Ryan Lau
Co-Founder, CEO @ Straia (we’re hiring!!)
2025Co-founder· Straia
Founder · since 2025Company
Straia
Role
Co-Founder and CEO
current
Stage
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no public source
Raised
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no public source
Based
San Francisco, California, United States
current
Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role
Source: LinkedIn work historyProfile coverage5 of 7 · missing posts, contact
Experience
Career
2025Straia
Co-founderCo-Founder and CEO · San Francisco, California, United States · 2025 – Present
2023Reach Capital
Summer Associate · San Francisco, California, United States · 2023
2022Owl Ventures
MBA Intern · 2022 – 2023
2022Tutored by Teachers
Business Operations · 2022
2020The Riverside Company
Private Equity · 2020 – 2022
2018Lazard
Investment Banking · 2018 – 2020
Bio
Co-founder and CEO of Straia. Scaled first edtech startup to $5M in 9 months. Called over 3,000 colleges and universities before starting Straia. Spent nearly my entire career investing and operating at intersection of education and technology. Wharton grad.