Ernestine Fu (born April 30, 1992)[1] is an American venture capitalist, investor, and author.

She closed her first deal in her first two months at the firm, and was recognized for bringing a fresh face to venture capital as a young Asian-American woman.

She has made investments in early-stage technology companies like Zoox (now a subsidiary of Amazon) and nuTonomy (now part of the Motional autonomous driving joint venture between Aptiv and Hyundai Motor Group).

[12][13][14][15][16][17] She completed her doctoral thesis on autonomous vehicles at Stanford University's Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Lab, and her research has received awards at academic conferences such as the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

[24][25][26] Prior to including her on its 30 Under 30 list, Forbes featured her on the cover of its print magazine in the United States.