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Chad Byers

General Partner at Susa Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Chad Byers is the Co-founder and General Partner at Susa Ventures in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a focus on investing in various sectors including Digital Health, FinTech, and Marketplaces. He has successfully invested in companies like Stord (Series D) and Policygenius (Series D), demonstrating a track record of supporting startups through various funding stages and industries.

Work Experience 

  • Seed Investor

    2023 - Current

Together AI is a cloud-based platform designed for constructing open-source generative AI and infrastructure for developing AI models.

Raised $228,500,000.00 from New Enterprise Associates, Soumith Chintala, Lux Capital, Prosperity7 Ventures, Greycroft, Manu Sharma, Kleiner Perkins, Coatue, Factory and Clément Delangue.

  • Seed Investor

    2018

Stord is the leading e-commerce enablement platform that powers seamless checkout and delivery experiences for brands across all channels.

Raised $325,039,990.00 from Lux Capital, Sozo Ventures, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Franklin Templeton, Salesforce Ventures, Dynamo, Susa Ventures, Strike Capital and Kleiner Perkins.

  • Seed Investor

    2017

  • Co-founder & General Partner

    2013

    Seed-stage VC firm that invests in software across healthcare, fintech, logistics and B2B.

Susa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing primarily in seed rounds.

  • Seed Investor

    2014

Flexport is a full-service global freight forwarder and logistics platform using modern software to fix the user experience in global trade.

Raised $2,699,000,000.00 from Shopify.

  • Seed Investor

    2013

Robinhood is a stock brokerage that allows customers to buy and sell stocks, options, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies with zero commission.

Raised $6,234,466,886.00 from Emergent Fidelity Technologies.

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