YY Lai
Partner at Signum Capital
Yy Lai
Partner at Signum Capital
Singapore
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2020 - Current
MAS registered fund investing in game changing projects that advance us towards the future of blockchain and crypto-enabled socioeconomic transformation Selected investments: - Fluence Labs - Gnosis Safe - Arrakis - ImToken - Acala - DeBank - Qredo - Big Time Studio - Solscan - Transak - Jumbo etc
Advisor of Signum
2017 - 2020
Investments include: - Arweave - Polkadot - Mina Protocol - Ren Protocol - NuCypher - TomoChain - Kyber Network - Oasis Labs - Fantom - Celer etc
Board Observer
2023
Transak is a leading Web3 payments and onboarding infrastructure provider built for developers.
Transak is a global web3 payment and onboarding infrastructure provider.
Raised $20,560,000.00 from NoLimit Holdings, Genting Ventures, The LAO, tokentus investment AG, SBI Ven Capital, KXVC, Woodstock Fund, Jan Hammer, IOSG Ventures and Istari Ventures.
DAO
2022
Alliance is the leading Web3 accelerator and founder community.
Raised $250,000.00 from Blockchain Founders Fund, Alameda Research, Orange DAO, Quiet Capital, Nascent, Protofund, LedgerPrime and Jason Yanowitz.
Investor
2022
https://www.generalist.com/briefing/generalist-capital
Generalist develops an online platform that offers tech writing to inboxes, every week.
Lead of Startup & Incubation
2016 - 2020
- Provide funding, mentorship and potentially PayPal investment for seed and early stage startups in fintech, commerce & crypto space - Startups include: - Jumper.ai (acquired) - PolicyPal (acquired) - Igloo Insure (Series B) - AwanTunai (Series A+) - Invoice Interchange - TenX - Pollen - Borneo - Co-organizer of community meetups e.g. Ethereum SG meetup etc
Head of Incubation Development
2010 - 2016
- Investment and incubation on technological startups with right founders, disruptive technology, and competitive business models. Some portfolio: Koipy, MyDoc, Hashmeta, SmartAHC(睿畜科技), Aurigin etc - Portfolio company support e.g. Business direction review, fundraising, business development, talent sourcing - Associate of Small World Group VC: Deal sourcing & due diligence for Business Angel Scheme (BAS) of Small World Group, a seed stage VC founded by Mr Frank Levinson, cofounder of Finisar (Nasdaq: FNSR)
Cofounder
2011 - 2013
S$700K Seed funded startup, developing a 3D game engine based project management software for complex construction projects.
a. Industry Development Manager
2008 - 2010
- Conduct due diligence and fund technology startups as a mean to build up the startup ecosystem in Singapore
b. Technology & Industry Consultant (CTO Office)
2001 - 2008
- Secure government funding, conduct strategic planning and execute the adoption plan of emerging TMT (The technology, media, and telecom) tech in Singapore, by collaborating with industry stakeholders including startups, local SMEs and MNCs
Business Operation
2000 - 2001
- Employee No 1, covering end to end business operation.
Senior Engineer
1999 - 2000