Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka

Rayfe earned an M.S. in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, where his research focused on ASIC design. He also holds a BS in Electrical Engineering, with a focus on digital signal processing, from the University of Southern California, where he graduated top of his class in 3 years, and was also a member of the NCAA water polo team. 

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Rayfe was born and raised in Hawaii, and in his free time enjoys eating, and any and all water-related activities.

Rayfe is currently a Partner at Canaan, an early stage venture capital firm that leads Seed, Series A, and Series B investments in emerging technology and healthcare companies.

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Rayfe focuses on leading investments in frontier tech, including AI / ML, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and space tech, as well as B2B enterprise and infrastructure software.

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Prior to Canaan, Rayfe has worked in strategy consulting, data science, and hardware engineering.

As a member of Class 25, Rayfe is serving his fellowship at Canaan Partners under the mentorship of Maha Ibrahim.