Vicky Lay

Vicky joined Artesian’s VC business in 2015 and currently serves as a Managing Director in our New York office. She is focused on directing capital, innovation and human endeavour towards positive social and environmental outcomes. Previously, she co-founded Zookal, a Silicon Valley venture-backed EdTech company and helped to scale the business 10x year-on-year as their Chief Operating Officer. Vicky also sits on the boards of non-profits fostering youth empowerment including Junior Achievement Australia and is championing impact initiatives around climate change, the income inequality gap and female empowerment. Vicky has a Bachelor of Business (Economics & Management) and Bachelor of Arts of International Studies (Contemporary China) from the University of Technology, Sydney. She was also recognized as a Forbes Asia 30 under 30 recipient in April 2017.