Fundraising Fox

Elena (Lainy) Painter

Investor

Partner at Craft Ventures

Menlo Park, California

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

Experience

  1. Craft VenturesPartnercurrent2021 — presentNew York, United States
  2. Craft VenturesPrincipal2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Battery VenturesVenture Investor2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  4. GainsightBusiness Operations2016 — 2017
  5. Goldman SachsTechnology Investment Banking2013 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  6. College of William and MaryPost-Baccalaureate Fellow, Boehly Center for Excellence in Finance2014Williamsburg, VA
  7. IBMFederal Financial Analyst2012Gaithersburg, MD

Education

  1. William & MaryBachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Finance
  2. Strath Haven High School

Skills & more

Financial ModelingPowerPointMicrosoft Office

From Elena's professional profile.

Colleagues at Craft Ventures

Aaron Cort
Operating Partner, Marketing & Growth at Craft Ventures
Arra Malekzadeh
Partner at Craft Ventures
Bil Harmer
Advisor, Infosec at Craft Ventures
Bill Lee
Venture Partner at Craft Ventures
Brian Murray
Partner and COO at Craft Ventures
Bryan Rosenblatt
Partner at Craft Ventures
Caroline Brayson
Operating Partner, Communications & Marketing at Craft Ventures
Cassie Chao Leemans
Operating Partner, Talent at Craft Ventures

Network9

Georg EllScout
Venture Partner at Craft Ventures
J Zac SteinScout
Venture Partner at Craft Ventures
Michael TamScout
Partner at Craft Ventures
Sean MarshallScout
Scout at Craft Ventures
Bill Lee
Venture Partner at Craft Ventures
Brian Murray
Partner and COO at Craft Ventures
Ethan Ruby
Partner at Craft Ventures
Jennifer Sui
Principal at Craft Ventures
Kindle Van Linge
Principal at Craft Ventures

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

Frequently asked questions

Where does Elena (Lainy) Painter work?
Elena (Lainy) Painter is Partner at Craft Ventures.
What check size does Elena (Lainy) Painter write?
Elena (Lainy) Painter typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

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Shared employers

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