Where does YY Lai work?

YY Lai is Partner at Signum Capital.

What check size does YY Lai write?

YY Lai typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Where did YY Lai go to school?

YY Lai studied at Tsinghua University (Executive programme in Entrepreneurship); Nanyang Technological University Singapore (MBA; Dean's honour list); Nanyang Technological University Singapore (Electrical and Electronics Engineering).

YY Lai

Investor

Partner at Signum Capital

Singapore

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

About

Startup veteran with over 10 years of experience; previously led the PayPal Fintech Incubator and headed incubation at NTU Ventures. An engineer by training with an MBA from NTU.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

y•••@signum.capitalreveal

Experience

Signum CapitalPartnercurrent2020 — present
Signum CapitalAdvisor of Signum2017 — 2020Singapore
UOB Venture Management Signum Blockchain Fund VCCBoard directorcurrent2022 — present
TransakBoard Observercurrent2023 — present
AngelListAngel Investorcurrent2022 — present
AllianceDAOcurrent2022 — present
The GeneralistInvestorcurrent2022 — present
PayPalLead of Startup & Incubation2016 — 2020Singapore
NTUitiveHead of Incubation Development2010 — 2016Singapore
Startup - Videre 3D planning softwareCofounder2011 — 2013Singapore
IMDAa. Industry Development Manager2008 — 2010
IMDAb. Technology & Industry Consultant (CTO Office)2001 — 2008
ETNS (Telecom Service Provider Startup)Business Operation2000 — 2001
Institute for Infocomm ResearchSenior Engineer1999 — 2000
Agilis Communication TechnologiesDevelopment engineer and product manager of satellite communication products1996 — 1999

Skills & more

Strategy38Management10Start-ups58Venture Capital28Product Management26Entrepreneurship18Business Development16Cloud Computing10Telecommunications10Business Strategy10Strategic Partnerships7Executive Management6

+2 more

Product DevelopmentProgram Management

Languages Chinese · English · Malay/Bahasa

From YY's professional profile.

Colleagues at Signum Capital

Adna Purnomo

Administrative Manager at Signum Capital

Ash Liew

Investment Director at Signum Capital

De Ming

Venture Partner at Signum Capital

Dr Loi Luu

Advisor at Signum Capital

GC Jia

Venture Partner at Signum Capital

Ian Lee

Principal at Signum Capital

James

Advisor at Signum Capital

John Ng Pangilinan

Founder at Signum Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is YY Lai?: Startup veteran with over 10 years of experience; previously led the PayPal Fintech Incubator and headed incubation at NTU Ventures. An engineer by training with an MBA from NTU.
Where does YY Lai work?: YY Lai is Partner at Signum Capital.
What check size does YY Lai write?: YY Lai typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did YY Lai go to school?: YY Lai studied at Tsinghua University (Executive programme in Entrepreneurship); Nanyang Technological University Singapore (MBA; Dean's honour list); Nanyang Technological University Singapore (Electrical and Electronics Engineering).