80% of Susa Fellows went on to raise for their venture-backed companies or advanced as investors at top-tier firms.
80% of Susa Fellows went on to raise for their venture-backed companies or advanced as investors at top-tier firms.
80% of Susa Fellows went on to raise for their venture-backed companies or advanced as investors at top-tier firms.
80% of Susa Fellows went on to raise for their venture-backed companies or advanced as investors at top-tier firms.
80% of Susa Fellows went on to raise for their venture-backed companies or advanced as investors at top-tier firms.
Susa Venture Fellows
Susa Venture Fellows
Susa Venture Fellows
Susa Venture Fellows
Susa Venture Fellows
Susa Venture Fellows
Susa Fellows is for venture‑backed founders, operators at top companies, and exceptional students who want to scale writing personal checks to investing with a platform.
Each Fellow is paired 1:1 with a Susa Partner. You’ll source and diligence your own deals, review them with your Partner for a potential investment from Susa, and can independently deploy small checks from Susa into the company.
Fellows meet with industry insiders to get direct exposure to Susa's deal flow, LP network, and invite-only events-designed to help you launch a fund, spin up a platform/community, or scale the network you already have.
Susa Fellows is for venture‑backed founders, operators at top companies, and exceptional students who want to scale writing personal checks to investing with a platform.
Each Fellow is paired 1:1 with a Susa Partner. You’ll source and diligence your own deals, review them with your Partner for a potential investment from Susa, and can directly deploy small checks from Susa into the company.
Susa Fellows is for venture‑backed founders, operators at top companies, and exceptional students who want to scale writing personal checks to investing with a platform.
Each Fellow is paired 1:1 with a Susa Partner. You’ll source and diligence your own deals, review them with your Partner for a potential investment from Susa, and can directly deploy small checks from Susa into the company.
Susa Fellows is for venture‑backed founders, operators at top companies, and exceptional students who want to scale writing personal checks to investing with a platform.
Each Fellow is paired 1:1 with a Susa Partner. You’ll source and diligence your own deals, review them with your Partner for a potential investment from Susa, and can directly deploy small checks from Susa into the company.
Susa Fellows is for venture‑backed founders, operators at top companies, and exceptional students who want to scale writing personal checks to investing with a platform.
Each Fellow is paired 1:1 with a Susa Partner. You’ll source and diligence your own deals, review them with your Partner for a potential investment from Susa, and can directly deploy small checks from Susa into the company.
Fellows meet with industry insiders to get direct exposure to Susa's deal flow, LP network, and invite-only events-designed to help you launch a fund, spin up a platform/community, or scale the network you already have.
Meet our Past Susa Fellows
Stephanie Liu
Co-Founder & CTO @Nourish
A Princeton computer science graduate (magna cum laude), she previously worked at Instagram, Handshake, and Ethos Life. As Co-founder and CTO of Nourish, she's scaling AI-powered nutrition care to hundreds of thousands of patients nationwide. She recently helped lead the company through a $70M Series B funding round.
Danh Trang
Principal @ South Park Commons
A University of Pennsylvania dual-degree graduate (Wharton Finance and Computer Science), he previously held roles at Bridgewater, Blend, and Mux before joining South Park Commons as Principal. He helps ambitious technologists and founders transition from idea exploration to company formation while serving the leading early-stage community. Outside of work he’s ran the Boston Marathon several times.
Derick En'Wezoh
Partner @ Susa VC
A Harvard Medical School graduate and Stanford MBA, he moved from general surgery to AI healthcare at Viz.ai before joining Susa Ventures as Partner. Since 2021 he has backed AI/ML and healthcare startups including Together.ai, Nourish, and Cherry. He blends medical expertise with operating experience to support founders building transformative technologies.
Emma Qian
Co-founder & CEO @ Nova Intelligence
A Caltech computer science graduate and global winner of Citadel’s Data Open, she worked at Google DeepMind and Spark Capital before co-founding Nova Intelligence. As CEO, she is building AI agents for enterprise transformation, recently partnering with Kyndryl with backing from Accel and Conviction. She also co-founded Multi, a low-code AI platform that raised $10M, and bridges cutting-edge research with real-world applications.
Grant Gregory
Partner @ Cantos
A Boston University summa cum laude graduate, he was a founding member of Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism team before joining Cantos as Partner. He now focuses on pre-seed and seed investments in frontier sectors, backing startups tackling America’s most pressing challenges. His work spans defense, industrial resilience, and emerging technologies, shaped by early experience helping build a16z’s American Dynamism practice.
