Charmaine Lee
Founder & Artist at Kou Records
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCharmaine Lee is a founder, artist, and impact investor based in New York who blends a decade of international arts practice with strategic fundraising and venture-focused operations. A Princeton sociologist and New England Conservatory-trained vocalist, she has performed at Lincoln Center and MoMA, founded Kou Records to champion experimental sound, and collaborated with MacArthur-recognized composers. She’s led strategy for Schmidt Futures’ $1B Rise initiative, built fundraising pipelines across APAC and the U.S., and managed operational budgets north of $30M while authoring investment memos and conducting unit-economics analysis. Known for sourcing and developing talent—having secured institutional arts partnerships and mentored emerging creators—she pairs artistic risk-taking with disciplined financial planning. Conversational in Cantonese and proficient in Mandarin, she moves fluidly between creative, philanthropic, and investment ecosystems.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Music Jazz/Jazz Studies, Master of Music Jazz/Jazz Studies at New England Conservatory of MusicBachelor's degree Sociology, Bachelor's degree Sociology at Princeton University
Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (48)
javascript10
api-client10
notion10
internet10
api10
recreate10
js10
typescript9
react9
campus8
hopper8
open-source7
feature-flags7
cli6
python6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
charmaine/InternetWishlist
Oct 2016 - Oct 2019
A website made in hopes to recreate the no longer available Internet Wishlist. Open source project built completely by the community.
Contributions:131 commits, 47 PRs, 132 pushes in 3 years
reactlistsopen-source-projectwishlistrecreate
charmaine/slack-pr-test-repo
May 2025 - May 2025
Contributions:10 reviews, 87 PRs, 48 pushes in 21 days
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