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Joseph Lau

InvestorFounder

Investor at Alchemy Ventures

Stanford, California

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

FoundedAlchemy Insights, Inc.

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1,194 people in our graph share verified history with Joseph — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Paul KwanunlockedJoseph: together at Stanford University (2007–2013)

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Joseph: together at Alchemy

×2Joseph: together at Pinterest

Experience

AlchemyCofounder / Presidentcurrent2025 — present
AlchemyCofounder / CTO2017 — 2025
Down To LunchCofounder2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
PinterestSoftware Engineer2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
Stanford UniversityTeaching Assistant / Head Teaching Assistant2011 — 2013
GoogleAssociate Technology Manager Intern2011Mountain View, CA
Stanford UniversityCS198 Section Leader2009 — 2011
LinkedInSoftware Engineer Intern2010

Skills & more

Java9Python2Hadoop1MySQL5JavaScript13Ruby on Rails4Objective-C2C++1Databases1Hibernate1iOS1Web Applications3

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Web DevelopmentMobile ApplicationsUser ExperienceObject Oriented DesignProgramming

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Colleagues at Alchemy Ventures

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Christopher Bignell

General Partner at Alchemy Ventures

Christopher J. Sims

General Partner at Alchemy Ventures

Nikil Viswanathan

Co-Founder and CEO at Alchemy

Frequently asked questions

Who is Joseph Lau?: Investor at Alchemy Ventures
Where does Joseph Lau work?: Joseph Lau is Founder of Alchemy Insights, Inc. and Investor at Alchemy Ventures.
What check size does Joseph Lau write?: Joseph Lau typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies did Joseph Lau found?: Joseph Lau founded Alchemy Insights, Inc..
Where did Joseph Lau go to school?: Joseph Lau studied at Stanford University (BS, Computer Science); Stanford University (MS, Computer Science); Mountain View High School.

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Stanford University mafia1,932

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LinkedIn mafia113

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Reid HoffmanCo-founder & ChairmanFounded Manas AI +1 Gordon WintrobEngineering ManagerFounded Newfrontinsurance +2 Eric RowellSenior Frontend EngineerFounded Uiflow +2 Rahul VohraLinkedIn IntroFounded Superhuman +1 Richard MengStaff Software Engineer, Skills and KGFounded Roe AI +1 Moody AbdulEnterprise Account ExecutiveFounded Klarify +1

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Alchemy mafia11

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

David TranEngineeringFounded Flow Club +1 Arjun PatelProduct Management & GrowthFounded WorkClout Jonathan KauProductFounded Satsuma Aniket GuptaGrowthFounded xPay Turja ChowdhuryAnalyst & DeveloperFounded Village Labs Leeds RisingProduct ManagerFounded Maximal

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Mountain View High School mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Kirk HollandFounded TeamSnap Archish ArunStudentFounded cocreate Saahil SundaresanMountain View-Los Altos Union High School DistrictFounded Quotient Labs

Alchemy Ventures mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Nikil ViswanathanCo-founder and CEOFounded Alchemyapi +1

Same school

Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders Fund Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock David SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto Czar Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla Ventures Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended Mountain View High School7

Maxim KaroubiInvestment Associate at NextGen Venture Partners Devin StearnsPrincipal at Long Ridge Equity Partners Kirk HollandManaging Partner at Access Venture Partners Meghan BayExecutive Assistant at Wing Ron MiasnikPartner at Bain Capital Ventures Archish ArunFounder at Cocreate

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Shared employers

Also worked at Alchemy16

Franklin BiGeneral Partner at Pantera Capital Patrick ChangFounder and Managing Partner at Dispersion Capital Randy GleinFounder and Managing Partner at DFJ Kevin SpainGeneral Partner at Emergence Capital Partners Dennis WonTechnical Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)Arjun PatelManaging Partner at Ex Machina Ventures

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Also worked at Down To Lunch1

Nikil ViswanathanCo-Founder and CEO at Alchemy

Also worked at Pinterest81

Sarah TavelVenture Partner at Benchmark Jeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture Partners Ben SilbermannCo-founder of Pinterest SomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear Ventures Kevin NiechenInvestment Team at 8VC Anthony SoohooVenture Partner at Copper Sky Capital

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Also worked at Stanford University1,044

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at Floodgate Balaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network School Martin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic Andy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDash Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)

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