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Adam Demuyakor

Investor

Managing Partner at Wilshire Lane Capital · Board director at Pinata AI

Los Angeles, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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1,531 people in our graph share verified history with Adam — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Alex TranunlockedAdam: together at Morgan Stanley (2011–2012)
×2Adam: together at Harvard Business School
×3Adam: together at Harvard University
×2Adam: together at Morgan Stanley

About

Founder and Managing Partner of Wilshire Lane Capital who previously invested at Fifth Wall Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, and earlier worked at The Carlyle Group and Morgan Stanley. He holds degrees from Harvard College and Harvard Business School and sits on several company and nonprofit boards.

Board director at Pinata AI

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Pinata AI's investors · 8

BDev VenturesMountain View · $200K – $500K checksChartline Capital PartnersWilmington · $500K – $5M checksGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2023Offline VenturesMill Valley · $250K – $5M checks · since 2023OpenSeaPonte Vedra · $100K – $5M checks · since 2023Relevance VenturesBrentwood · $250K – $2.5M checksVOLT CAPITALNew York · $100K – $1M checks · since 2023Wilshire Lane CapitalLos Angeles · since 2025

Co-founders at Pinata AI

LLLily Liu
Lily LiuExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Wilshire Lane CapitalFounder & Managing Partnercurrent2019 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
  2. ConduentIndependent Director (Board of Directors)current2026 — present
  3. HACLAMember of Board of Commissionerscurrent2023 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
  4. Piñata RentBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  5. Pronto HousingBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  6. StufCo-Founder and Board Membercurrent2020 — present
  7. 9 DotsBoard Trusteecurrent2020 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
  8. Colleen AIBoard Member2023 — 2024
  9. Fifth Wall VenturesTechnology Investor2016 — 2018Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
  10. Andreessen HorowitzInvestment Team2016
  11. The Carlyle GroupAssociate2013 — 2015Greater New York City Area
  12. Morgan StanleyAnalyst2011 — 2013New York City Metropolitan Area

Skills & more

Financial Modeling18Investment Banking11Equities3Valuation13Private Equity4Investments3Corporate Finance3Equity Research1Financial Analysis2Due Diligence4Data Analysis1Bloomberg1

From Adam's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

AssemblyColleen AIEnertivNeyborlyPassthroughPinataPronto HousingSaltboxStufWorkchew

Per curated public sources.

Colleagues at Wilshire Lane Capital

Shane Bates
Finance at Collide Capital

Network7

Chris AltchekScout
Scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Eric BahnScout
Co-Founder, General Partner at Hustle Fund
Todd JacksonScout
Partner at First Round Capital
Henri Pierre-Jacques
Investor at Harlem Capital Partners
Ho Nam
Managing Director at Altos Ventures
Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Investor at Positive Sum Capital
Sam Cates
Partner and Managing Director at Positive Sum Capital

Investors connected to Adam in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Adam Demuyakor?
Founder and Managing Partner of Wilshire Lane Capital who previously invested at Fifth Wall Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, and earlier worked at The Carlyle Group and Morgan Stanley. He holds degrees from Harvard College and Harvard Business School and sits on several company and nonprofit boards.
Where does Adam Demuyakor work?
Adam Demuyakor is Managing Partner at Wilshire Lane Capital and Board director at Pinata AI.
What check size does Adam Demuyakor write?
Adam Demuyakor typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies has Adam Demuyakor invested in?
Investments tracked here include Assembly, Colleen AI, Enertiv, Neyborly, Passthrough, Pinata, Pronto Housing, Saltbox, Stuf, Workchew.
Where did Adam Demuyakor go to school?
Adam Demuyakor studied at Harvard University (A.B. (High Honors), Sociology / Economics); Harvard Business School.

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