Lo Toney
Education
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
MBA, Entrepreneurship, Management of Technology -
Hampton University
BS, Business -
Stanford Law School - Directors College
Directors College, Premier executive education program for directors and senior executives of publicly traded firms. -
Bishop O'Dowd High School
, -Work Experience
Plexo Capital
Current
Plexo Capital
GV (Google Ventures)
Current
GV (Google Ventures)
MuckerLab
Current
MuckerLab
Comcast
2014-09-01 - 2015-09-01
Comcast
iPass
2015-04-01 - 2015-06-01
iPass
LearnStreet
2013-01-01 - 2014-09-01
LearnStreet
Zynga
2010-03-01 - 2012-10-01
Zynga
Mpire/AdXpose (acquired by comScore)
2006-01-01 - 2011-01-01
Mpire/AdXpose (acquired by comScore)
Cake Financial (acquired by E*TRADE)
2008-07-01 - 2009-11-01
Cake Financial (acquired by E*TRADE)
ShopFlick (acquired by Sugar Inc./PopSugar)
2007-01-01 - 2009-01-01
ShopFlick (acquired by Sugar Inc./PopSugar)
Skills
Summary
Lo is the Founding Managing Partner of Plexo Capital, which is an institutional investment firm he incubated and spun out from GV (Google Ventures). Plexo Capital invests in emerging seed-stage VCs led by diverse teams and invests directly into companies sourced from the portfolios of VCs where Plexo Capital has an investment. Investors in Plexo Capital include Alphabet (holding company of Google), Intel Capital, Cisco Investment, the Royal Bank of Canada, Kapor Capital, the Hampton University Endowment (Cambridge Associates client) and the Ford Foundation. Prior to founding Plexo Capital, Lo was a Partner on the investing team at GV where he focused on marketplaces, mobile and consumer products. Before GV, Lo was a Partner with Comcast Ventures where he led the Catalyst Fund and worked with the main fund where he focused on mobile messaging and marketplaces. He also worked with Zynga as the GM of Zynga Poker with full P+L responsibility for Zynga’s largest franchise at that time. During his leadership, web bookings increased by over 150% with margin expansion. Lo has also held executive roles with Nike + eBay as well as startups funded by top tier investors. Lo received his M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business (University of California at Berkeley where he completed the Management of Technology program - a joint curriculum program with the College of Engineering. Lo received his B.S. from Hampton University in Virginia. Specialties: • Entrepreneurship • Product Management • Board of Directors • Corporate Strategy • Venture Capital
