Jasper Lau
Founder & CEO @ Era
San Francisco, United States
Jasper Lau is a seed investor at Era in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Jasper Lau is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Founder and Chairman of Exponent Financial.
- Total investments:
- 24
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 13%
Last updated:
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Industries Jasper Lau invests in
Stages Jasper Lau invests in
Countries Jasper Lau invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $5M–$16M
- Pre-Seed
- $1M–$1.5M
- Series A
- $22M–$105M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 7 (29%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (17%)
- FinTech 3 (13%)
- Financial Services 3 (13%)
- Computer 2 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (38%)
- Series A 4 (17%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (13%)
- Series B 2 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (8%)
Country
- United States 13 (54%)
- Hong Kong 1 (4%)
- Singapore 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Hydra Host is a tool that provides cross-cloud capabilities to deploy and host apps across public cloud and private cloud providers. In addition to cross-cloud capabilities, Hydra offers high-level advisory, as well as expert implementation work with bespoke service engagements catered to client priorities. Whether security, resilience, orscale-focused. | $100M / Series A / Jun 15, 2026 | ||
Nitra
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Nitra offers expense management software that integrates with the banks to provide innovative loan products. | $50M / Series B / Mar 10, 2026 | |
| Unconventional AI develops a novel computing platform that rethinks how hardware and software interact to support artificial intelligence workloads with a focus on energy use and computational efficiency. The company works on integrating principles from biological neural systems into silicon-based circuits and related software interfaces to createa different substrate for running AI models. Its products and research aim to address the rising energy demands of AI by exploring non-traditional architectures that move beyond conventional digital simulation of neural networks. Unconventional AI also engages in early-stage development of prototypes and toolchains that support this new approach to AI computation. | $475M / Seed / Dec 08, 2025 | ||
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Nitra
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Nitra offers expense management software that integrates with the banks to provide innovative loan products. | $22M / Series A / Aug 01, 2025 | |
| Harmonic builds mathematical superintelligence. The company develops Mathematical Superintelligence (MSI), a next-generation artificial intelligence based on mathematical principles that ensures accuracy and eliminate hallucinations. | $75M / Series A / Sep 23, 2024 | ||
| Adro is an onramp to financial services for internationals moving to the US for school or work. From the day of their arrival, students and workers can access equitable checking, savings, and credit, reduced rates on international money transfer, and tuition payment processing, all without an SSN. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Apr 09, 2024 | ||
| By 2026, over a million electric vehicle owners will be on the hook to cover the costs of fixing and repairing vehicles fully out-of-pocket. While manufacturers are making improvements to make EVs more reliable, the lack of affordable extended protection plans and repair options can lead to thousands of dollars in invoices and frustrated owners.That’s why at Amber, we’re making it hassle-free to purchase extended warranty coverage and repair support for the most important components of an EV. Unlike traditional extended warranty programs, Amber’s EV care program was designed with the top EV technicians and communities to be tailored for the EV ownership experience. | $3.2M / Seed / Mar 20, 2024 | ||
| Markato offers an all-in-one online wholesale platform for businesses and stores in Asia to source from hundreds of premium, independent brands from the United States, Europe, and Australia. | $5M / Seed / Aug 28, 2023 | ||
| By 2026, over a million electric vehicle owners will be on the hook to cover the costs of fixing and repairing vehicles fully out-of-pocket. While manufacturers are making improvements to make EVs more reliable, the lack of affordable extended protection plans and repair options can lead to thousands of dollars in invoices and frustrated owners.That’s why at Amber, we’re making it hassle-free to purchase extended warranty coverage and repair support for the most important components of an EV. Unlike traditional extended warranty programs, Amber’s EV care program was designed with the top EV technicians and communities to be tailored for the EV ownership experience. | Pre-Seed / Mar 15, 2023 | ||
| Shennon Biotechnologies analyzes and manipulates a massive number of cells on the single-cell level to develop more effective treatments for human diseases. It functionally profiles millions of immune cells to find the best targets for cancer immunotherapy. | $13M / Seed / Mar 13, 2023 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Era
Founded by Jasper Lau, Era is a global investment firm backed by leading closely-held family enterprises across 19 countries and 25 industries. Era brings together the collective expertise, industry intel, and strategic capital of the firm’s families to invest in category-defining technology companies solving civilization’s biggest industrial challenges.
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FAQ
What does Jasper Lau invest in?
Jasper Lau invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Jasper Lau invest in?
Jasper Lau typically joins rounds of $5M–$16M at Seed, $1M–$1.5M at Pre-Seed and $22M–$105M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Jasper Lau's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Jasper Lau took part in.
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When did Jasper Lau last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jasper Lau closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 24 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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