Carey Lai

Founder & Managing Partner at Conductive Ventures | Backing Exceptional Entrepreneurs

📍 Palo Alto, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 24 investments📅 16 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States20+ investments
24
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8
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7
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Board Member
Dec 2023
Empowerly is designed to make college admissions guidance accessible to all through data-driven education technology. Our platform uses algorithms and human expertise to match students with their best-match counselors who will assess their applicant competitiveness at top U.S. colleges and universities. We empower students with the tools they need to successfully navigate the complexities of college preparation, program acceptance, and beyond.
Board Member
Sep 2022
Creativity, compassion and change drive us: we innovate and lead the integration of behavioral health services in modern primary care. We believe in whole patient care: upfront and ongoing. We believe in a better way to integrate behavioral health. At evolvedMD, we are leading the integration of behavioral health services in modern primary care. How? We use a uniquely upfront, innovative, and ongoing approach that places our clinicians on site and in person at each of the practices we serve. As one of America’s largest and most seasoned companies dedicated to integration, we fully embed behavioral health specialists into a collaborative team. evolvedMD is committed to meeting patients where they are most comfortable: whether that is in person and on site at your practice location or virtual. We offer early, comprehensive, and dedicated care to help patients achieve the best possible behavioral health outcomes.
Board Observer
Dec 2021
Simplify recruitment and improve candidate quality with a single platform for AI sourcing, recruitment CRM, analytics, and automation—all built to drive enterprise efficiency and scale. hireEZ empowers organizations to transform their recruitment processes, optimize costs, and enhance team efficiency through one unified platform. With powerful integration capabilities and smart automation, hireEZ centralizes your recruitment efforts for a more efficient and effective hiring process.
Board Observer
Dec 2021
The Award-Winning, End-to-End Outbound Recruiting Platform.
Board Observer
Dec 2021
We believe we can contribute to the industry progress by empowering every one in the pet community. We strive to build the most trustful, impactful, yet simple-to-use solutions for every one in the pet industry, help them thrive and make their dreams come true. As we grow the pet economy together, every one will become wealthier, healthier and happier.
Board Member
Oct 2021
Zingtree transforms customer support for B2C enterprises by automating complex workflows and integrating seamlessly with enterprise applications. Our AI platform analyzes your data to build workflows that trigger relevant actions while reducing resolution times. One foundational platform that works across channels for the agent and customer experience, securely deployed and managed by business users. We specialize in Customer Support Workflow Automation for B2C enterprises, particularly those with complex products, stringent regulatory compliance and diverse customer segments. Our primary industry focus includes Healthcare, Financial Services, Insurance, and Consumer Products & Services. At Zingtree, our company values are Action, People, Expertise, Transparency, and Ownership. Our culture drives us to innovate and deliver exceptional solutions for our customers.
Board Observer
Sep 2021
Tripalink is a U.S. proptech company that has garnered investments from several well-known Silicon Valley venture capital firms. The company’s mission is to construct the next-generation AI leasing platform and establish a market disruptive residential brand. By utilizing AI technology and data-driven operations, Tripalink aims to provide employees, residents and investors with an exceptional real estate experience. Tripalink currently oversees more than 12,000 units in 11 cities across North America and boasts 102 self-developed apartment projects in 6 major cities. The company maintains a presence in several countries, operating branches in North America, Europe, China, South Korea, and the Philippines. Tripalink adheres to the principles of embracing technology, prioritizing user experience, continuous self-improvement, and fostering innovation.
Investor
Sep 2020
Symbiont is a leading technology company focused on solving complex global finance problems using a novel enterprise blockchain solution. An early pioneer of smart contracts and distributed ledger technologies, Symbiont’s Assembly™ blockchain is the first enterprise platform developed to remove operational friction from the life cycle of financial instruments, while enabling real-time data sharing with optimal security and privacy. Founded in New York with a global footprint, Symbiont is composed of a team of capital markets experts and engineers located all over the world with the common goal of creating market efficiencies to power the next generation of financial market innovation. To learn more about Symbiont, please visit symbiont.io or contact the team at info@symbiont.io.
Board Observer
Sep 2020
Nice Healthcare is redesigning comprehensive healthcare for small and medium-sized businesses by utilizing a mix of technology and in-home care. As an employee benefit, we offer employees and their families in-home and virtual primary care, virtual mental health therapy, and virtual physical therapy services. Our clinicians can also offer patients x-rays, 35 labs and blood draws and over 550 medications that can be prescribed with no out-of-pocket costs. Since launching in Minnesota in 2017, weve expanded our integrated care services to 12 states.
Board Member
Feb 2020
TravelBank is the all-in-one expense management and business travel platform, powering data-backed financial decisions for more than 15,000 companies. TravelBank helps reduce company expenditure by 30% on average while improving employee happiness through a user-friendly design, fast expense reimbursements, and travel rewards program. Businesses can design and deploy custom travel and work from home expense policies with ease, and create a baseline for spend that matches the needs of an organization. TravelBank's platform guides employees to stay within their company budget, so financial admins and decision-makers can focus on the core business, not the nuances of a company policy. Organizations of all sizes can harness the experience of TravelBank's in-house travel team alongside a dedicated customer success team for 24/7 concierge-level support, available by phone, email, or chat. Learn how to better manage your company's business spend by visiting travelbank.com/ to learn more today.
