Lainy Painter Singh
InvestorPartner at Craft Ventures · Board director at Vooma
New York, New York, United States
Writes $1M – $5M checks
About
Lainy Painter Singh is a New York–based partner at Craft Ventures, an early stage venture firm whose investments include ClickUp, Sourcegraph, and SpaceX, where she focuses on SaaS and marketplace companies and serves as a board member or observer at Trusted Health, Explo, Fellow, and Northspyre. Before Craft, she was at Battery Ventures in San Francisco and led business operations and strategy work at the B2B customer success startup Gainsight, including efforts to expand services revenue and product adoption. She began her career in technology, media, and telecom investment banking at Goldman Sachs, working with clients such as PayPal, LinkedIn, and Zendesk, and graduated summa cum laude from the College of William and Mary.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkGovTechHealthtechInsurTechMarketplacesMedical DevicesPropTechSaaS
Board director at VoomaYC W23
Intro paths
Lainy went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Vooma's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Lainy can intro founders to Vooma's investors below.
Vooma's investors · 4
Co-founders at Vooma
Experience
- Craft VenturesPartnercurrent2021 — presentNew York, United States
- Craft VenturesPrincipal2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Battery VenturesVenture Investor2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- GainsightBusiness Operations2016 — 2017
- Goldman SachsTechnology Investment Banking2013 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- College of William and MaryPost-Baccalaureate Fellow, Boehly Center for Excellence in Finance2014Williamsburg, VA
- IBMFederal Financial Analyst2012Gaithersburg, MD
Skills & more
From Lainy's professional profile.
Deals · 1
VoomaBoard seat
via Craft Ventures · filed Dec 2024 · $14.2M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Other disclosed investments
Investor
ClickUpInstaworkNorthspyreTrusted Health
Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.
Colleagues at Craft Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lainy Painter Singh?
- Lainy Painter Singh is a New York–based partner at Craft Ventures, an early stage venture firm whose investments include ClickUp, Sourcegraph, and SpaceX, where she focuses on SaaS and marketplace companies and serves as a board member or observer at Trusted Health, Explo, Fellow, and Northspyre. Before Craft, she was at Battery Ventures in San Francisco and led business operations and strategy work at the B2B customer success startup Gainsight, including efforts to expand services revenue and product adoption. She began her career in technology, media, and telecom investment banking at Goldman Sachs, working with clients such as PayPal, LinkedIn, and Zendesk, and graduated summa cum laude from the College of William and Mary.
- Where does Lainy Painter Singh work?
- Lainy Painter Singh is Partner at Craft Ventures and Board director at Vooma.
- What does Lainy Painter Singh invest in?
- Lainy Painter Singh invests in AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Future of Work, GovTech, Healthtech, InsurTech, Marketplaces, Medical Devices, PropTech, SaaS.
- What check size does Lainy Painter Singh write?
- Lainy Painter Singh typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
- What boards does Lainy Painter Singh sit on?
- Lainy Painter Singh holds tracked board seats at Vooma.
- What companies has Lainy Painter Singh invested in?
- Investments tracked here include ClickUp, Instawork, Northspyre, Trusted Health.
- Where did Lainy Painter Singh go to school?
- Lainy Painter Singh studied at William & Mary (Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Finance); Strath Haven High School.
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