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Lawrence Diao

General Partner at Dragonfly Capital

New York City Metropolitan Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

Education

  • B.S.E.

    (2010 - 2014)

  • Advanced Studies Diploma

    Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

    (2006 - 2010)

Work Experience

2021 - 2023

  • General Partner

    2021 - 2023

2017 - 2020

  • Co-Founder, President

    2017 - 2020

    Website: http://www.basis.io

2015 - 2017

  • Software Engineer

    2015 - 2017

    Google Search (Knowledge Engine): April 2017 - September 2017 DoubleClick Bid Manager: July 2015- March 2017

2014 - 2015

  • Quant Researcher/Developer

    2014 - 2015

    Prop Trading

  • Quant Researcher/Developer

    2013 - 2014

2013 - 2013

  • Technical Intern

    2013 - 2013

    Using large-scale machine learning to fight eCommerce fraud

2012 - 2012

  • Software Developer Intern

    2012 - 2012

    Quantitative Strategies - Institutional Asset Management

2011 - 2011

  • Software Engineering Intern

    2011 - 2011

    Google Research Developed a more mathematically rigorous methodology for text correction and prediction for the android keyboard. Co-inventor of 3 U.S. Patents: Predictive Virtual Keyboard: www.google.com/patents/US8484573 Disambiguating Touch Input: www.google.com/patents/US8436827 System For Predicting Words In A Message: www.google.com/patents/US20130253908

  • Intern

    2010 - 2010

    Programmed objects and interfaces in Second Life using Linden Scripting Language (LSL) to aid in online classes and social/economic experiments.

2009 - 2009

  • Intern

    2009 - 2009

    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, PAAC III Contract. Developed a real-time telemetry plotter for the FANUC robotic arm using the QWT technical extension to QT4. Supported navigation sensor qualification tests on the Hubble Soft-Capture mechanism installed during the Hubble Servicing Mission 4, STS-125 in May, 2009.