Lawrence Diao
InvestorGeneral Partner at Dragonfly
New York, New York
Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $5M
About
Lawrence Diao is a General Partner and rare crypto founder-investor who co‑founded the Basis algorithmic stablecoin and brings Princeton CS, DE Shaw/Radix trading quant experience and Google software engineering expertise.
Invests in
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Experience
- Dragonfly CapitalGeneral Partner2021 — 2023
- BasisCo-Founder, President2017 — 2020New York City Metropolitan Area
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2015 — 2017New York City Metropolitan Area
- Radix TradingQuant Researcher/Developer2014 — 2015Greater Chicago Area
- Blander Technologies (now named Radix Trading)Quant Researcher/Developer2013 — 2014Greater Chicago Area
- Sift ScienceTechnical Intern2013San Francisco Bay Area
- D. E. Shaw & Co.Software Developer Intern2012Manhattan, New York
- GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2011Mountain View, CA
- George Mason University, The Center for the Study of NeuroeconomicsIntern2010Washington D.C. Metro Area
- ASRC AerospaceIntern2009Washington D.C. Metro Area
- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterIntern2008Washington D.C. Metro Area
Education
- Princeton UniversityB.S.E., Computer Science2010 — 2014
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyAdvanced Studies Diploma2006 — 2010
Skills & more
C++14Java23Python19C7Android10Git3Statistics6Machine Learning11Algorithms10Distributed Systems6
From Lawrence's professional profile.
Colleagues at Dragonfly
Amal M
Portfolio Support at Dragonfly
Ashwin Ramachandran
General Partner at Dragonfly Capital Partners
Bo Feng
Managing Partner at Metastable
Casey Taylor
Platform Partner & Global Head of Founder Support at Dragonfly
Elton Chang
Junior Partner at Dragonfly
Gengmo Qi
Partner at Metastable
Haseeb Qureshi
Managing Partner at Dragonfly
Heather Bailey
Head of Events at Dragonfly
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Lawrence Diao work?
- Lawrence Diao is General Partner at Dragonfly.
- What does Lawrence Diao invest in?
- Lawrence Diao invests in Crypto & Web3, Developer Tools, Fintech.
- What check size does Lawrence Diao write?
- Lawrence Diao typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
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