Partner
Katy Yam
Partner & FounderFuel General Manager, Real Ventures
- Firm
- Real Ventures
- Title
- Partner & FounderFuel General Manager
- Role
- General partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 17 September 2026
About
“My job in life is to elevate others.” Katy is a natural connector of people and ideas in service of helping good people succeed. As Partner and General Manager of FounderFuel, her ambition is to create an environment that helps founders level up quickly by filling knowledge and experience gaps with pairings from Real’s rich mentor ecosystem. She believes deep personal accountability and a #givefirst mindset will enrich every startup and accelerate their traction at FounderFuel and beyond. Prior to joining Real, Katy spent 3 years at Element AI, scaling up from pre-Series A to its current global footprint as Canada’s largest AI company.
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