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Lily Sarafan

Founding Partner at Kyo

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Lily Sarafan is the Executive Chair of TheKey, a Co-Founder, and CEO, with a significant role as a Board Member for companies like Instacart and Thumbtack. She has showcased her leadership skills through her involvement with Stanford University as a Member of the Board of Trustees and as a Founding Partner of Project BIG at Stanford Neurology & Neurological Sciences. Lily Sarafan's career highlights include her role as a Board Member for prominent companies like Instacart and Thumbtack, as well as her involvement with various funds and companies as an Investor/Advisor, showcasing her expertise in entrepreneurship, leadership, and strategic planning.

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.

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