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Carey Lai

Investor

Co-Founder & General Partner at Conductive Ventures · Board director at Zingtree · Board director at evolvedMD · Board director at Sprinklr

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $1M – $10M checks · typically $5M

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

Rebecca JamesunlockedCarey: together at The Wharton School (2008–2009)
×10Carey: together at Intel Capital
Carey: together at Institutional Venture Partners (IVP)

About

Host of the firm's 'Conductive Conversations' podcast.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

Board director at Zingtree

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Zingtree's investors · 4

Conductive VenturesMountain View · since 2021Parade VenturesSan Francisco · $1M checks · since 2021Rally Ventures Management, LlcMenlo Park · $100K – $4M checks · since 2021Storm VenturesPalo Alto · since 2021

Board director at evolvedMD

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evolvedMD's investors · 4

Conductive VenturesMountain View · since 2022FCA Venture PartnersNashville · $500K – $10M checksTectonic VenturesCambridgeWaterline VenturesCambridge

Co-founders at evolvedMD

EOErik Osland
Erik OslandFounder
SBSteve Biljan
Steve BiljanFounder

Board director at Sprinklr

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Sprinklr's investors · 10

Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks · since 2014Conductive VenturesMountain View · since 2014Hellman & FriedmanSan Francisco · since 2020ICONIQSan Francisco · since 2014ICONIQ CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks · since 2020Intel CapitalSanta Clara · $1M – $20M checks · since 2014JC2 VenturesMenlo Park · since 2014Oregon Venture FundPortland · $500K – $5M checks · since 2014Sixth StreetSan Francisco · $50M – $2.5B checks · since 2014Valor Capital GroupNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2014

Co-founders at Sprinklr

RTRagy Thomas
Ragy ThomasExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Conductive VenturesFounder & Managing Partnercurrent2017 — presentPalo Alto
  2. EmpowerlyBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  3. evolvedMDBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  4. MoeGoBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
  5. hireEZBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
  6. ZingtreeBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  7. TripalinkBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
  8. Nice HealthcareBoard Observercurrent2020 — present
  9. RallyBoard Observercurrent2019 — present
  10. ForteBoard Observercurrent2019 — present
  11. BlueshiftBoard Observercurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  12. CSC GenerationBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentGreater Chicago Area
  13. UpwaveBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentSab Francisco
  14. ResidentInvestor2018 — 2024
  15. JackpocketBoard Member2018 — 2024New York, New York
  16. SymbiontInvestor2020 — 2023
  17. TravelBankBoard Member2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  18. LUMA Capital PartnersCo-Founder & General Partner2016 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  19. GigyaInvestor2014 — 2017
  20. KabamInvestor2010 — 2017
  21. Nexmo (now Vonage)Board2013 — 2016
  22. onefinestayInvestor2013 — 2016
  23. Intel CapitalInvestment Director2011 — 2016Santa Clara, CA
  24. SprinklrInvestor, Former Board Member2013 — 2015
  25. BoxInvestor2012 — 2015
  26. BrightEdgeInvestor2012 — 2015
  27. SweetLabs, Inc.Board2011 — 2015Greater San Diego Area
  28. 500friends, a Merkle CompanyBoard2012 — 2014
  29. UUCUNInvestor2012 — 2013
  30. Institutional Venture Partners (IVP)Vice President2004 — 2011
  31. Nextgen PartnersExecutive Director, Non-Profit2004 — 2008
  32. Bank of America Merrill LynchSenior Analyst2002 — 2004
  33. Price Waterhouse CoopersSummer Associate2000
  34. eBayBusiness Development Associate1999 — 2000

Skills & more

Venture Capital99Investments44Entrepreneur2E-commerce19Banking9Private Equity34Start-ups99Entrepreneurship80Strategic Partnerships25Corporate Development31Mergers3

Languages Cantonese · Chinese · English · Spanish · Taiwanese

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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
Michael G. Riccio
Promoter at Conductive Ventures
Paul Yeh
Co-Founder & General Partner at Conductive Ventures
Robin Chan
Vice President at Conductive Ventures

Network6

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

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 Zingtree and Board director at evolvedMD and Board director at Sprinklr.
What check size does Carey Lai write?
Carey Lai typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
What companies has Carey Lai invested in?
Investments tracked here include 500Friends, Brightedge, EMPOWERLY, evolvedMD, HireEZ, Jackpocket, Kabam, Lily AI, Self Financial, Sprinklr, SweetLabs, Upwave, and 1 more.
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).

Same school

Shared employers

Also worked at LUMA Capital Partners1

Sumeet JainInvestor at Nimble Partners