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Lainy Painter Singh

Lainy Painter Singh

Partner at Craft Ventures, investing in SaaS and vertical marketplaces

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New York, New York
Joined October 2025
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Summary

Investing focus: Lainy concentrates on SaaS and marketplace companies, especially platforms addressing complex vertical markets (real estate, healthcare, education, construction, fintech). Her investment thesis centers on founder-market fit and building repeatable go-to-market motions for category-defining businesses. craftventures+2
Operator + investment background: Lainy's early career blends investment banking experience (Goldman Sachs) with hands-on operating work at Gainsight. That combination gives her the analytical rigor from deals plus operational empathy for founders—useful for diligence and for working with portfolio companies on GTM and product strategy. intheir20s+1
Community and diversity advocacy: She has been active with All Raise and co‑chaired the Women Who Venture Summits (2018–2020), demonstrating commitment to increasing representation in venture capital and supporting founder diversity. intheir20s
Public presence and thought leadership: Lainy maintains a visible public profile—publishing investment write-ups, participating in podcasts and panels, and actively posting on X—helping communicate investment theses and support portfolio founders. medium+2

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Why We Invested In Cartwheel

May 1, 2025

Craft Ventures write-up explaining the thesis for investing in Cartwheel, a startup building generative tooling for 3D animation; illustrates Lainy's investment focus on creative tooling and category-defining developer/creator platforms.

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Identifying & Investing in Winning Startups (podcast / interview)

January 1, 2024

A long-form interview / podcast episode in which Lainy describes how she evaluates founders and companies, and discusses her background from investment banking to operations to VC.

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