Yidrienne Lai
General Partner, ICONIQ Capital
Yidrienne is currently a General Partner at ICONIQ Capital. She previously served as Vice President at Technology Crossover Ventures. Yidrienne has twelve years of finance and private equity experience. Her primary investment focus is in the internet consumer sector. Yidrienne is actively involved with TCV’s investments in Groupon, HomeAway, Everyday Health, eBags, among others. Prior to TCV, Yidrienne specialized in acquisitions and investments at eBay, Inc. Some of the transactions she was involved with at eBay include Craigslist, Marktplaats, Rent.com, Shopping.com, and a number of European classifieds companies. Yidrienne began her career at Morgan Stanley in the Technology Investment Banking Group. Yidrienne received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.
Content & Articles by Yidrienne Lai
LA Tech Week 2025 Day 2 Recap: Startup Growth – Tuesday Oct 14
After a packed AI Building Day, we continued LA Tech Week with Startup Growth Day, a full schedule of sessions focused on go-to-market strategy, founder journeys, and scaling startups in...
LA Tech Week 2025 Day 1 Recap: AI Building – Monday Oct 13
We hosted three full days of events during LA Tech Week, each one focused on helping founders learn, connect, and build with the latest in AI and startup growth. Day...
Using Customer Feedback to Build a Product that Customers Will Love
Customer feedback is the lifeblood of successful product development, but many startups struggle with collecting, validating, and prioritizing the constant stream of input from users, advisors, and internal teams. In...
How Shaun Merritt Vibe-Coded Karrot.ai As A Solo Builder
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Shaun Merritt, cofounder and CTO of Karrot.ai, a LinkedIn ABM tool. Shaun was kind enough to share a comprehensive breakdown of how...
7 Steps to Build a Product That Sells Itself
The Founder’s Mental Health Playbook: What I Learned After Nearly Burning Out
A hard-won guide to staying mentally healthy while building a startup I founded Stitcher, the podcast platform, in 2007 and ran it for seven years until we sold in 2014....