Teachers’ Venture Growth team

Rick Prostko leads direct investment strategy and execution for Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVP) in North America. Additionally, Rick is responsible for supporting TVG’s global investment strategy and collaboration efforts between TVG’s portfolio and the broader set of asset classes at OTPP.

Brad Leufkens has significant experience structuring and executing investments globally. In his current role, he leads a variety of strategy, relationship building, investment and leadership activities to support the build of Teachers’ Innovation Platform. Brad was involved in the energy and infrastructure sectors for over 10 years and played a leading role in the investments of several companies including Cubico Sustainable Investments, First Infrastructure Capital, Stem, Inc. and Trillium Storage. Brad currently serves on the boards of BluEarth Renewables, Anbaric Development Partners, and Trillium Storage.

Emma Norchet joined Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG) as Principal in 2020. Based in San Francisco, she plays a key role in the execution of TVG’s direct investment strategy for North America, covering digital assets and enterprise investments, and currently acting as board observer for Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP). Prior to joining Ontario Teachers’, Emma worked at several venture capital firms covering the enterprise and consumer internet sectors whilst supporting management teams on their growth plans. She holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Montreal, was admitted to the Bar in 2010 and holds an MSc Finance from the City University of Hong Kong.

Andrew joined Teachers’ Innovation Platform in 2020 as an Investment Associate. His role involves enabling the execution of TIP’s global strategy in North America for both direct and fund investments with a focus on late-stage venture and growth equity.

Jonathan joined Teachers’ Innovation Platform in 2020 as an Investment Analyst. He plays a key role in executing TIP’s global strategy with a focus on direct late-stage venture capital and growth equity investments.

Jean Yang is an Investment Analyst in Teachers' Venture Growth (TVG) . Based in Toronto, she joined Ontario Teachers' in 2021 and focuses on direct investing in North America. Prior to joining Ontario Teachers', Jean completed internships at Ant Financial, CDH Investments, HSBC and Sixty Degree Capital. She graduated from the University of Toronto in 2022 with a B.Com. in Finance.

Sean Zheng joined Ontario Teachers’ in 2021 and is a member of the Teachers’ Innovation Platform (TIP). Based in Toronto, he plays a key role in implementing TIP’s global strategy in North America for direct venture capital and growth equity investments.

Kelvin Yu is based in Hong Kong and leads Teachers Ventures Growth (TVG) 's direct investing efforts in Asia-Pacific. Kelvin has more than 20 years of extensive experience in venture capital, private equity and investment banking. Prior to joining Ontario Teachers', Kelvin was an Executive President with Fosun Group, leading the setup of the "New Retail" strategic investment team within the organization, and has held senior positions at private equity, venture and growth capital funds, including Partners Group (where he was a Managing Director and Head of China), Sequoia Capital, Capital Today, and Barings Private Equity. He has led both venture and growth stage investments in various sectors, including New Retail, Consumer, Logistics, Financial Services, Automotive and the TMT/Internet space. Kelvin holds a BBA (Honors) from the National University of Singapore as well as the CFA and CPA (Aus) designations. He also earned a Global EMBA degree from the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS).

Catherine Qian joined Ontario Teachers’ in 2017 and is a member of the Teachers’ Innovation Platform (TIP). Currently based in Hong Kong, she plays a key role in implementing TIP’s global strategy across Asia with a focus on direct venture capital and growth equity investments. Previously located in Toronto, she has been actively involved in a number of key transactions including TIP’s investments into Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP), Kry and Stem.

Geoffrey Liu joined Ontario Teachers' Hong Kong office in 2016 and is focused on direct venture capital and growth equity investments as a member of the Teachers’ Innovation Platform (TIP) team in the Asia-Pacific region. Geoffrey has also worked in our Equities team, conducting direct equity investments across pre-IPO and public market opportunities in Asia.

Jing Lin is a Principal in Teachers' Venture Growth (TVG) and is based in Hong Kong. Her role involves enabling the execution of TVG's direct investment strategy in Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Ontario Teachers', Jing was a Vice President with Sailing Capital, where she led the execution of several growth and buyout investment transactions, globally and in China. Jing started her career in Investment Banking with J.P. Morgan, where she worked on a variety of M&A and capital market transactions. She holds a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Economics (summa cum laude) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Peng Chen joined Ontario Teachers’ Hong Kong office in 2021 and is focused on direct late venture capital and growth equity investments as a member of the Teachers’ Innovation Platform. Prior to joining OTPP, Peng was Private Equity Associate at Asia Investment Capital, a Hong Kong headquartered private equity backed by Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank, where he was responsible for screening, evaluating and executing private equity investment opportunities in China and Southeast Asia. Peng started his career at Deutsche Bank Hong Kong office, where he engaged in equity offerings for both state-owned enterprises and private companies in Asia.

Jane He is an Investment Analyst in Teachers' Venture Growth (TVG). Based in Hong Kong, she started as an intern with TVG is 2021, and returned to Ontario Teachers' in 2022. She holds a B.Sc. in Quantitative Finance from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.