Carey Lai
InvestorManaging Director at Conductive Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $1M β $10M checks Β· typically $5M
FoundedevolvedMD
About
Host of the firm's 'Conductive Conversations' podcast.
Experience
- Conductive VenturesFounder & Managing Partnercurrent2017 β presentPalo Alto
- EmpowerlyBoard Membercurrent2023 β present
- evolvedMDBoard Membercurrent2022 β present
- MoeGoBoard Observercurrent2021 β present
- hireEZBoard Observercurrent2021 β present
- ZingtreeBoard Membercurrent2021 β present
- TripalinkBoard Observercurrent2021 β present
- Nice HealthcareBoard Observercurrent2020 β present
- RallyBoard Observercurrent2019 β present
- ForteBoard Observercurrent2019 β present
- BlueshiftBoard Observercurrent2016 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CSC GenerationBoard Membercurrent2017 β presentGreater Chicago Area
- UpwaveBoard Membercurrent2018 β presentSab Francisco
- ResidentInvestor2018 β 2024
- JackpocketBoard Member2018 β 2024New York, New York
- SymbiontInvestor2020 β 2023
- TravelBankBoard Member2020 β 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- LUMA Capital PartnersCo-Founder & General Partner2016 β 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- GigyaInvestor2014 β 2017
- KabamInvestor2010 β 2017
Education
- The Wharton SchoolMBA, Finance2007 β 2009
- HKUST Business SchoolBusiness2000 β 2001
- UCLAB.A., International Economics
Skills & more
Venture Capital99Investments44Entrepreneur2E-commerce19Banking9Private Equity34Start-ups99Entrepreneurship80Strategic Partnerships25Corporate Development31Mergers3
Languages Cantonese Β· Chinese Β· English Β· Spanish Β· Taiwanese
From Carey's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended The Wharton School1,419
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures
+ 1,413 more
Also attended HKUST Business School31
Raoul Oscar FianoInvestor at DN CapitalRavi RajamonyVice President at March Capital PartnersPavel TinkovGeneral Partner & Founder at AUDEO VENTURESCatherine Ouellet-DupuisGeneral Partner at White Star CapitalAndreas HadjitofiAssociate at Quadri VenturesLouis PradereInvestor Relations at OneRagtime
+ 25 more
Also attended UCLA408
Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzRon ConwayFounder of SV AngelKirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesPaul FieldingFinance & Operations at General CatalystMelody MaExecutive Assistant and Lead Receptionist at Trinity VenturesGizem CakilInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners
+ 402 more
Shared employers
Also worked at evolvedMD3
Also worked at Zingtree4
Also worked at TravelBank3
Also worked at Intel Capital286
Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesKarim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAssaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel Capital
+ 280 more
Colleagues at Conductive Ventures
Akane Kudo
Senior Manager at Conductive Ventures
Arif Damji
Partner at Conductive Ventures
Hisae Sayed
Head of Operations at Conductive Ventures
Kosuke Kikuchi
Platform & Relationship Director at Conductive Ventures
Kyler Becksted
Investor at Conductive Ventures
Paul Yeh
Co-Founder & General Partner at Conductive Ventures
Robin Chan
Vice President at Conductive Ventures
Stella Zhang
Analyst at Conductive Ventures
Network7
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Managing Partner and CEO at Left Lane Capital
Jonathan EbingerScout
General Partner at BlueRun Ventures
Allen Beasley
Partner at Redpoint Ventures
Arif Damji
Partner at Conductive Ventures
Jack Leeney
Managing Partner, Co-Founder at 7GC & Co
Maha Ibrahim
General Partner at Canaan Partners
Stella Zhang
Analyst at Conductive Ventures
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