Carey Lai
InvestorCo-Founder & General Partner at Conductive Ventures · Board director at evolvedMD
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $1M – $10M checks · typically $5M
About
Host of the firm's 'Conductive Conversations' podcast.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Board director at evolvedMD
Intro paths
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In turn, Carey can intro founders to evolvedMD's investors below.
evolvedMD's investors · 4
Co-founders at evolvedMD
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Erik OslandFounder
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Steve BiljanFounder
Experience
- Conductive VenturesFounder & Managing Partnercurrent2017 — presentPalo Alto
- EmpowerlyBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- evolvedMDBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- MoeGoBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
- hireEZBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
- ZingtreeBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
- TripalinkBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
- Nice HealthcareBoard Observercurrent2020 — present
- RallyBoard Observercurrent2019 — present
- ForteBoard Observercurrent2019 — present
- BlueshiftBoard Observercurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CSC GenerationBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentGreater Chicago Area
- UpwaveBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentSab Francisco
- ResidentInvestor2018 — 2024
- JackpocketBoard Member2018 — 2024New York, New York
- SymbiontInvestor2020 — 2023
- TravelBankBoard Member2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- LUMA Capital PartnersCo-Founder & General Partner2016 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- GigyaInvestor2014 — 2017
- KabamInvestor2010 — 2017
- Nexmo (now Vonage)Board2013 — 2016
- onefinestayInvestor2013 — 2016
- Intel CapitalInvestment Director2011 — 2016Santa Clara, CA
- SprinklrInvestor, Former Board Member2013 — 2015
- BoxInvestor2012 — 2015
- BrightEdgeInvestor2012 — 2015
- SweetLabs, Inc.Board2011 — 2015Greater San Diego Area
- 500friends, a Merkle CompanyBoard2012 — 2014
- UUCUNInvestor2012 — 2013
- Institutional Venture Partners (IVP)Vice President2004 — 2011
- Nextgen PartnersExecutive Director, Non-Profit2004 — 2008
- Bank of America Merrill LynchSenior Analyst2002 — 2004
- Price Waterhouse CoopersSummer Associate2000
- eBayBusiness Development Associate1999 — 2000
Skills & more
Venture Capital99Investments44Entrepreneur2E-commerce19Banking9Private Equity34Start-ups99Entrepreneurship80Strategic Partnerships25Corporate Development31Mergers3
Languages Cantonese · Chinese · English · Spanish · Taiwanese
From Carey's professional profile.
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
Harley MillerScout
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
Investors connected to Carey in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Carey Lai?
- Host of the firm's 'Conductive Conversations' podcast.
- Where does Carey Lai work?
- Carey Lai is Co-Founder & General Partner at Conductive Ventures and Board director at evolvedMD.
- What check size does Carey Lai write?
- Carey Lai typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
- Where did Carey Lai go to school?
- Carey Lai studied at The Wharton School (MBA, Finance); HKUST Business School (Business); UCLA (B.A., International Economics).
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Also attended HKUST Business School36
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Also attended UCLA499
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