# Liz Fong-Jones

> Liz Fong-Jones is a pre-seed investor backing Security and Training. See 5 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/efong
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/lizthegrey
- Website: https://www.lizthegrey.com

Liz Fong-Jones is a pre-seed investor in Vancouver focused on Security and Training. Liz is a developer advocate, labor and ethics organizer, and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with over two decades of experience. She is currently a Technical Fellow at honeycomb.io, and previously was an SRE working on products ranging from the Google Cloud Load Balancer to Google Flights.She lives in Vancouver, BC with her wife Elly andpartners, and in Sydney, NSW. She plays classical piano, leads an EVE Online alliance, and advocates for transgender rights.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $438k–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Security | 1 | 20% |
| Training | 1 | 20% |
| Association | 1 | 20% |
| Communities | 1 | 20% |
| Real Estate | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Career Karma | Career Karma is the easiest way to find a job training program online. Over 1 million workers navigate their careers every month through advice and coaching.By offering free coaching and peer mentorship, Career Karma has grown to over 150,000 members from every background and profession.Through its directory of 9,000 boot camps and tradeschools, career switchers discover training programs by comparing courses and reading student reviews.The Career Karma mobile app makes your decision even easier. In the app, you can connect with current students and alumni to find your ideal program and get prepared for admission. | $10M | Series A | Dec 09, 2020 | https://careerkarma.com/ |
| Ethel's Club | Ethel's Club is an immersive platform centering creators of color and their varying approaches to heal, create and make space for joy. Our ecosystem creates an easy way for creators to monetize their work and connect with an audience looking for exciting, intentional and accessible ways to feel better.Ethel's Club exists to championcreators and their nuanced approaches to help others heal, create and find joy. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2019 | https://www.ethelsclub.com |
| Career Karma | Career Karma is the easiest way to find a job training program online. Over 1 million workers navigate their careers every month through advice and coaching.By offering free coaching and peer mentorship, Career Karma has grown to over 150,000 members from every background and profession.Through its directory of 9,000 boot camps and tradeschools, career switchers discover training programs by comparing courses and reading student reviews.The Career Karma mobile app makes your decision even easier. In the app, you can connect with current students and alumni to find your ideal program and get prepared for admission. | $437.5K | Pre-Seed | Mar 18, 2019 | https://careerkarma.com/ |
| Tall Poppy | Tall Poppy builds tools and services to help companies protect their employees against online harassment and abuse. It combines proactive security training, threat monitoring, and detection with incident response when an individual comes under attack. In addition to its standard service, it also offers additional capabilities for high-profile orexecutive staff who face increased risk. | $1M | Seed | Aug 04, 2018 | https://tallpoppy.com |

4 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Unshackled Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unshackled-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Pipeline Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pipeline-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Backstage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backstage-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Color Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/color) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Emerson Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerson-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Liz Fong-Jones invest in?

Liz Fong-Jones invests primarily in Security, Training and Association startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What round sizes does Liz Fong-Jones invest in?

Liz Fong-Jones typically joins rounds of $438k–$1M at Pre-Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Liz Fong-Jones's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Liz Fong-Jones took part in.

### How do I contact Liz Fong-Jones?

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### When did Liz Fong-Jones last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Liz Fong-Jones closed in Dec 2020. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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