Philip Liang
Managing Partner @ E15 VC
Sai Wan, Hong Kong
Philip Liang is a technology entrepreneur and inventor. He was a founding member of the Smart Cities group at the MIT Media Laboratory, playing a key role in the City Car design team, which has earned a Time “invention of the year” award. He has helped numerous cities solve their problems, from helping rethink the Paris bus system to buildingconcept water fountains. Mr Liang is an expert on rapid prototyping and also holds patents in several fields, from Robot Wheels to Social Networking. Mr Liang has given talks about entrepreneurship at MIT and has been an advisor to startups such as io2technology, the maker of the HelioDisplay. Mr. Liang has a master of science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 80%
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Industries Philip Liang invests in
Stages Philip Liang invests in
Countries Philip Liang invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 2 (40%)
- Medical 1 (20%)
- mHealth 1 (20%)
- Robotics 1 (20%)
- Wellness 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (40%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (20%)
- Series A 1 (20%)
- Post-IPO Equity 1 (20%)
Country
- United States 2 (40%)
- Ireland 1 (20%)
Investments
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Fluent Metal
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Fluent Metal is a company that makes metal 3D printing economical, efficient, and safe. | $3.2M / Seed / Mar 14, 2024 | |
Vicarious Surgical
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Vicarious Surgical is a next generation robotics company developing a disruptive technology with the goal of increasing the efficiency of surgical procedures, improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare costs. | $142M / Post-IPO Equity / Sep 20, 2021 | |
Frankie Health
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Frankie gets high-quality support to employees with a few clicks and without needing to tell anyone else about it and uses a proactive and personalized approach to mental healthcare with underlying predictive models. | $1.3M / Seed / Jan 11, 2021 | |
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Vicarious Surgical
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Vicarious Surgical is a next generation robotics company developing a disruptive technology with the goal of increasing the efficiency of surgical procedures, improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare costs. | $13.2M / Series A / Aug 07, 2020 | |
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Frankie Health
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Frankie gets high-quality support to employees with a few clicks and without needing to tell anyone else about it and uses a proactive and personalized approach to mental healthcare with underlying predictive models. | $250K / Pre-Seed / Jul 01, 2019 |
Co-Investors
About E15 VC
E15 VC is a stage and geographically agnostic venture capital firm
E15 VC Contacts
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Philip Liang
Managing Partner
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Shrikant Patnaik
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What does Philip Liang invest in?
Philip Liang invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and mHealth startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Philip Liang closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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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