Laurence (lo) Toney
Advisor at GV
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founding Managing Partner
2018 - Current
Founding Managing Partner of Plexo Capital, which is an institutional investment firm incubated and spun out from GV (Google Ventures). Plexo Capital invests in emerging seed-stage VCs led by diverse teams and invests directly into companies sourced from the portfolios of VCs where Plexo Capital has an investment.
Advisor
2018
Partner
2015 - 2018
Partner on the investing team focused on: - Marketplaces - Mobile Consumer - Digital Media - Gaming + eSports - Mobile Enterprise
Google Ventures is an investment arm of Alphabet that provides seed, venture, and growth-stage funding to technology companies.
Mentor
2011
Mentor and advise exciting new companies and entrepreneurs
MuckerLab is the operating and acceleration platform of Mucker Capital.
Partner, Catalyst Fund
2014 - 2015
Comcast Ventures is the venture capital unit of Comcast NBC Universal. The Catalyst Fund invests in seed stage companies led by entrepreneurs of color.
Comcast is a global media and technology company.
Member of the Board of Directors
2015 - 2015
iPass (Nasdaq: IPAS) provides its customers with the world's largest commercial Wi-Fi network, with over 18 million hotspots in airports, hotels, airplanes and public areas in more than 120 countries across the globe.
iPass is a provider of global mobile connectivity
Raised $71,000,000.00 from Fortress Investment Group.
CEO
2013 - 2014
CEO of learn to code site.
Studio GM
2010 - 2012
Studio General Manager with full P+L: YoVille + Poker/Casino; GM Mobile Publishing
Zynga is a mobile game developer that creates and operates social games as live services played on the Internet.
Raised $2,318,550,786.00 from Kleiner Perkins, T. Rowe Price, Morgan Stanley and Fidelity.
Member, Advisory Board
2006 - 2011
Served on Advisory Board for a consumer internet company funded by Ignition Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). Provided advice on corporate strategy, business development and product development.
VP Product and Marketing
2008 - 2009
Responsible for all product + marketing for the company.
Member, Advisory Board
2007 - 2009
Served on Advisory Board for a consumer internet company funded by Venrock. Provided advice on corporate strategy, business development and product development.