Tiffany Foo
Head of Talent at Initialized Capital — people & culture strategist
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San Francisco Bay Area, California
3.4K connections
Joined March 2024
Summary
Talent and people-ops leader focused on equity-informed hiring and DEIB: Tiffany builds people systems and advising frameworks to help early-stage founders hire and retain diverse, mission-aligned teams. Her public guidance emphasizes starting with equity (E in EIDB), integrating equity into hiring processes, and tying inclusion goals to measurable business outcomes. initialized+1
Operator and advisor to early-stage startups and VC portfolios: Tiffany has held in-house people leadership roles at several startups and later supported portfolio companies at Kapor Capital and now at Initialized, working across recruiting, onboarding, compensation, career pathing, and founder coaching. wellfound+1
Community builder and event host who connects talent to opportunity: She organizes recruiting and community events (e.g., Initialized Talent Summit) to surface startup hiring pipelines and offer practical advice to candidates and founders. youtube+1
Practitioner of holistic wellness and storytelling with AAPI advocacy: Outside of VC and people work, Tiffany has training in bodywork and internal martial arts and has run/participated in storytelling and healing projects for AAPI communities, blending wellbeing practice with community healing and advocacy. kanarys+1