Jaja Liao
Principal at 25madison
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2025 - Current
Principal
2022 - 2025
Select investments: Midi Health (Seed round. Series A GV, Series B Emerson Collective, Series C AVP) Paxton (Pre-seed round. Seed WVV, Series A Unusual) Keragon (Pre-seed w/ Afore. Seed Upfront) ChargeUp (Pre-seed round w/ Neo) Vinesight (Seed w/ Lightbank) Croissant (Seed. Seed+ Third Prime) Clearpol (Seed w/ Vertex) Rebuild (Pre-seed. Seed Gutter) Surveybot (Pre-seed w/ Neo)
25madison is a venture platform: we incubate ideas, invest in early-stage startups, and propel companies into their next phase of growth.
Board Member
2024
appointed by Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine
Analyst-> Associate-> Senior Associate
2018 - 2022
Select investments: Elemy (Series A) Keeper Tax (Series A) Airvet (Series A) Gentrace (Seed) Board observer: CodeSignal Airvet Keeper Tax Gentrace
Headline is a global venture capital firm investing in winning teams across stages and geographies.
Growth Strategy & Ops
2018 - 2018
Clover is a healthcare technology company helping members live their healthiest lives with its Medicare Advantage plans.
Raised $1,625,000,000.00 from Jennison Associates, Perceptive Advisors, Senator Investment Group and Fidelity.
Business Analyst
2016 - 2018
Admob/AdX
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Business Development
2016 - 2016
10th US hire. pre-ByteDance acquisition. Worked on negotiating deals with music labels. musical.ly is known as TikTok today.
Early Stage VC
2015 - 2015
Rainfall is an early-stage, generalist investor committed to partnering with founders globally to help them change industries.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree
2012 - 2016