Biography

Al Yau joined the 3i US team in 2004 and focuses on software, services and Internet industries. He brings over ten years of experience as a technology entrepreneur and private equity investor and is involved with both early and later stage companies including AOptix, Coremetrics, Demand Media, Gain Capital, Kabira, Mindjet, Omniture, StillSecure and Trovix. Prior to joining 3i, Al co-founded and served in senior product management, finance and strategy roles for Guru, an online recruitment company that merged with Unicru. Before this, Al was an investor at McCown DeLeeuw & Co., a private equity firm with $1.2 billion under management, where he focused on growth capital investments. Al began his career at Goldman Sachs & Co. in their Mergers & Acquisitions Department. In addition, Al has worked at Peoplesoft and Sun Microsystems in Corporate Development. Al received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.