
Lylan Masterman
Venture Capitalist | Board Member | Technologist
Lylan Masterman – Fundraising and Trusted Relationships
“You regret the failure, but you know that you can take another swing at that.”
ABOUT
Lylan is an experienced operator, investor, and board member. As an investor over the last six years, Lylan has been a Principal, General Partner, and Venture Partner at White Star Capital and an Executive in Residence at Breakaway Growth. He has served as board member, observer, and advisor at several startups — Drop Loyalty, Unacast, mnubo, Salesfloor, Immunio, Digg — as well Raines International, a 50 year old executive search firm. Lylan previously led Product and Engineering organizations in his 15-year operating career, and most notably worked 4.5 years at aQuantive, acquired by Microsoft for $6.3 billion. Lylan is a Kauffman Fellow, an educational, networking, and leadership development program for venture capitalists.
He is a first-generation high school & college graduate and holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management. Lylan has lived in Canada, and the east and west coasts of the US and has called New York home since 2011. Lylan has appeared on live TV on C