YY Lai

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.

DAO

2022

Investor

2022

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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