Ed Lu Gaming and entertainment tech executive with deep finance, strategy and operational experiences focused on VC and PE-backed Gaming and B2C companies. Career highlights include: * Capital Markets ($1B+ funds raised through early- to late-stage growth equity, debt and equip financing) * Hyper-growth Leadership (eg. scaling revenue from $8M to $1.7B and FTEs from 30 to 1300+ in 5 years) * Turnaround Strategy (eg. producing revenue growth of 3.5x and EBITDA growth of 60x+ in 3 years) * Finance & Accounting Management (financial planning & analysis, financial modeling, cap table management, rev rec, audit) * Corporate Strategy & Corporate Development (M&A strategy & execution of 10 transactions, including divestiture) * Board, Banking, & Investor Relations * Executive Leadership & Executive Partnership * Business Operations (KPI, metrics, and data) * Performance Marketing Analytics (LTV:CAC, ROAS, ROI, Payback) * Business Development & Partnership Management * Talent Acquisition/Management & Org Design (hyper-growth, restructuring, everything in between) * Real Estate & Space Planning * Board Advisory and Early Stage Investments (eg. ThatGameCompany, Manticore, etc) * 2023 Bay Area Non-
Independent Board Member; NASDAQ: PHUN
Scout
Founding Member & Steering Committee
Strategic Advisor / Board Observer
Angel Investor
Strategic Advisor
Seed Investor
Advisor
Venture Advisor
Bachelors, Economics
Masters, Engineering
