Investing Profile

Laura Yao(357)

VCInvestor
Partner at EQT Ventures
eqtventures.comSan Francisco, California
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44 Investors

Connected to Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Pete Flint (NFX), and 41 other investors on Signal.

Networks Laura is a member of
NewCo Network
1599 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Network
925 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network
423 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network
423 CONNECTIONS
Yale University Network
289 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
EQT Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$1M - $75.0M
Sweet Spot
$15.0M
Investments On Record
8
Current Fund Size
€660M

Laura Yao is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Laura Yao's Investments On Record (8)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Fly.io
Series CJun 2023$70M
$110M
Co-investors: Nick Washburn (Intel Capital), Brett Gibson (Initialized Capital), Martin Casado (Andreessen Horowitz), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Daniel Docter (Dell Technologies Capital), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), Sam Lambert, Jason Katzer
Moralis
Series AMay 2022$40M
$53M
Co-investors: Antoine Moyroud (Lightspeed Venture Partners)
Endgame
Series BFeb 2022$30M
$130M
Co-investors: Zhenya Loginov (Accel), Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), Byron Deeter (Bessemer Venture Partners), David Cowan (Bessemer Venture Partners), Joe Morrissey (Andreessen Horowitz), Naomi Pilosof Ionita (Menlo Ventures), Kara Nortman (Upfront Ventures), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Sandhya Hegde (Unusual Ventures), Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), Ken Minihan (Paladin Capital Group), Garth Timoll (Top Tier Capital Partners), Eli Rubel (Offline Ventures), Yvonne Wassenaar (Accenture), Kenny Van Zant, Peter Kazanjy
Airkit.ai
Series BMay 2021$40M
$68M
Co-investors: Steve Loughlin (Accel), Santi Subotovsky (Emergence Capital)
Netlify
Series CMar 2020$63M
$210M
Co-investors: Peter Levine (Andreessen Horowitz), Bucky Moore (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Elliott Robinson (Bessemer Venture Partners), Mary D'Onofrio (Bessemer Venture Partners), Martin Casado (Andreessen Horowitz), Matt Murphy (Menlo Ventures), Jay Simons (Bond), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Robin Vasan (Mango Capital), Nadav Eylath (at.inc/), Jeremy Stoppelman (Yelp.com), Dylan Field, Stewart Butterfield
Darkstore
Series AJan 2019$7.5M
$17M
Co-investors: James Tamplin (Founder Collective), Vivian Cheng (CRV), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Tim Connors (10100), Erik de Stefanis (Interlace Ventures), Ashley Flucas (Flucas Ventures), Bobby Yazdani (Cota Capital)
Handshake
Series COct 2018$40M
$460M
Co-investors: Kevin Spain (Emergence Capital), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Toni Schneider (True Ventures), Will Kohler (Lightspeed Venture Partners), James Ephrati (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Megan Quinn (Spark Capital), William Reed (Spark Capital), Stephanie Palmeri (NextView Ventures), Matt Mazzeo (Coatue Management), Adeyemi Ajao (Base10 (Base10 Partners) ), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration), Jeff Richards (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Alastair Mitchell (EQT Ventures), Charlie Cheever, Eric Feng
HeadSpin
Series BOct 2018$20M
$110M
Co-investors: Karim Faris (Google Ventures), Tim Guleri (Sierra Ventures), Kevin Weil (OpenAI), John Bonten (PhotoRoom), Sunil Pai (Angel Collective Opportunity Fund), Jeff Weiner (Next Play Ventures), Michael Katz (mParticle), Deepak Jeevankumar (Dell Technologies Capital), Manik Gupta (Uber), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Sunil Chhaya (Kearny Jackson), Jeff Richards (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Fady Yacoub (HOF Capital), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), Ross Mason (Dig Ventures), Deepak Jeevan Kumar, Akshay Kothari, Pratyus Patnaik, Adam D'Angelo, Amber Feng, Sheila Tran

most interested in

Beautiful products that improve life at work.

not interested in

No consumer, no early-stage!

Laura Yao's Experience

Journalist The Washington PostPresent
Co-founder and CEO NewCoPresent
Fellow, Class 24 Kauffman FellowsPresent
Board Director FlyPresent
Angel Investor and Advisor MastraPresent
Founding Partner Commit CapitalPresent
Board Director DarkstorePresent
Board Director AirkitPresent
Board Observer EndgamePresent
Board Director NetlifyPresent
Board Director Fly.ioPresent
Deal Partner EQT VenturesPresent
Journalist The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Pittsburgh Post-GazettePresent
Head of Strategy Insight M, a Zeitview companyPresent
Board Director Moralis Web3 Present
Advisor MastraPresent
Angel Investor Reo.DevPresent
Head of Strategy Kairos AerospacePresent
Co-founder and CEO The PhenomListPresent
Analyst Angel Island PartnersPresent
Investor EQT VenturesPresent
Board Director Airkit.aiPresent
Board Director MoralisPresent
Partner EQT VenturesPresent
Founder -Present
Head of Strategy -Present
Senior Investment Associate Bridgewater Associates2013 - 2015

Laura Yao's Education

Yale University BA Economics and Mathematics
Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA Business Administration and Management, General
Stanford University master of business administration, masters business administration, management, business administration and management
Yale University bachelors, bachelor of arts economics, mathematics
Yale University BA Mathematics and Economics
Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA Business