Lake Dai
Managing Partner at Sancus Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Founder, Managing Partner
2022 - Current
Sancus Ventures invests in enterprise software infrastructure and essential building blocks, focusing on foundational areas such as data, computing, orchestration, observability, AI alignment, privacy and security. Each member of the Sancus investment team is a former founder, tech influencer, and developer community leader who has successfully built and scaled leading software infrastructure across 3 economic cycles.
Adjunct Professor, Applied AI
2016
Faculty of CMU Integrated Innovation Institute and Information Networking Institute, teaching Applied AI and AI Ethics courses; Advisory Board Member, CMU TECH (Technical Entrepreneur Coaching Hub).
Advisory Board Member
2024
AngelList is a U.S. website for startups, angel investors, and job-seekers looking to work at startups.
Raised $170,200,000.00 from Beyond Capital, FJ Labs, Nomad Ventures, Kyle Tibbitts, Angel Collective Opportunity Fund, Sprint Vc, Ride Home Fund, Palumni VC, Vishal Rao and Tiger Global Management.
Board Governor (Audit & Risk, Finance, and Governance Committees)
2022
Established in 1931 and operates in 11 countries, GIA is the leading institution that protects the gem and jewelry buying public through research, education and laboratory services.
Co-founder, Vice Chair
2023
Benevolent AI Future brings together builders and funders for AI solutions that serve the public good.
Board Member, Independent
2022
Kubit is an innovator in the product analytics industry that provides a revolutionary no-code solution to self-service analytics.
Raised $22,800,000.00 from Global Venture Capital, Shasta Ventures, Insight Partners and TSVC.
Faculty, Stanford Women on Boards (SWB)
2022
2025 - Present: Faculty 2022 - 2024: Led the Technology Experience Group, grew members from 200+ to over 700 board directors and board candidates in the technology sector.
Guest Lecturer, AI Governance, Organizational Structure and Growth
2020
Chairwoman & President
2021 - 2022
Advisory Board Member
2017 - 2022
Founded in 1989, WITI is a worldwide non-profit organization to empower women leadership in technology.