Rachel Lam is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Imagination Capital. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Rachel Lam is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Imagination Capital, an early-stage venture firm she launched in 2017 alongside former Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons after serving 14 years as head of Time Warner Investments. Her investment thesis targets North American startups in esports, digital media, and big data or machine learning, focusing on institutional seed and Series A rounds. The firm typically makes initial checks between $100,000 and $500,000, often participating as a follow investor in early rounds rather than leading. Notable portfolio companies include Telaria, where Lam serves on the board, as well as Maker Studios and Bluefin Labs, which she invested in during her Time Warner tenure and later saw sold to Disney and Twitter respectively. Lam distinguishes her firm by prioritizing diversity in venture decision-making, making Imagination Capital one of the only firms founded by an Asian American woman and an African American man. She holds board positions at Magnite and Porch Group and has invested over $325 million in 54 companies throughout her career.
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