Lo Toney

Lo Toney

Founding Managing Partner, Plexo Capital

Bio


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

Career


Founding Managing Partner

Plexo Capital

2018 - Present

Advisor

GV

2018 - Present

Partner

GV

2015 - 2018

Mentor

MuckerLab

2011 - Present

Partner, Catalyst Fund

Comcast Ventures

2014 - 2015

Member of the Board of Directors

iPass

2015 - 2015

CEO

LearnStreet

2013 - 2014

Studio GM

Zynga

2010 - 2012

Member, Advisory Board

Mpire/AdXpose

2006 - 2011

VP Product and Marketing

Cake Financial

2008 - 2009

Member, Advisory Board

ShopFlick

2007 - 2009

Global General Manager - Experience Management

Nike.com

2007 - 2008

Member, Advisory Board

Kaboodle

2006 - 2007

VP Marketplace Operations

art.com

2006 - 2007

Director and General Manager

Collectibles Business Unit, eBay

2002 - 2006

Entrepreneur in Residence

Opportunity Capital Partners

2001 - 2002

VP Business Development

NetAbacus

1999 - 2001

Senior Consultant

PriceWaterhouseCoopers

1996 - 1999

Background


Education
  • BS, Business from Hampton University
  • MBA, Entrepreneurship, Management of Technology from University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Networks

Investments


Personal Investments

Carnivore Inc.

Partner Investments