# Carey Lai

> Carey Lai is a Series B investor at Conductive Ventures backing Internet and Software. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Conductive Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/conductive-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 64%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/careylai
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/laicarey
- Website: https://x.com/laicarey

Carey Lai is a Series B investor at Conductive Ventures in San Francisco focused on Internet and Software. Carey Lai invests in the intersection of technology and growth. Carey Lai joined Intel Capital as a Director in July 2011. He focuses on Internet & Digital Media investments. Carey has an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business and a B.A. in International Economics from UCLA.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 3 | 14% |
| Software | 3 | 14% |
| Analytics | 3 | 14% |
| Enterprise Software | 3 | 14% |
| SaaS | 2 | 9% |

43 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 7 | 32% |
| Series C | 5 | 23% |
| Series D | 3 | 14% |
| Series E | 2 | 9% |
| Seed | 1 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| evolvedMD | EvolvedMD is leading the integration of behavioral health services in modern primary care. | $34M | Series B | Jul 14, 2025 |  |
| Lily AI | Lily AI is the customer intent platform built to power the present and future of ecommerce. Lily AI injects robust product attribute data and unique customer intent into the entire ecommerce stack, supercharging retailers of all types by dramatically improving on-site search, personalized product discovery, recommendations and demand prediction,unlocking millions in new revenues.The company is venture-backed and headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | $20M | Series B | Mar 14, 2024 |  |
| Empowerly | Empowerly is a data-driven education technology company providing a platform for personalized college and career guidance. Empowerly provides college application counseling that ensures college admission success through trained counselors who tailor services to students' specific needs. Empowerly enables students to be their best selves incollege admissions and beyond. | $15M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 21, 2024 |  |
| evolvedMD | EvolvedMD is leading the integration of behavioral health services in modern primary care. | $14M | Series A | Jun 13, 2023 |  |
| evolvedMD | EvolvedMD is leading the integration of behavioral health services in modern primary care. | $5.4M | Series A | May 10, 2022 |  |
| hireEZ | At hireEZ, our mission is to make outbound recruiting easy. We’re dedicated to helping recruiters proactively bring jobs to people and give organizations the solutions they need to make the switch from inbound to outbound recruiting to achieve their business goals, hire the right people and build more inclusive workplaces. That’s why we developedhireEZ (formerly Hiretual), an AI-powered outbound recruitment platform. With hireEZ, you can execute a strategically scalable approach to build your workforce of the future. | $26M | Series C | Feb 02, 2022 |  |
| hireEZ | At hireEZ, our mission is to make outbound recruiting easy. We’re dedicated to helping recruiters proactively bring jobs to people and give organizations the solutions they need to make the switch from inbound to outbound recruiting to achieve their business goals, hire the right people and build more inclusive workplaces. That’s why we developedhireEZ (formerly Hiretual), an AI-powered outbound recruitment platform. With hireEZ, you can execute a strategically scalable approach to build your workforce of the future. | $26M | Series B | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| Jackpocket | Jackpocket is creating a more convenient, fun, and responsible way to play the lottery. The first licensed third-party lottery app in the United States, Jackpocket offers players an easy, secure way to order official state lottery tickets, such as Powerball, Mega Millions, from their phone. Lottery players use Jackpocket to place ticket orders fortheir favorite games, check lottery results, join lottery pools with other Jackpocket players, and turn on Autoplay so they never miss a drawing. Jackpocket is available in Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, and Washington, D.C. with many new markets on the horizon. | $120M | Series D | Nov 09, 2021 |  |
| Self Financial | Self Financial is a venture-backed fintech startup that helps customers build credit and save money.It provides tools necessary for building on-time payment history and responsible use of credit, in collaboration with issuing banks.s services are for those who are new to credit or who might not have access to traditional financial products. Itoffers Self Credit Builder Account to help consumers build both credit and savings without relying on credit history and Self Visa Credit Card, a card that helps existing customers build their security deposit in instalments. Self Financial is formerly known as Self Lender.The startup was founded by Conor Swanson and James Garvey in 2015 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $50M | Series E | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| Self Financial | Self Financial is a venture-backed fintech startup that helps customers build credit and save money.It provides tools necessary for building on-time payment history and responsible use of credit, in collaboration with issuing banks.s services are for those who are new to credit or who might not have access to traditional financial products. Itoffers Self Credit Builder Account to help consumers build both credit and savings without relying on credit history and Self Visa Credit Card, a card that helps existing customers build their security deposit in instalments. Self Financial is formerly known as Self Lender.The startup was founded by Conor Swanson and James Garvey in 2015 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $20M | Series C | Feb 19, 2020 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Battery Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/battery-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Altos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altos-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Waterline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/waterline-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bullpen Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullpen-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Canaan Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaan-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Crosslink Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosslink-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Conductive Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Conductive Ventures invests in expansion stage companies with a focus on enterprise software and hardware. The team is led by institutional venture investors and operators with unmatched experience in the sector. Conductive Ventures focuses on deploying $100M into post-product companies with early customer success. The team works closely with itsportfolio companies to deliver demonstrable revenue acceleration through targeted introductions and partnerships. Portfolio companies include Ambiq Micro, CSC Generation, Desktop Metal, and Sprinklr.

5 contacts available at Conductive Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Carey Lai | Founding Member and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carey-lai |
| Paul Yeh | Founding Member and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-yeh |
| Arif Damji | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arif-damji |
| Masahiro Kinoshita | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masahiro-kinoshita |
| Norihiro Kondo | Head of Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norihiro-kondo |

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does Carey Lai invest in?

Carey Lai invests primarily in Internet, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Carey Lai last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Carey Lai closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 22 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co