Thursday, July 14, 2022
Brigette Lau (BASc ’99, computer engineering) is the co-founder of a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, a poker player and mother to three children. She’s also a self-described introvert with deep expertise investing in early-stage technology.
As a teenager in the mid-1990s, Lau was thrilled to get a job at a big-box store and doubted that she ever needed to go to university. Her parents, however, had other ideas: “I grew up as an immigrant in Canada” Lau says.
“It was very much about working hard and keeping your head down. Education was very important to my family.”
Go to Investing in a 'uniquely human' future of work for the full Waterlo Magazine story.