Fundraising Fox

Adam Demuyakor

Investor

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

Los Angeles, California

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

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

Intro paths

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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

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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.

Colleagues at Wilshire Lane Capital

Chao Xu
Principal at Wilshire Lane Capital
Shane Bates
Finance at Collide Capital

Network8

Chris AltchekScout
Scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Eric BahnScout
Co-Founder, General Partner at Hustle Fund
Todd JacksonScout
Partner at First Round Capital
Chao Xu
Principal at Wilshire Lane 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.
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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Also attended Harvard Business School2,000

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesHristo BorisovCo-founder & CEO of Payhawk

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Shared employers

Also worked at Conduent4

Jo Ann CorkranCo-CEO and Managing Partner at Golden SeedsLuiza AvelinoExecutive Assistant at Base PartnersNoah SchmutterSenior Associate, Debt Finance at OakNorthStorm StillmanFounder/CEO at Luminist Labs

Also worked at HACLA1

Noramay CadenaCo-Founder and General Partner at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITAL

Also worked at Piñata Rent1

Benjamin HanessianPrincipal – Portfolio Operations at Baird Capital

Also worked at Fifth Wall Ventures42

Agustina Soriano SergiSenior Associate — Ventures at Energize VenturesJulie McCrimliskInvestor at Illuminate FinancialJeff FlynnDirector at Citi VenturesBrad GreiweCo-Founder and Chairman at Fifth WallBrendan WallaceCEO and CIO at Fifth WallDan WenholdPartner at Fifth Wall

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