Michael Liao
Michael Liao is a Managing Director at Heuristic Capital with over 20 years of experience as a fund investor, focusing on early-stage hardware, novel materials, and frontier tech companies. He has also built startups, hackerspaces, and cars.
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Heuristic Capital writes $100K to $1M checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.
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Who is Michael Liao?
Michael Liao is a Managing Director at Heuristic Capital with over 20 years of experience as a fund investor, focusing on early-stage hardware, novel materials, and frontier tech companies. He has also built startups, hackerspaces, and cars.
How much does Michael Liao invest?
Michael Liao invests through Heuristic Capital, which writes checks of $100K to $1M at pre-seed, seed, series a.
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