lara druyan

managing director

About

Technology investor, entrepreneur, economist, mother of twins.

Country

united states

City

san mateo

Industry

venture capital & private equity

Skill

start ups, venture capital, strategic partnerships, entrepreneurship, strategy, business development, product management, mergers and acquisitions, business strategy, corporate development, new business development, corporate finance, private equity, mobile devices, executive management, due diligence, management, go to market strategy, analytics, product marketing, capital raising, mergers, business planning, mobile applications, investments, emerging markets, angel investing, private placements, financial analysis, saas, finance, competitive analysis, social media, valuation, marketing, cloud computing, management consulting, financial modeling, e commerce, program management, acquisition integration, principal investing, m&a experience, investment banking, venture financing, portfolio management, corporate governance, hedge funds, investor relations, ipo

Experience

investor in residence

u.s. venture partners

2011-6 - 2013-8 · 2 yrs 3 mos

general partner

allegiscyber capital

2000-1 - 2010-11 · 10 yrs 11 mos

product manager

sgi

1996-1 - 1999-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

associate, telecommunications, media and technology

merrill lynch

1994-1 - 1996-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

* Served as Associate in Telecommunications, Media & Technology Group. * Completed debt and equity financings as well as M&A, including the sale of Scripps' cable systems to Comcast for $1.6B.

advisor

pilot growth equity

2015-1 - 2019-4 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Pilot Growth Equity invests in high growth technology and healthcare IT companies and has two funds under management.

managing director

silicon valley data capital

2019-8 - Present · 7 yrs 2 mos

Seed and early stage venture capital investor focused on next generation enterprise technology and fin tech. Having spent several years driving a successful digital transformation at the tenth largest bank in the world, I have a good understanding of what large companies need and how they buy. I bring that knowledge and significant corporate contacts to benefit start-ups.

founding partner

g&b partners

2010-11 - 2016-4 · 5 yrs 6 mos

vice chairman of the board of trustees; chair of investment committee

city of san jose retirement system board of trustees

2011-1 - 2016-12 · 6 yrs

* Chaired Investment Committee and served on the Board of Trustees for a $2.0B public pension fund. * Fund invests in most asset classes, including: equities, fixed income, real estate, private equity, venture capital, hedge funds and secondaries. * Served as Vice Chair of the Board and on CIO Search Committee.

managing director, head of innovation, west coast

rbc

2016-4 - 2019-8 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Royal Bank of Canada is Canada's largest bank, and one of the largest banks in the world, based on market capitalization. We are one of North America's leading diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management, insurance, investor services and capital markets products and services on a global basis. We have over 80,000 full- and part-time employees who serve more than 16 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 36 other countries. For more information, please visit rbc.com.‎ RBC helps communities prosper, supporting a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments, sponsorships and employee volunteer activities. In 2015, we contributed more than $121 million to causes around the world.For information on our legal terms of use visit http://www.rbc.com/legal/#social_media