Leah Davidson
Co-Founder | Canduit
Adopted from China at the age of nine months, Leah is a social entrepreneur currently residing in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a Wharton alum and the co-founder of Canduit (www.canduit.co), an ed-tech platform that helps first-generation and minority college students access virtual project-based engagements sponsored by top companies interested in diversity and inclusion.
Passionate about technological innovation and intercultural understanding, Leah has co-founded a few social ventures focused on accessibility and disability, environmental sustainability, and education that have raised $5M. Personally inspired by her Christian faith, she loves creating opportunities for people to learn, collaborate, and connect and has previously represented Canada as an ambassador for the UN and Y20 delegate, traveling to almost 50 countries for work, research, and volunteering.
Leah serves on the University of Waterloo Youth Advisory Council and the Canadian Council for Youth Prosperity and has worked for companies like Uber, Mastercard, and Johnson & Johnson in strategy and operations and social impact roles. In the Bay Area, she is involved with the Faith and Work Movement and Foster the Bay.
As entrepreneurs, the desire to be in control is often why we set out on this trajectory.