Susan Liu

Susan Liu

Investment Team at8VCCalifornia

Susan Liu is an investment team member at 8VC focusing on therapeutics, tools, bio-infrastructures, and biology applications. She previously worked at Insight Partners, 5AM Ventures, and the Broad Institute, and holds a PhD from Duke University.

What Susan can write

Writes checks of$500K to $30M+
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target10-12%, > 12%At first check
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

8VC writes $500K to $30M+ checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Broad Institute
  2. 5AM Ventures · Venture Investing Fellow
  3. Insight Partners · Biotech investing team
  4. 8VC · Investment Team
    Now

Focus

therapeuticstoolsbio-infrastructures

Education

Wellesley CollegeDuke University

Also at 8VC

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Who is Susan Liu?

Susan Liu is an investment team member at 8VC focusing on therapeutics, tools, bio-infrastructures, and biology applications. She previously worked at Insight Partners, 5AM Ventures, and the Broad Institute, and holds a PhD from Duke University.

How much does Susan Liu invest?

Susan Liu invests through 8VC, which writes checks of $500K to $30M+ at pre-seed, seed, series a.

How do I pitch Susan Liu?

A warm intro from a founder 8VC backed works best.

What did Susan Liu do before 8VC?

Broad Institute; Venture Investing Fellow at 5AM Ventures; Biotech investing team at Insight Partners.

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