Investor profile
Eric Lai
Private equity, Venture debt & Managing Director at Manulife Investment Management
Eric Lai is a Managing Director at Manulife Investment Management, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies.
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Investment focus
- Stage
- Late-Stage
- Sector
- ClimateReal Estate
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Managing Director at Manulife Investment Management, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies
- IntelePeer
- Nexamp
- NineDot Energy
- CleanCapital
- Silicon Ranch
- Alpha Aesthetics Partners
- RPAC
- Turnbridge Equities
- Hunt Energy Network
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors Climate and Real Estate, and focus areas Clean Energy, Infrastructure, Private Credit and Private Equity fall inside that listing.
Stage-wise, the deals at Manulife Investment Management cluster around Late-Stage rounds.
The firm portfolio and the focus above give founders context on whether Eric Lai matches their raise.
Colleagues at Manulife Investment Management
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Brendan Donovan
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Scott Garfield
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Kate Roscoe
Managing Director
Toronto, Canada
Jay Jarrett
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Jake Hobbin
Director
Sydney, Australia
Rob Scully
Managing Director
Toronto, Canada
Devon Carelli
Director
New York, United States
Leigha Schuessler
Investment Director
Chicago, United States
Genalyn Cabigas
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Cebu, Philippines
Yasmin Ismail
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Canada
Frequently asked questions
Who is Eric Lai?
Eric Lai is a private equity investor and venture debt investor based in Hong Kong, listed as Managing Director at Manulife Investment Management. The known portfolio of that firm counts 9 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Eric Lai personally.
What does Eric Lai invest in?
Listed sectors include Climate and Real Estate; listed focus areas include Clean Energy, Infrastructure, Private Credit and Private Equity. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Eric Lai invest at?
Manulife Investment Management appears in Late-Stage rounds across its known deals, and Eric Lai is listed there as Managing Director. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Eric Lai listed at?
Eric Lai is listed as Managing Director at Manulife Investment Management. 11 other people in the database share a firm with Eric Lai.
How do I contact Eric Lai?
A LinkedIn page is on file for Eric Lai. It is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no email address and no phone number for this profile.
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