Laura Yao
Board Director at Fly.io
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Board Director
2022 - Current
Led the Series C for Fly.io, the public cloud for developers
Board Director
2020 - 2024
Led the Series C for Netlify, the best way to build modern web projects.
Netlify is the modern web development platform for Enterprises to realize the full potential of a scalable, customizable web architecture.
Raised $212,100,000.00 from Bond, EQT Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Bessemer Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and Mango Capital.
Board Observer
2021 - 2024
Led the Series B for Endgame, supercharging product-led sales
Endgame is transforming enterprise sales by turning every seller into a trusted advisor.
Raised $47,250,000.00 from Menlo Ventures, Lachy Groom, EQT Ventures, Upfront Ventures and Unusual Ventures.
Partner
2018 - 2023
In addition to listed board roles, investor in Living Carbon, Heart Aerospace, Handshake, and others!
Board Director
2021 - 2023
Board Director
2021 - 2023
Led the Series B of Airkit, a low-code digital customer experience platform. Airkit was acquired by Salesforce.
Board Director
2019 - 2022
Led the Series B investment into Darkstore, enabling same day fulfillment for global brands.
At Darkstore we build technology to power large scale micro fulfillment and instant delivery logistics.
Raised $81,550,000.00 from Jay McGraw.
Fellow, Class 24
2019 - 2022
The Kauffman Fellows Program is designed to develop a world-wide network of innovation investors who provide smart, connected capital to fuel entrepreneurial change.
Co-investment VC firm supporting the mission of the Kauffman Fellows
Head of Strategy
2016 - 2018
Mitigating the effects of climate change through inexpensive new sensors and data science.
Insight M develops aerial monitoring technology to detect aerial methane leaks for the energy industry.
Raised $100,700,000.00 from BlackRock, Climate Investment, Hartree Partners, DCVC and Energy Innovation Capital.
Senior Investment Associate
2013 - 2015
Part of CEO/CIO's team working on longer-term research projects. Led team of analysts in client service and partnered with the world's largest institutional investors to solve their most pressing portfolio problems.
Bridgewater manages approximately $120 billion in global investments for a wide array of institutional clients, including foreign
Raised $22,000,000.00.