# Liz Wessel

> Liz Wessel is a seed investor at First Round Capital backing Software. See 21 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethwessel/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/lizwessel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elizabethwessel

Liz Wessel is a Visiting Group Partner at Y Combinator.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 14% |
| SaaS | 2 | 10% |
| Developer APIs | 2 | 10% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 67% |
| Series A | 4 | 19% |
| Series B | 2 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 52% |
| Canada | 2 | 10% |
| France | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Collate | Collate creates and streamlines documentation for drug development, medical device, and diagnostic companies from concept to market using artificial intelligence. They produce accurate documentation for the life sciences industry, which speeds up innovations that can save lives. | $95M | Series A | Jun 03, 2026 | https://collate.com |
| Gumloop | Gumloop is a no-code platform to build and host AI-powered business automations. | $50M | Series B | Mar 12, 2026 | https://www.gumloop.com |
| Reducto | Reducto's API converts unstructured documents into structured outputs for RAG, process automation, and more. | $75M | Series B | Oct 14, 2025 | https://reducto.ai |
| Flai | Flai is an AI-powered virtual assistant platform designed for enhancing dealership operations and customer engagement. Its core system handles incoming calls 24/7, schedules test drives and service appointments, answers common questions, collects lead information, and routes conversations to sales teams. The platform supports dealershipfollow-ups via automated phone, SMS, and email sequences and integrates with dealership management systems (DMS) and CRM tools. Flai emphasizes capturing after-hours or overflow calls to avoid losing potential customers due to missed or delayed responses. The company was built by founders with past experience in infrastructure, data science, and engineering and operates under seed-stage financing. | $4.5M | Seed | Oct 03, 2025 | https://www.useflai.com |
| Flex | Flex is a financial services company that provides analysis, integration, and management solutions for HSA/FSA payments. | $15M | Series A | Sep 02, 2025 | https://www.withflex.com/ |
| Reducto | Reducto's API converts unstructured documents into structured outputs for RAG, process automation, and more. | $24.5M | Series A | Apr 25, 2025 | https://reducto.ai |
| Spur | Spur works in automation of all functional codes and E2E testing. | $4.5M | Seed | Apr 17, 2025 | https://www.spurtest.com/ |
| And AI | And AI is a platform for managing patents, helping attorneys and inventors streamline searches and claim drafting | $6.5M | Seed | Feb 06, 2025 | https://www.tryandai.com/ |
| Collate | Collate creates and streamlines documentation for drug development, medical device, and diagnostic companies from concept to market using artificial intelligence. They produce accurate documentation for the life sciences industry, which speeds up innovations that can save lives. | $30M | Seed | Jan 19, 2025 | https://collate.com |
| Orbio | Orbio helps energy companies reduce methane emissions. We do this by fusing satellite data with ground data to help environmental engineers and asset operators develop effective emission reduction strategies on the ground. | $4M | Seed | Mar 06, 2024 | http://www.orbio.earth |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 18 deals together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [2048 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2048-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Benchmark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benchmark) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About First Round Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

First Round is a seed-stage venture firm focused on building a community of technology entrepreneurs and companies, including Uber, Square, and Warby Parker. Through custom-built software, incredible in-person experiences, and a host of other unique services, First Round helps tiny companies get big while constantly reimagining the role of venture capital. It offers a growing number of services and products to help founders build companies from scratch. First Round has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.

5 contacts available at First Round Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amy Fu | VP, Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amy-fu-5e24 |
| Elliot Cohen | Angel Track | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elliot-cohen |
| Emery Rosansky | VP, Revenue Growth and Enablement | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emery-rosansky |
| Akins Van Horne | Angel Track | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akins-van-horne |
| Bill Trenchard | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-trenchard |

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## FAQ

### What does Liz Wessel invest in?

Liz Wessel invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Liz Wessel?

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### When did Liz Wessel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Liz Wessel closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 21 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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