Laura Chau

Consumer Tech / Commerce Tech Partner at Canaan

📍 New York, New York, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 15 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2025𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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15
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Board Member
Oct 2025
OpenArt - where ideas becomes visual stories. Claim more trial credits to unlock your creativity - https://openart.ai/credit/openart-linkedin-credits.
Investor
Jan 2025
Were a small team of people helping the world socialize more. Want to join the party? Follow our LinkedIn page to view our newest roles, or visit https://partiful.com/careers.
Board Member
Jan 2025
Arcade is the world’s first AI product creation platform, enabling anyone to design, purchase, and sell custom, manufacturable products with a simple text or image prompt. Co-founded by Mariam Naficy, Arcade brings together the power of generative AI with a global network of top artisans to turn user ideas into personalized, physical products in a quantity of one. Arcade aims to redefine commerce by offering unprecedented personal choice, expression, and meaning in product creation.
Board Member
Dec 2024
Solvely.ai develops AI agents for learning to deliver adaptive, personalized, and joyful education.
Board Member
Apr 2024
We are building the future of communication with AI-powered tools that empower Deaf and hard-of-hearing people to communicate. Check out our open positions on rylo.com/careers.
Board Member
May 2022
Mosey provides the automation and expertise required to hire remotely and stay compliant—all for a fraction of the cost of professional services.
Board Member
Nov 2020
Clutch is Canada’s largest online used car retailer, delivering a seamless, hassle-free car buying and financing experience to drivers everywhere. Shop thousands of used cars online, get the right one delivered to your door, and enjoy peace of mind with our 10-day Money-Back Guarantee. You can even sell or trade in your car and get an instant cash offer. How sweet is that? Clutch. Cars done right.
Board Member
Oct 2020
At Ollie, we love dogs and the people who love them. It’s this passion that defines Ollie as an innovative pet wellness brand. Our goal is simple: to provide a healthier, easier way to care for our dogs and in turn help them live as long as canine-ly possible. We see every dog as an individual and learn all we can about them in service of their health, happiness, and longevity. We are determined to make healthy, all-natural food more accessible so that every dog can receive the nutrition and care they deserve.  Ollie is backed by top-tier venture capital firms that have also invested in companies like Mirror, Dandy, Package Free, Prose and Glossier. Weve also been covered by Forbes, People Magazine, Insider, Refinery29, The Skimm and many other news outlets. As a member of our growing team, you’ll take part in a company culture that cares deeply about its work and its team members.  Learn more about how Ollie fits into you and your dog’s life at www.myollie.com.
mid stageManufacturing
Board Member
Feb 2019
We believe that if you put three or more friends in a room together and add a bottle of bubbly, you have a party. And we’re here to make those occasions happen more often and more easily than ever. That’s why we offer elevated products, curated for any occasion and shipped to your door. We believe that spills, smudges, and imperfections are the mark of a party well-thrown, and there shouldn’t be any pressure to get all the details exactly right. We’d rather you pour over your guest list than your napkin choices—because after all, the people are what make the party. We’re just here to help you feed them and fete them until the bottles run dry.
early stageManufacturing
Board Observer
Mar 2015
ClusterHQ made data persistence management software for distributed containerized applications. The company ceased operation in December 2016.
Board Observer
Mar 2015
Welcome to Fewer, Better. Fewer, better is the philosophy behind everything we do. We create timeless collections for the modern woman through meticulous design, carefully selected fabrics and simple functionality. Each piece is made with integrity and kindness from the highest-quality materials and created by skilled craftsmen throughout Europe, South America, China, and the United States. Cuyana is driving dynamic changes in the retail landscape. If you connect strongly with our fewer, better ethos, lead with care, and are driven by the opportunity to build the future of retail we want to hear from you.
Board Observer
Jan 2015
To grow your brand, you need integrated, unbiased data and insights you can trust. Meet Beckon, The Source of Truth for Marketing™. Our rock-solid data management + real-time marketing intelligence power better, faster decisions that let you do more with every marketing dollar. Beckon is enterprise software that delivers clean, trusted data for agile decisions at the speed and scale of modern marketing. The first platform to combine data best practices with marketing best practices, Beckon provides automated data management, total visibility into cross-channel marketing performance, integrated campaign planning, omnichannel analytics, real-time dashboards and scorecards, and marketing KPIs right out of the box for fast time to value. Beckon is for marketers who want to bring order to messy data, see what’s working across it all, spend wisely, maximize ROI, and tell the story of marketing’s impact on the business.
Board Observer
Jan 2015
Trusted by 19 of the top 20 importers, Cargomatic leverages the latest innovations to deliver comprehensive short-haul logistics solutions powered by the industry’s most sophisticated technology platform. The company offers a true one-stop shop—one provider for all U.S. markets managed in one technology platform with a single point of contact for the entire shipment life cycle. Services include LTL, LCL, FTL, FCL, Drayage, Intermodal, White Glove, Final Mile and Storage/Yard Management. Cargomatic’s network of subsidiary-owned assets, owner-operators and fleets provides customers with daily access to more than 35,000 trucks in 50 markets, including the nation’s top 20 ports. At Cargomatic, We Deliver More.
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2025
Board Member
Oct 2025
OpenArt - where ideas becomes visual stories. Claim more trial credits to unlock your creativity - https://openart.ai/credit/openart-linkedin-credits.
Investor
Jan 2025
Were a small team of people helping the world socialize more. Want to join the party? Follow our LinkedIn page to view our newest roles, or visit https://partiful.com/careers.
Board Member
Jan 2025
Arcade is the world’s first AI product creation platform, enabling anyone to design, purchase, and sell custom, manufacturable products with a simple text or image prompt. Co-founded by Mariam Naficy, Arcade brings together the power of generative AI with a global network of top artisans to turn user ideas into personalized, physical products in a quantity of one. Arcade aims to redefine commerce by offering unprecedented personal choice, expression, and meaning in product creation.
2024
Board Member
Dec 2024
Solvely.ai develops AI agents for learning to deliver adaptive, personalized, and joyful education.
Board Member
Apr 2024
We are building the future of communication with AI-powered tools that empower Deaf and hard-of-hearing people to communicate. Check out our open positions on rylo.com/careers.
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