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Chad Byers
Co-founder & General Partner at Susa Ventures
Chad Byers is a prominent figure in the venture capital industry, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the Co-founder and General Partner at Susa Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm he established in January 2013.1
At Susa Ventures, Byers focuses on investments in healthcare, fintech, and supply chain sectors.2 He has led several notable investments, including seed rounds for companies that have since achieved unicorn status, such as Robinhood, Flexport, Andela, Newfront Insurance, Stord, and Mux.12
Byers has received recognition for his work in venture capital:
- He was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 for Venture Capital in 2015.1
- He appeared on the Forbes Midas Seed List, ranking #14 in May 2022.1
Prior to founding Susa Ventures, Byers worked at various startups in product and marketing roles.2 His background includes:
- A bachelor's degree in Environmental Science from the University of Colorado.2
- Early exposure to entrepreneurship and venture capital, having been raised in Silicon Valley.2
As an investor at Flexport since 2014, Byers has been involved with the company's growth from its early stages.1 Flexport has since reached a valuation of $8 billion.1
Byers is active on social media, maintaining a presence on Twitter (@chadbyers) where he describes himself as investing $1m+ into pre-seed and seed rounds, with a focus on software companies.3
Highlights
We’re looking for founding engineers for a new consumer company.
Company is still stealth but:
- well funded by top investors
- has an insane unfair distribution advantage built in
- nyc based
- intersection of gaming, social, streaming, and betting
Qualifications:
- experience building at a top gaming or consumer company (Epic, Robinhood, etc)
- nyc-based
- desire to absolutely grind
- you loves games (chess, video games, etc)
- embrace risk and uncertainty
DM me if interested.
Robinhood’s stock closed today above its 2021 IPO price for the first time in 3 years.
@vladtenev leadership has been steadfast in the years after the GameStop saga. Moments like that coupled with the ‘22 market correction were hard things to manage a large team through, but he did it.
Most importantly, he got them back to doing what they do best: shipping beautiful, industry-leading financial products at a crazy pace.
He announced recently on a podcast they now have 8 product lines doing over $100m+.
The laws of compounding will be in their favor. It will inevitably be a $100b+ company.
