rewrite this title FinovateSpring Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage – Finovate

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. May was officially established as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month” by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, expanding on a joint resolution signed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978 that had designated the week of May 4-10 as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week.” The name of the commemoration was changed to “Asian American and Pacific Island Heritage Month” in 1997 in an effort to make the occasion both more accurate and inclusive.

Here at Finovate, we are happy to celebrate the achievements of our alums who share Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage. Today, we highlight six of these fintech leaders whose companies made their Finovate debuts last month at FinovateSpring 2026.

Anna Joo Fee, Founder/CEO, Goodfin

Goodfin is an AI-native wealth platform that unlocks access to private market investing and accelerates wealth for a new generation of investors. Goodfin’s AI delivers on-demand intelligent analysis and expert-level guidance to accredited investors looking to invest in top pre-IPO companies.

Educated at Harvard University and Harvard Law School, Anna Joo Fee founded Goodfin in 2022. Previously, she was Chief Operations Officer and Chief Legal Officer for Liquidly, a company she co-founded in 2017.

Victor Fu, Co-Founder/CTO, Level

Level is a venture-backed technology company that helps automotive lenders resolve insurance claims more effectively, delivering better outcomes for both lenders and borrowers. 

With degrees from the University of Southern California and UCLA, Victor Fu has interned with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Tesla. He co-founded Level in August 2023.

Wye Yew Ho, Co-Founder/CEO and Zi Zhang, Co-Founder/CTO, Proximitty

Proximitty helps build autonomous business loan servicing teams for fintechs and banks. Their AI agents monitor loan portfolios and collect commercial loans autonomously with their proprietary agent studio.

Wye Yew Ho was educated at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He previously worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company and as a fincrime team leader with Taptap Send. He is currently CEO of Proximitty.

A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Zi Zhang was previously Head of Engineering at ACI.dev and a Platform Security Tech Lead with Bloomberg. Zhang is Proximitty’s Chief Technology Officer.

Marco Ma, Co-Founder/CEO, Ventus AI

Ventus AI transforms raw banking transactions into semantic customer intelligence, enabling personalized experiences, smarter analytics, and human-centered digital banking without changing core infrastructure.

Marco Ma was educated at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business and at Brown University, where he was Entrepreneur in Residence for six years. He co-founded Ventus AI in October 2025.

Caitlyn Truong, CEO, Zengines

Zengines transforms how organizations handle data migrations and legacy system modernization by empowering business users and technical specialists with AI-powered tools. The company won Best of Show at FinovateSpring 2026.

Caitlyn Truong co-founded Zengines in May 2021. Previously, she worked as a Managing Director with Accenture and as Vice President and Partner with Strategy&, formerly Booz & Company. Truong is a graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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