# Vinnie Lauria

> Vinnie Lauria is a seed investor at Golden Gate Ventures backing E-Commerce and FinTech. See 29 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Golden Gate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-gate-ventures)
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 29
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 28%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/vincentlauria
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/vlauria
- Website: https://about.me/vlauria
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/vlauria

Vinnie Lauria is a seed investor at Golden Gate Ventures in Singapore focused on E-Commerce and FinTech. Vinnie is entrepreneur turned venture capitalist. He is a founding partner of Golden Gate Ventures, an early-stage VC firm in Southeast Asia with over 20 investments to date. He is a Kauffman Fellow, and a guest lecturer at the National University of Singapore. He was rated by the Founder Institute as highest startup mentor in Asia from a pool of2,500 mentors.Prior to setting up Golden Gate Ventures, Vinnie built two startups in Silicon Valley: Meetro, a location-based chat service which was dissolved with many lessons learned in 2007; and Lefora, a forum hosting platform which grew to over 100,000 communities and was acquired by CrowdGather in 2010. He founded the Silicon Valley NewTech meetup, featuring hundreds of startups to a monthly audience w/ more than 10,000 members.Earlier in his career, Vinnie spent four years within IBM, helping to shape how IBM was approaching social software for the enterprise. Vinnie is a graduate of Boston University’s College of Engineering. Vinnie is passionate about building startup ecosystems. He joined his first startup while still in high school.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 6 | 21% |
| FinTech | 4 | 14% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 14% |
| Mobile | 2 | 7% |
| Finance | 2 | 7% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 28% |
| Series A | 7 | 24% |
| Series B | 6 | 21% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 3% |
| Series C | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 9 | 31% |
| Indonesia | 2 | 7% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 3% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 3% |
| Philippines | 1 | 3% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TheLibrarian.io |  | $2M | Seed | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| Locofy | Locofy provides a service that converts designs into code. Locofy.ai aims to take away the menial work of engineers without adding complexity i.e. automating 50% or more of the current workflow starting with frontend code, allowing teams to convert their designs to code and an interactive and responsive live prototype (that runs on code), withoutwriting a single line of code. | $4.3M | Pre-Seed | May 15, 2023 |  |
| Carro | Carro is an online used car marketplace that offers a wide range of services for buying a car. | $30M | Series B | Mar 19, 2019 |  |
| Carousell | Carousell is a classifieds marketplace that allows people to buy and sell preloved items. It is a Singapore-based consumer-to-consumer marketplace app for iOS and Android.The Carousell marketplace has a diverse range of products across a variety of categories, including cars, lifestyle, gadgets, and fashion accessories. It has been ranked as thetop Shopping app in Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Australia, and is backed by leading international Venture Capitalists Sequoia Capital, Rakuten Ventures, 500 Startups, Golden Gate Ventures, and QuestVC.Launched in Aug 2012, Carousell began in Singapore and has expanded to 19 cities around the world, spanning 7 countries. | $85M | Series C | May 14, 2018 |  |
| Carro | Carro is an online used car marketplace that offers a wide range of services for buying a car. | $60M | Series B | May 14, 2018 |  |
| Funding Societies | Funding Societies operates an online platform that connects individual and institutional investors with SMEs seeking loans. The platform allows SMEs to access financing quickly and efficiently, often bypassing traditional banks. The company has operations in multiple Southeast Asian countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. | $25M | Series B | Apr 18, 2018 |  |
| MoneySmart | MoneySmart Group is South East Asia's leading personal finance portal helping consumers compare loans, insurance and credit cards.At MoneySmart, they have made it their mission to simplify your personal finance decisions. As everyday consumers their selves, they understand your expectations, hopes and concerns and they have builtMoneySmart.sg in Singapore and DuitPintar.com in Indonesia as the go-to, all-in-one portals for personal finance. They work together with you to help make your life goals happen. So whether you’re budgeting your first pay check, crossing out something from the ultimate travel bucket list, saving for that dream wedding, becoming a new homeowner or planning for retirement, you can be assured of making a smart choice – all for free in one place.From everyday decisions like choosing the best credit card to big decisions like buying a home, they show you what’s out there, recommend what’s best for you and help you to apply. Be informed and inspired about how to best earn, spend and grow your money to achieve your goals in life. | $10M | Series B | Jun 07, 2017 |  |
| Carro | Carro is an online used car marketplace that offers a wide range of services for buying a car. | $12M | Series A | Mar 22, 2017 |  |
| Grana | GRANA is a direct-to-consumer online fashion brand designing wardrobe essentials in-house, using the finest fabrics from around the world, available at honest prices.Strategically headquartered in Hong Kong, GRANA was founded by Luke Grana and Pieter Paul Wittgen in October 2014. GRANA ships globally to over 65 countries within 1-2 days.Countries include Australia, United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain and United Kingdom. | $10M | Series A | Oct 04, 2016 |  |
| Coda | Coda is a leading content monetization partner that simplifies global payments for digital publishers. Operating as a Merchant of Record, Coda provides compliant, secure, and localized monetization solutions—no local entity required.With deep expertise in high-growth markets, especially across Asia-Pacific, Coda supports 90% of the world’spreferred payment methods, including e-wallets, carrier billing, and bank transfers. This ensures publishers can offer frictionless user experiences while meeting local compliance standards.Coda enables publishers to grow globally—reducing operational overhead, improving payment success rates, and accelerating time-to-market. Trusted by over 300 publishers, including top names in gaming and digital content, Coda helps businesses unlock growth beyond the app. | $2M | Series A | Aug 23, 2016 |  |

10 of 29 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpha JWC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-jwc-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [GMO VenturePartners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gmo-venturepartners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Singtel Innov8](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/singtel-innov8) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Wavemaker Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wavemaker-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Golden Gate Ventures

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Golden Gate Ventures is a SouthEast Asian venture capital firm founded in 2011 that brings together knowledge and experience from Silicon Valley with passion and ambition for Southeast Asia. For over a decade we've proudly backed some of the region's most audacious founders and had the privilege of being part of Southeast Asia’sincredible growth story. Headquartered in Singapore with offices in Indonesia and Vietnam We’ve launched 4 funds, have US$250M AUM, and invested in 70+ companies with 9 unicorns across our portfolio.

5 contacts available at Golden Gate Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenrick Drijkoningen | Head of Growth | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenrick-drijkoningen |
| Vinnie Lauria | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vinnie-lauria |
| Dea Surjadi | Head of Indonesia | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dea-surjadi |
| Jeffrey Chua | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-chua |
| Jeffrey Paine | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-paine |

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## FAQ

### What does Vinnie Lauria invest in?

Vinnie Lauria invests primarily in E-Commerce, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Vinnie Lauria last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vinnie Lauria closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 29 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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