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Robert Lau

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Operating Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)

Los Altos, California, United States

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About

Robert Lau is an Operating Partner at Scale Asia Ventures with more than 20 years of experience scaling SaaS, security, data, and AI companies across APAC and global markets. He previously built and led the APJ business for ArcSight, Splunk, and Elastic, all of which reached IPO, and drove commercialization and international expansion for Lucidworks, Imply (Druid), Alsid, and Timeplus. At SAV he works with portfolio CEOs on product-market fit, enterprise positioning, and building sales and partner-led go-to-market engines.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Experience

  1. Kaamel TechnologyAdvisor2023 — 2026United States
  2. Real time streaming platformChief Revenue Officer (CRO)2022 — 2025Santa Clara, California, United States
  3. TinesAdvisor2022 — 2023County Dublin, Ireland
  4. ImplyGeneral Manager/VP of Sales and Field Operations2020 — 2022United States
  5. AlsidMember Of The Board Of Advisors2019 — 2021France
  6. LucidworksCOO APJ2018 — 2020
  7. Career BreakTravel2017 — 201810+ countries spanning across.Asia, Europe, Middle East, Iceland, South America
  8. ElasticElastic Inc., 1st Elastican, EVP and Head of Asia Pacific and Japan2015 — 2017
  9. SplunkSplunk Inc. 1st Splunker, Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific and Japan2008 — 2015
  10. ArcSightArcsight, VP/GM of Sales and Field Operations2003 — 2008
  11. Portal SoftwarePortal Software. SVP/GM Asia Pacific Japan1997 — 2002Cupertino, Tokyo and Hong Kong
  12. Portal SoftwareSales Manager -> Sales Director -> GM/SVP1997 — 2002Cupertino, California, United States

Skills & more

Strategy38Management31Leadership8FundraisingLeadership Development2Artificial Intelligence (AI)2Billing Systems2Telco IndustryInternet ServicesSecurity Information and Event Management (SIEM)Enterprise SearchOLAP
+12 moreData AnalyticsData StreamingData WarehousingGTMGo-to-Market StrategyStartupsSolution SellingProfessional ServicesCloud ComputingSecurityStart-upsEnterprise Software
  • Preventing Discrimination & Harassment: CA Managers V3.4 — Traliant
  • Code of Conduct Essentials V3.21 — Traliant

From Robert's professional profile.

Colleagues at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)

Anindya Ghose
Academic Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Ben Eum
Korea Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Chuck Huang
Operating Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Dave Nielsen
Community Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Jeff Hopkins
Talent Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Kay Mok
Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Michael Cho
Korea Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Noriaki Hyuga
Japan Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)

Frequently asked questions

Who is Robert Lau?
Robert Lau is an Operating Partner at Scale Asia Ventures with more than 20 years of experience scaling SaaS, security, data, and AI companies across APAC and global markets. He previously built and led the APJ business for ArcSight, Splunk, and Elastic, all of which reached IPO, and drove commercialization and international expansion for Lucidworks, Imply (Druid), Alsid, and Timeplus. At SAV he works with portfolio CEOs on product-market fit, enterprise positioning, and building sales and partner-led go-to-market engines.
Where does Robert Lau work?
Robert Lau is Operating Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures).
What does Robert Lau invest in?
Robert Lau invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
Where did Robert Lau go to school?
Robert Lau studied at Stanford University (Graduate Studies in Computer Science, Expert Systems (A.I.)); Texas A&M University (MS. & BSc. in Computer Science (Honors), Artificial Intelligence); SPCA (Certificate, Small Dogs Behavior and Obedience Training).

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