VALERIE PENG
Welcome! I'm a mechanical engineer that is passionate about startups and solving hard problems. The most interesting problems to me are humanity's core engineering problems: sustainable water, food, and energy.
In my latest role, I went from fresh-out-of-school Mechanical Engineer and Founding Engineer, to Director of Engineering of sustainable robotics startup Fyto. We spent 6 years pushing the boundary of aquatic plant production for local, on-farm protein production from dairy manure. In the process, we found out that the business case was harder than we thought, and we shut down the startup in Summer 2025.
For fun, I like to race triathlons, play violin, do DIY projects, and foster dogs.