Lily Sarafan
Founding Partner at Kyo
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Executive Chair
2020 - Current
CEO and Co-Founder
2005 - 2020
With a mission to be the most trusted provider of long-term care at home, TheKey is reimagining aging through its 10,000+ team members and precision care solutions.
TheKey is a home healthcare service provider company.
Member, Board of Trustees
2020
∙Co-Chair, Presidential Search Committee (2023-2024) ∙Vice Chair, Freeman Spogli Institute Council (2017-) ∙Co-Chair, Stanford Undergraduate Cabinet (2014-) ∙Member, Campaign Committee (2022-) ∙Member, Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Council (2020-) ∙Member, LEAD Council (2016-) ∙Co-Chair, Task Force on Ethics, Society and Technology (2021) ∙Member, Stanford Impact Labs Task Force (2021) ∙Board Member, Stanford Alumni Association (2015-2020) ∙Co-Chair, Class Reunion Campaign (2008-2023) ∙Co-Chair, Communications, Task Force on Undergraduate Education (2012-2014) ∙Board Member, Stanford Professional Women (2008-2010)
Board Member
2021
NASDAQ:CART Lead Independent Director Comp/NomGov Committees
Instacartshopper is an online grocery platform.
Board Member
2024
NASDAQ:SERV Comp/Audit Committees
Board Member
2019
Comp Committee Chair Audit (former)
Thumbtack is a home services website connecting users with local service providers.
Raised $773,200,000.00 from Silicon Valley Bank and Hercules Capital.
Board Member
2020
Investor / Advisor
2013
∙Cota Capital invests in modern public and private enterprise technology companies. ∙Civilization Ventures invests in leading synthetic biology and digital health/AI companies. ∙Streamlined Ventures invests in transformative technologies at the seed stage. ∙Pear VC bets on founders and category-defining companies at the earliest stages. ∙Neo is a communal VC fund that accelerates tomorrow's tech leaders. Select companies ∙Mezmo | log management for modern engineering teams ∙Vave | wireless, ultra-portable ultrasound ecosystem ∙Labelbox | leading training data platform for production AI ∙Seniorly | modern marketplace for senior living ∙Entefy | advanced AI solutions for enterprise growth ∙Ethernovia | virtualized vehicle communication ∙Rizlab | AI powered rapid blood test diagnostics ∙Placer.ai | unprecedented insights into consumer foot traffic ∙Neuralight | AI platform for digitizing neurology
Founding Partner, Project BIG
2018
Project BIG: The Stanford Brain Immune Gut Initiative aims to unlock the mysteries underlying neurological and autoimmune diseases through clinician-scientist collaboration across disciplines.
Appointed Member, Governor's Task Force on Alzheimer’s and Aging
2019
Advising the Governor on prevention and preparation for the rise of neurodegenerative disease at a time of historic demographic change Advisory Board Member, Women's Alzheimer's Movement at Cleveland Clinic (2017-)
Henry Crown Fellow
2017
The flagship initiative of The Aspen Global Leadership Network, The Henry Crown Fellowship mobilizes proven entrepreneurial leaders toward building a better society.
Aspen-HP Digital Equity Accelerator is an accelerator that fuels innovation by investing in not-for-profit organizations and NGOs.