Carey Lai
Managing Director of Conductive Ventures
Carey Lai
Managing Director of Conductive Ventures
Palo Alto, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founding Member & Managing Director
2017 - Current
Conductive Ventures invests in expansion stage companies with a focus on software, hardware, and technology enabled services. The team is led by institutional venture investors and operators with unmatched experience in the sector. Conductive Ventures focuses on deploying its $250 AUM into post-product companies with early customer success. The team works closely with its portfolio companies to deliver demonstrable revenue acceleration through targeted introductions and partnerships. For additional information, please visit www.conductive.vc.
Conductive Ventures invests in expansion stage companies with a focus on enterprise software and hardware.
Board Member
2023
Empowerly is an Edtech company that offers tailored college and career guidance services for students and their families.
Raised $29,000,000.00 from Conductive Ventures.
Board Member
2022
EvolvedMD specializes in the integration of behavioral health services in modern primary care.
Raised $29,399,998.00 from Conductive Ventures, Healthworx, FCA Venture Partners, Waterline Ventures, Tectonic Ventures, Waterline Ventures and Conductive Ventures.
Board Observer
2021
Board Observer
2021
HireEZ offers AI powered recruitment software that allows intelligent sourcing, engagement, analysis, and integration on existing platforms.
Raised $45,500,000.00 from Conductive Ventures, Duke Chung, Blue Lake Capital and Oceanpine Capital.
Board Member
2021
Zingtree is a no-code interactive decision tree software for enterprises.
Raised $18,500,000.00 from Madrona, Storm Ventures, Hilarie Koplow-McAdams, Conductive Ventures and VITALIZE Venture Capital.
Board Observer
2021
Tripalink is a residential brand for student and working professionals driven by technologies.
Raised $48,000,000.00 from Ying Fund, Altos Ventures, Tekton Ventures, K2VC, Calin SJG Fund,L.P, Conductive Ventures and Assurant Ventures.
Board Observer
2020
Nice Healthcare offers hassle-free in-home and virtual primary care services to patients.
Nice Healthcare provides primary care, physical therapy, and chronic-care management services.
Raised $42,100,000.00 from Groove Capital.
Board Observer
2019
Rally is a platform for creators and their communities to build their own independent digital economies.
Rally provides a blockchain platform for the development of video streaming and gaming apps.
Raised $57,000,000.00 from Blockchain.com Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and California Technology Ventures.
Board Observer
2019
An end-to-end solution for token-based game economies and NFTs that benefits the community.
Forte is an economic technology for games that powers NFTs and rich token economies.
Raised $910,000,000.00 from Samsung NEXT’s Q Fund, zVentures, Solana, Animoca Brands, Overwolf, PLAYSTUDIOS, Griffin Gaming Partners, Warner Music Group, Cosmos Network and California Technology Ventures.
Education
MBA
2007 - 2009