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Chad Byers

Co-Founder and General Partner, Susa VenturesSusa VenturesSan Francisco, CA

Current Firm

Susa Ventures

Investments

5+ companies

Focus

Fintech, AI

About Chad Byers

Chad Byers grew up selling Beanie Babies on eBay at age 11 and later helped digitize the electric grid at Silver Spring Networks, giving him an unusual combination of early internet commerce experience and regulated infrastructure expertise. He describes building Susa Ventures using startup language—calling their first fund a $25M seed round with no product—and focuses on companies with strong data network effects or scale economies rather than generic brand defensibility, while maintaining a low 6-8 company ratio per partner to stay deeply involved.

Focus Areas

FintechAIDigital HealthDevTools

Investment Stage

Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+

Notable Investments

Misha Gordon-Rowe
Mux
Robinhood
Flexport
Viz.ai