Investing Profile

Elena (Lainy) Painter(25)

VCInvestor

Partner at Craft Ventures

craftventures.comMenlo Park, California

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Elena (Lainy) Painter's investing connections

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Networks Elena (Lainy) is a member of

Goldman Sachs Network

974 CONNECTIONS

IBM Network

342 CONNECTIONS

The College of William and Mary Network

20 CONNECTIONS

Gainsight Network

16 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Craft Ventures Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$500M

Elena (Lainy) Painter is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

San Francisco Bay Area FinTech (Series A)FinTech (Seed)

Elena (Lainy) Painter's Investments On Record (15)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Cartwheel	SeedMay 2025$10M	$75M
Co-investors: Daniel Levine (Accel), Greg Yap (Menlo Ventures), Minnie Ingersoll (TenOneTen Ventures), Jomayra Herrera (Reach Capital), Reva Nohria (General Catalyst Partners), Craig Cummings (Moonshots Capital), Raoul Maier (Eudemian Ventures, LLC), Samara Hernandez (Chingona Ventures), Lainy Painter (Craft Ventures), Sean Whitney (Craft Ventures), Amjad Masad, Akshay Kothari, Drew Houston
Vooma	Series ADec 2024$14M	$18M
Co-investors: Nina Achadjian (Index Ventures), William Hockey (The Column Group), Ron Pragides (GTMFund), Lainy Painter (Craft Ventures), Ryan Hrabak (Lightbank), Jett McCandless
Arcol	Series AJul 2024	$6M
Co-investors: Ted Wang (Cowboy Ventures), John Lilly (Greylock), Matthew Ball (Makers Fund), Lainy Painter (Craft Ventures), Sean Whitney (Craft Ventures), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Dylan Field (Figma, Inc.)
Bandana	SeedSep 2023$4M	$13M
Co-investors: Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Max Rimpel (Index Ventures), Sarah Smith (Bain Capital Ventures), Andrea Wang (SV Angel), Lainy Painter (Craft Ventures)
Sensible	SeedNov 2022$7M	$11M
Co-investors: Jack Altman (Benchmark), Anne van Laarhoven (Graduate Ventures), Melody Koh (NextView Ventures), Lainy Painter (Craft Ventures), Chad Nitschke (Startupbootcamp FoodTech), Ashmeet Sidana (Engineering Capital), Gordon Wintrob
Explo	Series AAug 2022$12M	$14M
Co-investors: Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Lainy Painter (Craft Ventures), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Nate Matherson
Pando	SeedApr 2022$5M	$53M
Co-investors: Mar Hershenson (Pear VC), Caitlin Strandberg (Lerer Hippeau), Benedikt Körling (Global Founders Capital), Mohanjit Jolly (DFJ), Girish Mathrubootham (Together Fund), Christoph Ruedig (AlbionVC), Harry Stebbings (Stride.VC), Fred Destin (Stride.VC), Thomas Noonan (TechOperators LLC), Abhishek Sharma (Nexus Venture Partners), Lainy Painter (Craft Ventures), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Kathleen Utecht (Core Innnovation Capital), Akshay Kothari
Fellow	Series AOct 2021$24M	$54M
Co-investors: Peter Fenton (Benchmark), Lainy Painter (Craft Ventures), David Sacks (Craft Ventures)

Elena (Lainy) Painter's Experience

Federal Financial Analyst IBMPresent

Post-Baccalaureate Fellow, Boehly Center for Excellence in Finance College of William and MaryPresent

Technology Investment Banking Goldman SachsPresent

Business Operations GainsightPresent

Elena (Lainy) Painter's Education

The College of William and Mary Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Finance, Economics, Summa Cum Laude

Strath Haven High School

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