Lan Xuezhao
Lan Xuezhao is founder and partner at Basis Set Ventures, an early investor in startups including Scale. She previously led teams at McKinsey and Dropbox, and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.
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Basis Set Ventures writes $250K to $10M checks, larger than 33% of firms in the atlas.
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- University of Michigan · PhD researcher
- McKinsey · team lead
- Dropbox · Corporate Development Strategy team lead2013
- Basis Set Ventures · Founder & PartnerNow
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Who is Lan Xuezhao?
Lan Xuezhao is founder and partner at Basis Set Ventures, an early investor in startups including Scale. She previously led teams at McKinsey and Dropbox, and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.
How much does Lan Xuezhao invest?
Lan Xuezhao invests through Basis Set Ventures, which writes checks of $250K to $10M at pre-seed, seed, series a.
How do I pitch Lan Xuezhao?
Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Lan in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Basis Set Ventures backed works better.
What did Lan Xuezhao do before Basis Set Ventures?
PhD researcher at University of Michigan; team lead at McKinsey; Corporate Development Strategy team lead at Dropbox.
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