# Susa Ventures

> Susa Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 308 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 308
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 26%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/susa-ventures
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/SusaVentures
- Website: http://www.susaventures.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SusaVentures

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$8M |
| Series A | $6.9M–$30M |
| Series B | $14M–$70M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 56 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 28 | 9% |
| Health Care | 24 | 8% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 23 | 7% |
| SaaS | 22 | 7% |

192 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 123 | 40% |
| Series A | 61 | 20% |
| Series B | 24 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 4% |
| Pre-Seed | 11 | 4% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 143 | 46% |
| Canada | 7 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 2% |
| Mexico | 2 | 1% |
| India | 1 | 0% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chad Byers | Co-founder & General Partner | 69 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chad-byers |
| Courtney Lipkin | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/courtney-lipkin |
| Derick En'Wezoh, MD | Healthcare and Tech Investor | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/derick-en-wezoh |
| Hammad Aslam | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hammad-aslam |
| Kenny Joo | Head of Finance | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenny-joo |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Henry | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Laurence is a hedge fund for ads, automating performance marketing using quantitative models | $5.3M | Seed | May 15, 2026 |  |
| Optura | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| Qodo | 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 Labs | Namespace accelerates the development workflow of fast-moving software engineering teams. | $15M | Series A | Mar 23, 2026 |  |

10 of 308 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 32 deals together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 24 deals together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 20 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 20 deals together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 19 deals together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 15 deals together

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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 308 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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