Board Observer
Oct 2019
Forte provides on-chain solutions that foster safe environments and support healthy and stable digital asset economies. Our trust and privacy-preservation solutions empower developers to define, launch, and monetize their projects with built-in economic stability, instant liquidity access, and risk management. Developers can deploy flexible and adaptable blockchain solutions that evolve with their dynamic needs - fully compatible with all EVM chains and web3 wallets. Backed by a16z, Sea Ltd., Griffin Gaming, KORA, Coinbase, and Animoca Brands, Forte and its ecosystem partners work with acclaimed developers to shape the future of on-chain economies. Learn more at forte.io.
Board Observer
Oct 2019
Our mission is to empower creators to build long-lasting successful online businesses. Rally allows creators to form their own always-on digital economies centered on the value they create for their fans. Powered by digital assets on the blockchain, Rally offers additive creator monetization through deeper fan engagement and rewards.
Investor
Dec 2018
Resident is a house of direct-to-consumer brands in the home goods space. We started with the award-winning Nectar mattress in 2016 and have continued our meteoric growth with an expanding portfolio including DreamCloud, Awara, Siena and CloverLane. At Resident, we are relentless in our passion to provide customers with better choices when it comes to everyday home design. And a good nights sleep! We make it effortless to find what you want for your home, whenever you want it. And we offer the best of the best trial periods and warranties because we believe in giving you as much power as possible. We are a Remote-first company based in the US (with Resident employees in 33 states and counting!). We also have Resident teams in the UK, a manufacturing facility in Indiana, and a tech office in Tel Aviv, Israel. As we continue to grow, we want Resident to be your favorite place to feel at home - whether youre shopping with us or working with us.
Board Member
Jun 2018
Upwave is the Analytics Platform for Brand Advertising. Upwave makes brand advertising more impactful. Upwave is the only platform that provides customers: - Scale: Our unmatched digital network enables fast, accurate, data collection from millions of everyday consumers - Real-time brand insights: Real-time dashboards for the most accurate up-to-date brand insights, all conveniently accessible on a single platform - Optimization: Seamless integration with DSPs and social platforms means bid optimization and audiences to improve marketing impact Our customers are Fortune 500 companies across multiple verticals including CPG, technology, and financial services as well as the largest global advertising agencies measuring and optimizing digital campaigns for their customers. We are backed by leading investors (Y Combinator, Uncork Capital, Bloomberg Beta, PivotNorth, Ridge Ventures, Conductive Ventures, leading MarTech founders).
Board Member
Jun 2018
Jackpocket is on a mission to create a more convenient, fun, and responsible way to order lottery tickets right from your phone. We are the first licensed third-party app in the U.S. that provides an easy, secure way to order official state lottery tickets. Lottery fans use Jackpocket to place orders for their favorite games, check lottery results, join lottery pools for better odds, and get automatic alerts when they win. Over $450 million in lottery prizes to date have been won on Jackpocket, including a $9.4 million prize in NJ—the biggest mobile gaming win in U.S history. Jackpocket is available in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Washington DC, and West Virginia, with many new markets on the horizon. WERE HIRING! Come join our fun-loving, dedicated crew. View all open positions at: https://jackpocket.com/careers. Must be 18+, 19+ in NE, 21+ in AZ. Gambling Problem? 1-800-GAMBLER or visit https://bit.ly/3UDCXf3
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2023
Board Member
Dec 2023
Empowerly is designed to make college admissions guidance accessible to all through data-driven education technology. Our platform uses algorithms and human expertise to match students with their best-match counselors who will assess their applicant competitiveness at top U.S. colleges and universities. We empower students with the tools they need to successfully navigate the complexities of college preparation, program acceptance, and beyond.
2022
Board Member
Sep 2022
Creativity, compassion and change drive us: we innovate and lead the integration of behavioral health services in modern primary care. We believe in whole patient care: upfront and ongoing. We believe in a better way to integrate behavioral health. At evolvedMD, we are leading the integration of behavioral health services in modern primary care. How? We use a uniquely upfront, innovative, and ongoing approach that places our clinicians on site and in person at each of the practices we serve. As one of America’s largest and most seasoned companies dedicated to integration, we fully embed behavioral health specialists into a collaborative team. evolvedMD is committed to meeting patients where they are most comfortable: whether that is in person and on site at your practice location or virtual. We offer early, comprehensive, and dedicated care to help patients achieve the best possible behavioral health outcomes.
2021
Board Observer
Dec 2021
Simplify recruitment and improve candidate quality with a single platform for AI sourcing, recruitment CRM, analytics, and automation—all built to drive enterprise efficiency and scale. hireEZ empowers organizations to transform their recruitment processes, optimize costs, and enhance team efficiency through one unified platform. With powerful integration capabilities and smart automation, hireEZ centralizes your recruitment efforts for a more efficient and effective hiring process.
Board Observer
Dec 2021
The Award-Winning, End-to-End Outbound Recruiting Platform.
Board Observer
Dec 2021
We believe we can contribute to the industry progress by empowering every one in the pet community. We strive to build the most trustful, impactful, yet simple-to-use solutions for every one in the pet industry, help them thrive and make their dreams come true. As we grow the pet economy together, every one will become wealthier, healthier and happier.
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