Susa Ventures
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Susa Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Information Technology. Susa Ventures invests in pre-seed and seed rounds, backing companies at their earliest stages and beyond.
- Total investments:
- 314
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 26%
Last updated:
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Industries Susa Ventures invests in
Stages Susa Ventures invests in
Countries Susa Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $2M–$8M
- Series A
- $6.9M–$30M
- Series B
- $14M–$70M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 56 (18%)
- Information Technology 28 (9%)
- Health Care 24 (8%)
- Artificial Intelligence 23 (7%)
- SaaS 22 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 123 (39%)
- Series A 61 (19%)
- Series B 24 (8%)
- Funding Round 12 (4%)
- Pre-Seed 11 (4%)
Country
- United States 143 (46%)
- Canada 7 (2%)
- United Kingdom 6 (2%)
- Mexico 2 (1%)
- India 1 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chad Byers
Co-founder & General Partner
|
Co-founder & General Partner | Total investments: 69 | Find email | |
Courtney Lipkin
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Derick En'Wezoh, MD
Healthcare and Tech Investor
|
Healthcare and Tech Investor | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
Hammad Aslam
Investor
|
Investor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kenny Joo
Head of Finance
|
Head of Finance | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry is a software company that develops AI-powered workflow automation tools for commercial real estate professionals. Its platform automates underwriting, market research, comparable property analysis, transaction tracking, buyer identification, and pitch deck creation. The platform also builds and maintains proprietary property and transactiondatabases, generates Excel-based underwriting models, and integrates with existing workflows to support investment sales, acquisitions, and brokerage teams throughout the deal process. | $16.5M / Series A / Jul 29, 2026 | ||
| Arkenstone Defense provides an operating infrastructure platform that integrates government contracting and regulatory compliance into a centralized system for commercial technology companies. The platform manages complex defense requirements, including cleared workforce payroll, personnel security, audit readiness, and technical accreditationframeworks like CMMC and FedRAMP. By embedding these back-office operational controls directly into client environments, the company eliminates the administrative barriers that prevent commercial innovators from selling to the federal market. | $35M / Seed / Jul 07, 2026 | ||
| Critical Energy is an energy based firm that generate electricity with the help of heat through modular and geothermal power plant. | $19M / Seed / Jun 17, 2026 | ||
| Scope AI is a software development platform that offers AI-driven industrial software inspection and faster decision-making. | $20M / Series A / May 19, 2026 | ||
| Laurence is a hedge fund for ads, automating performance marketing using quantitative models | $5.3M / Seed / May 15, 2026 | ||
| Optura is healthcare’s AI orchestration platform designed to turn disconnected pilots into a unified, enterprise-scale AI program. | $17.5M / Series A / May 14, 2026 | ||
| Haladir is the decisional AI layer for logistics. We sit on top of your WMS, TMS, OMS, etc., unify their data into one operational graph, and embed solver-grade optimization, ML models, and process intelligence into the decisions that power supply chains. Today's AI brought intelligence. The next frontier is judgement. | $4.3M / Seed / Apr 29, 2026 | ||
| Chapter provides a technology-enabled advisory platform that helps individuals navigate Medicare and retirement-related healthcare decisions. The company offers access to licensed advisors who guide users through plan selection, enrollment timing, and coverage evaluation based on individual needs and preferences. It uses data and software tools tocompare Medicare plans across multiple insurance providers, enabling users to review options and understand cost, coverage, and benefits. It supports decision-making by analyzing plan details and presenting recommendations that align with a user’s healthcare requirements and financial considerations. Its services include ongoing support after enrollment, helping individuals manage their coverage and make adjustments when necessary. The platform also provides digital tools, such as applications for tracking healthcare benefits and accessing over-the-counter allowances.Chapter collaborates with financial institutions, healthcare providers, and content platforms to integrate Medicare guidance into broader client and patient services. It delivers advisory support through partnerships, enabling organizations to offer healthcare coverage guidance as part of their existing offerings. The company combines advisory services with data analysis to simplify complex insurance decisions and assist users in understanding available Medicare options. Its operations focus on improving transparency in plan comparisons and supporting individuals throughout different stages of retirement healthcare planning. | $100M / Series E / Apr 09, 2026 | ||
| CodiumAI is leveraging the power of artificial and human intelligence to create a new code integrity paradigm. CodiumAI enables developers to build faster and with fewer bugs. | $70M / Series B / Mar 30, 2026 | ||
| Namespace accelerates the development workflow of fast-moving software engineering teams. | $15M / Series A / Mar 23, 2026 | ||
| See all 314 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Susa Ventures invest in?
Susa Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 314 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Susa Ventures's check size?
Susa Ventures typically joins rounds of $2M–$8M at Seed, $6.9M–$30M at Series A and $14M–$70M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Susa Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Susa Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Susa Ventures?
The team at Susa Ventures includes Chad Byers (Co-founder & General Partner), Courtney Lipkin (Partner) and Derick En'Wezoh, MD (Healthcare and Tech Investor), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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