# Jasper Lau

> Jasper Lau is a seed investor at Exponent Financial backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Exponent Financial](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exponent-financial)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasperlau/

Jasper Lau is a seed investor at Exponent Financial 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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $5M–$16M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$1.5M |
| Series A | $22M–$105M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 17% |
| FinTech | 3 | 13% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 13% |
| Computer | 2 | 8% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 38% |
| Series A | 4 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 13% |
| Series B | 2 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 13 | 54% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 4% |
| Singapore | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hydra Host | 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 | Nitra offers expense management software that integrates with the banks to provide innovative loan products. | $50M | Series B | Mar 10, 2026 |  |
| Unconventional AI | 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 |  |
| Nitra | Nitra offers expense management software that integrates with the banks to provide innovative loan products. | $22M | Series A | Aug 01, 2025 |  |
| Harmonic | 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 | 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 |  |
| Amber Technologies | 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 | 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 |  |
| Amber Technologies | 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 | 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 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sazze Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sazzepartners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Gigafund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gigafund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Neo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-innovation) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Pantera Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pantera-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [RS Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/root-and-shoot-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Exponent Financial

VC Fund · New York, United States

Exponent Financial is a financial platform designed for franchise owners and multi-location enterprises.

4 contacts available at Exponent Financial.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jasper Lau | Founder & Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jasper-lau |
| Ryan Fung | Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-fung-f2ec |
| Sohel Roopani | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sohel-roopani-829f |
| Tim Hwang | Co-Founder & Co-Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-hwang |

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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 is Jasper Lau's check size?

Jasper Lau typically joins rounds of $5M–$16M at Seed, $1M–$1.5M at Pre-Seed and $22M–$105M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jasper Lau participates in.

### 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.

### 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.

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