Yifan Lai

Yifan Lai is a Principal specializing in growth lending, with recent senior investment roles at established financial firms including Wellington Management and Runway Growth Finance. He began his financial career in New York as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, gaining early corporate transaction experience. Subsequently, Lai served as a founding team member and Senior Associate at Freemark Partners, where he evaluated private equity investments across the industrial, business services, and consumer sectors on behalf of the Howard Marks family. He holds dual Bachelor of Business Administration degrees with highest distinction in Finance and Economics from the Henry B. Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa. Lai currently focuses his efforts on deal origination, debt underwriting, and portfolio monitoring for growth-stage companies operating within the technology, life sciences, healthcare, and consumer sectors.