Mangusta Capital Externship via ExternI work on sourcing startups, analyzing markets, and drafting investment memos through a Mangusta Capital externship.
Portfolio items show sourcing efforts, market analyses, and investment memos completed during the Mangusta Capital externship, with an emphasis on Vertical AI opportunities.
Mangusta Capital · ✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress
Join a new VC fund launched by a former SoftBank Vision Fund leader and backed by the Ray-Ban/Oakley family to identify high-potential Vertical AI startups. Gain hands-on experience sourcing deals, analyzing markets, and writing compelling investment memos.
Lifestyle wellness Startup (Independent Project) Founded CHI, a wellness startup focused on integrating scent, food, and mindfulness into daily healing experiences; secured¥10,000 in launch funding and receive institutional recognition through university incubator. Led end-to-end business development for a 5 member team, including market research, branding, product design, and go-to-market strategy. Built the project’s social media, launched MVP, and collected 100+ initial user feedback to validate the concept.
I work on sourcing startups, analyzing markets, and drafting investment memos through a Mangusta Capital externship.
I am a sophomore studying Behavioral Science with an Economics track at Duke Kunshan and Duke University. I founded CHI, a wellness startup that blended scent, food, and mindfulness, led a five‑person team, launched an MVP, and gathered 100+ user feedback. I worked on a fragrance product, helped curate a museum exhibition at DKU, and completed an externship sourcing and analyzing startups for Mangusta Capital. I use Python, R, Adobe, Canva, and MS Office, and I do public speaking and social media marketing.
Externships
Mangusta Capital Deal Sourcing & Startup Analysis Externship
In progress
Experience
Founder
CHI · Oct 2025-Present
Investment & Startup Analysis Extern
Mangusta Capital · Sep 2026-Present
President
DKU Consulting Club · Oct 2025-Present
Team Member
DKU co-innovation×Suzhou Six Arts Museum · Jan2026-Nov 2026
Team Member
L'Oréal Brandstorm 2026 · Jan2026-Apr 2026
Education
Duke Kunshan University (DKU) & Duke University
Behavioral Science with tracks in Economics (DKU)
Duke Kunshan University (DKU) & Duke University
Behavioral Science with tracks in Economics (Duke)
Skills
✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress
Join a new VC fund launched by a former SoftBank Vision Fund leader and backed by the Ray-Ban/Oakley family to identify high-potential Vertical AI startups. Gain hands-on experience sourcing deals, analyzing markets, and writing compelling investment memos.
The work sourced and evaluated Vertical AI startups against Mangusta Capital's thesis, combining a review of the fund's screening criteria with targeted company sourcing and written analysis. Deliverables included a mapped set of screening filters and a shortlist of three startups, one of which was developed into a draft investment memo.
I reviewed the fund's screening criteria, built a sourced shortlist of three Vertical AI startups using VC research methods, and developed one company into a draft investment memo following the fund's template.
Lifestyle wellness Startup (Independent Project) Founded CHI, a wellness startup focused on integrating scent, food, and mindfulness into daily healing experiences; secured¥10,000 in launch funding and receive institutional recognition through university incubator. Led end-to-end business development for a 5 member team, including market research, branding, product design, and go-to-market strategy. Built the project’s social media, launched MVP, and collected 100+ initial user feedback to validate the concept.
Developed yours, y, a fragrance gift set that transforms scent into a tangible expression of emotional commitment and personal connection, defining its concept, value proposition, and packaging experience over 8 weeks. Produced promotional content and designed the final presentation poster, brand website.
Conducted research and developed the curatorial concept and content strategy for an exhibition on Qing-dynasty Suzhou Wedding. Coordinated curation, spatial planning, execution for the DKU Library exhibition.
