Kathy Chiu built her career across engineering, product leadership, economic consulting, and her own strategy firm before helping grow Florida's early-stage investing scene and later focusing her work at DeepWork Capital on backing founders outside major startup hubs, a focus reflected in her board work with companies like HCW Biologics and Freebee and her leadership in Florida's life sciences community through BioFlorida. Outside of investing, she speaks Mandarin and Taiwanese in addition to English, and she also performs stand-up comedy and has written a comedic novel, giving her a more unusual background than most venture investors.