Lorrain de Silva (DE)

Lorrain de Silva is the Managing Director of Best Nights VC, Jägermeister's venture arm backing early-stage consumer tech at the intersection of culture, community and real-world experience.

With a background spanning nightlife, startups, venture capital and finance, he has built Best Nights VC into a globally recognized investor in the IRL economy - 20 investments across 4 continents, alongside Y-Combinator, a16z, General Catalyst and Lightspeed. Beyond leading the fund, he serves on the advisory boards of several portfolio companies, supporting founders on fundraising, growth strategy and international expansion.

Named to Billboard's inaugural Finance 50 list as one of music's most influential investors, and recognized as a GCV Emerging Leader 2026 in corporate venturing, his work has been featured in Sifted, Business Insider, Traded VC, Hypebeast, Resident Advisor, 032c and more. Speaker at SXSW, ADE, TechBBQ, TNW Conference and the International Music Summit, among others.