manager for one of Asia’s first impact investments funds based in Hong Kong, conducting due diligence on investment opportunities and providing post investment support to ventures throughout Southeast Asia and China.
Recognizing the need for more support for young social ventures in the region Jana co-founded Synergy Social Ventures, a Hong Kong-based nonprofit organization that supports the development of the social venture sector of the region. She has worked with entrepreneurs in Asia and North America providing capacity building support and advisory and with philanthropists and other investors on developing philanthropic investment strategies.
Jana is the Fund Manager of the UBC Impact Fund, an impact fund of the University of British Columbia which invests in seed stage social ventures of the university community. She holds a BA in International Relations and an MBA from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.