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Lawrence Diao

General Partner at Dragonfly Capital

New York City Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Lawrence Diao is currently serving as a General Partner at Dragonfly Capital in the New York City Metropolitan Area, specializing in investing at Seed and Series A stages in the Web3/Crypto sectors. With a background that includes co-founding Basis, working at Google, and contributing to Radix Trading, Lawrence has demonstrated expertise in software engineering, quantitative research, and technology investing. His career highlights include co-founding Basis, a notable role at Google as a Software Engineer, and his current position as a General Partner at Dragonfly Capital, where he focuses on investing in innovative companies in the Web3/Crypto space.

Work Experience 

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Dragonfly Capital

  • General Partner

    2021 - 2023

Dragonfly Capital Partners is investing in and supporting the promising opportunities in the cryptoasset class.

dragonfly.xyz
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Basis

  • Co-Founder, President

    2017 - 2020

    Website: http://www.basis.io

Basis is a price-stable cryptocurrency with an algorithmic central bank.

Raised $133,000,000.00 from Digital Currency Group, Polychain, Wing Venture Capital, Sky Capital, Stan Druckenmiller, Social Starts, Ceyuan Ventures, Oyster Ventures, Infinite Capital and Google Ventures.

basis.io
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Google

  • Software Engineer

    2015 - 2017

    Google Search (Knowledge Engine): April 2017 - September 2017 DoubleClick Bid Manager: July 2015- March 2017

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

google.com
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Radix Trading

  • Quant Researcher/Developer

    2014 - 2015

    Prop Trading

Radix Trading is a property management agency dedicated to research through targeted collaboration and extensive innovation.

radix.trade

Blander Technologies (now named Radix Trading)

  • Quant Researcher/Developer

    2013 - 2014

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Sift Science

  • Technical Intern

    2013 - 2013

    Using large-scale machine learning to fight eCommerce fraud

Sift applies insights from a global network of data to detect fraud and increase positive user experience.

Raised $156,500,000.00 from Raison Wealth.

sift.com
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D. E. Shaw & Co.

  • Software Developer Intern

    2012 - 2012

    Quantitative Strategies - Institutional Asset Management

D. E. Shaw & Co. is a global investment and technology development firm.

deshaw.com
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Google

  • Software Engineering Intern

    2011 - 2011

    Google Research Developed a more mathematically rigorous methodology for text correction and prediction for the android keyboard. Co-inventor of 3 U.S. Patents: Predictive Virtual Keyboard: www.google.com/patents/US8484573 Disambiguating Touch Input: www.google.com/patents/US8436827 System For Predicting Words In A Message: www.google.com/patents/US20130253908

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

google.com
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George Mason University, The Center for the Study of Neuroeconomics

  • Intern

    2010 - 2010

    Programmed objects and interfaces in Second Life using Linden Scripting Language (LSL) to aid in online classes and social/economic experiments.

ASRC Aerospace

  • Intern

    2009 - 2009

    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, PAAC III Contract. Developed a real-time telemetry plotter for the FANUC robotic arm using the QWT technical extension to QT4. Supported navigation sensor qualification tests on the Hubble Soft-Capture mechanism installed during the Hubble Servicing Mission 4, STS-125 in May, 2009.

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