Rachel Lam
Chair Nominating & Governance Committee at Porch Group
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Member Board Of Directors
2020 - Current
Member of the Board of Directors of Magnite, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGNI), the world's largest independent sell-side advertising platform. Member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Lam brings strategic finance/M&A expertise to the board. Served on the Magnite transaction subcommittee to oversee its $1.1 billion acquisition of SpotX, also served on the Magnite pricing subcommittee to oversee its March 2021 $400MM+ public convertible debt offering. Additionally, served on the transaction subcommittee overseeing the public merger of equals between Telaria and Rubicon completed in April 2020 to form Magnite. Previously served on the board of Telaria (NYSE: TLRA) from its IPO in June 2013 till merger with Rubicon in April 2020.
Magnite is a sell-side advertising platform that provides technology for publishers to monetize their content across all screens and format.
Raised $940,000,000.00.
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
2017
Please see www.imaginationvc.com for more info on Imagination Capital, an early stage venture fund launched in Nov. 2017 with former Time Warner CEO, Dick Parsons.
Imagination Capital is an early stage investor targeting companies that are poised to capture an industry shift.
Member Board Of Directors, Chair Nominating & Governance Committee
2021
Member of the board of directors of Porch Group (NASDAQ: PRCH), a homeowners insurance and vertical software platform. Chair of the Nominating & Governance Committee, member of the Audit Committee and the M&A Committee.
Porch Group is a vertical software platform for residential environments.
Raised $648,849,965.00 from Wellington Management.
Member Board Of Directors
2021 - 2024
Member of the Board of Directors of Innovid (NYSE: CTV), an independent CTV advertising and measurement platform for the world's largest brands. Served on the Audit Committee as well as the Nominating and Governance Committee.
Board Observer
2019 - 2022
Veritonic is a leading SAAS platform to optimize audio effectiveness--the first analytics platform built to quantify the value of sound (www.veritonic.com).
World-renowned brands, agencies, & platforms rely on Veritonic’s audio data & analytics to research, test, & measure the ROI of their audio.
Raised $14,200,000.00 from Alumni Ventures, Progress Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Greycroft, nvp capital and Lavrock Ventures.
Member Board Of Directors
2017 - 2022
Member of the Finance and Audit Committee. The Center for Reproductive Rights is an innovative organization that uses the power of the law to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental human right globally.
Member Board Of Directors
2013 - 2020
Served on the board of directors of Telaria (NYSE: TLRA) from its IPO in June 2013 till its merger with The Rubicon Project in April 2020. Member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Served on the Telaria transaction subcommittee overseeing the public merger-of-equals with The Rubicon Project (NYSE: RUBI).
Member Board Of Directors
2019 - 2020
THE CITY is an independent, nonprofit news outlet dedicated to hard-hitting reporting that serves the people of New York. Please see www.thecity.nyc .
Board Observer
2017 - 2017
Company sold to Ziff Davis/J2 Global.
Board Member
2015 - 2017
Company sold to Ziff Davis/J2 Global.
Mashable is a media company for the connected generation and voice of digital culture.
Raised $59,300,000.00 from Warner Media, Brandtech Ventures, Updata Partners and Turner Broadcasting System.
SVP and Group Managing Director, TW Investments
2001 - 2017