Current Firm
Craft Ventures
Investments
7+ companies
Focus
Enterprise, Marketplace
Lainy Painter is a Partner at Craft Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on identifying and supporting transformative companies across key technology sectors. With a deep investment thesis centered on Enterprise, Marketplace, AI, Fintech, and SaaS, Painter brings significant expertise in scaling high-impact businesses. Her notable investment portfolio includes companies such as Vanta, SpaceX, Meta, Cedar, ZocDoc, Sourcegraph, and Pipe, demonstrating a track record of backing industry leaders and innovators. Painter's investment approach combines strategic capital allocation with hands-on partnership, supporting founders building solutions that address substantial market opportunities and drive technological progress across multiple sectors.
Lainy Painter is a Partner, Craft Ventures at Craft Ventures, based in San Francisco, CA.
Lainy's investment focus spans Enterprise, Marketplace, AI, Fintech, SaaS, primarily investing at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+ stages. This specialization allows for deep domain knowledge and strong network effects that benefit portfolio companies.
Notable investments in Lainy's portfolio include Cedar, Pipe, Sourcegraph, SpaceX, Vanta. These companies reflect a pattern of backing high-potential startups across their focus sectors.
Lainy Painter is a Partner, Craft Ventures at Craft Ventures, based in San Francisco, CA. Their investment focus includes Enterprise, Marketplace, AI.
Lainy Painter focuses on investments in Enterprise, Marketplace, AI, Fintech, SaaS through Craft Ventures. These focus areas reflect their domain expertise and the types of startups they actively seek to back.
Lainy Painter's notable portfolio investments include Vanta, SpaceX, Meta, Cedar, ZocDoc. These companies span multiple sectors and stages, reflecting a track record of identifying high-potential startups.
Lainy Painter is currently at Craft Ventures, headquartered in San Francisco, CA, serving as Partner, Craft Ventures.