YL

Yifan Lai

Principal at Runway Growth Capital

New York, New York

Lists including Yifan

Work Experience

  • Principal

    2023

  • Vice President

    2021 - 2022

    Lead investment / deal diligence processes. Runway is a venture debt focused private credit fund providing growth capital to early / growth stage companies in technology, life sciences, and consumer industries

  • Associate

    2020 - 2021

    QB investment / comprehensive deal diligence processes. Runway is a venture debt focused private credit fund providing growth capital to early / growth stage companies in technology, life sciences, and consumer industries

2017 - 2020

  • Senior Associate

    2017 - 2020

    Founding team member building the private investment firm for the Marks family. Focused on long-term oriented direct private equity / control investing in industrial / business services, P&C insurance, and consumer industries Howard Marks is co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital. Oaktree is a global investment firm with ~$100+ billion of assets under management and ~1,000 employees across 18 offices.

2016 - 2017

  • Finance Lead

    2016 - 2017

    Driver is a first-in-kind consumer platform that connects cancer patients to the world's largest and most advanced inventory of treatments, empowering the patient to be the Driver of their care. Our team of dedicated entrepreneurs, product managers, engineers, scientists, and physicians, all share a common mission to create a world in which every cancer patient has access to the best treatments and is empowered with the information and confidence to make the best decision.

2014 - 2016

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2014 - 2016

    Global Industrial Group

2013 - 2013

  • Investment Banking Summer Analyst

    2013 - 2013

    Global Industrial Group

2010 - 2013

  • Resident Assistant

    2010 - 2013

2012 - 2012

  • Summer Analyst

    2012 - 2012

    Interest Rate Derivatives Sales & Trading

  • Analyst - Energy Sector

    2012 - 2012

    - Created research report discussing economic, industry, and company-specific analysis for the $200,000+ University-held portfolio - Constructed Excel valuation models to forecast target equity prices using DCF, relative P/E, fundamental P/E, and DDM valuation techniques; primary coverage: Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN)

  • Intern - Mutual Funds & Fixed Income Product Management

    2011 - 2011