Bella Garcia-Camargo
Investor @ Conviction
A Stanford University computer science graduate and All-American varsity rower, she began her career as an AI Investor at Bridgewater before joining Conviction. She focuses on early-stage AI and technology startups, combining technical expertise with venture capital experience to support ambitious founders. Her dual background in engineering and investing guides her ability to identify transformative technologies. Outside of work she remains active in the rowing community.
Oliver Hsu
Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz
A Princeton University magna cum laude graduate in Public and International Affairs, he previously held roles at Mos and Aura before joining Andreessen Horowitz as Partner. He invests in American Dynamism companies such as Hadrian, Saronic, and Northwood Space that strengthen industrial and technological capacity. He also helped start and run the American Dynamism Engineering Fellows team, investing across defense, manufacturing, and infrastructure.
Riley Finch
Investor @ NGVP
A national-level competitive athlete, he held GTM operations roles at fintech unicorns including Clearbanc before joining NextGen Venture Partners as an Investor. At NGVP, he invests $500k–$2M in pre-seed and seed rounds, leveraging a network of 1,600+ partners to support founders. He also worked at Afore Capital and 1Sharpe Ventures, combining operating and investing experience to partner closely with early-stage companies on growth and fundraising.
Aakash Saraiya
Emergency Medicine Physician @ Envision Healthcare
An Emergency Medicine Physician at Envision Healthcare with an MBA from Cornell and an MD from Rowan, he combines clinical practice with investing and advisory roles in healthcare startups such as FutureClinic and Vera Health. He also co-chairs NXGN, a healthtech and biotech community of 1,000+ young professionals across New York and the UK. His dual role as physician and investor lets him bridge frontline medicine with healthcare innovation.
Abhijeet Patra
Venture Partner @ Humba Ventures
A PhD in Biology, Material Sciences, and Nanotechnology from the National University of Singapore, his research has been commercialized by three companies raising $15M+ and cited more than 1,500 times. As a Venture Partner at Humba Ventures, he invests $250k–$1.5M in pre-seed and seed deeptech and biotech startups. He also founded a 200+ member community that has helped launch 20+ companies raising $160M+ from tier-1 investors.
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Susa Fellows are shaping the next generation of companies. Whether founding or operating at a high growth startup or investing in the builders of the future, our fellows gain exclusive access to how Susa makes decisions and helps build generational companies.
Susa Fellows are shaping the next generation of companies. Whether founding or operating at a high growth startup or investing in the builders of the future, our fellows gain exclusive access to how Susa makes decisions and helps build generational companies.
Susa Fellows are shaping the next generation of companies. Whether founding or operating at a high growth startup or investing in the builders of the future, our fellows gain exclusive access to how Susa makes decisions and helps build generational companies.
Susa Fellows are shaping the next generation of companies. Whether founding or operating at a high growth startup or investing in the builders of the future, our fellows gain exclusive access to how Susa makes decisions and helps build generational companies.
Susa Fellows are shaping the next generation of companies. Whether founding or operating at a high growth startup or investing in the builders of the future, our fellows gain exclusive access to how Susa makes decisions and helps build generational companies.
Susa Fellows are shaping the next generation of companies. Whether founding or operating at a high growth startup or investing in the builders of the future, our fellows gain exclusive access to how Susa makes decisions and helps build generational companies.
Build Community
Build Community
Build Community
Build Community
Build Community
Susa supports fellows in creating the communities they care about. Whether that’s reading groups, student founder networks, or something entirely new. We provide capital, events, and resources to help you bring people together.
Susa supports fellows in creating the communities they care about. Whether that’s reading groups, student founder networks, or something entirely new. We provide capital, events, and resources to help you bring people together.
Susa supports fellows in creating the communities they care about. Whether that’s reading groups, student founder networks, or something entirely new. We provide capital, events, and resources to help you bring people together.
Susa supports fellows in creating the communities they care about. Whether that’s reading groups, student founder networks, or something entirely new. We provide capital, events, and resources to help you bring people together.
Susa supports fellows in creating the communities they care about. Whether that’s reading groups, student founder networks, or something entirely new. We provide capital, events, and resources to help you bring people together.
Build Your Platform
Build Your Platform
Build Your Platform
Build Your Platform
Build Your Platform
From writing your first check to building your portfolio, Susa helps you scale your check size and co-invest alongside us. Fellows are tapped into our founder and LP ecosystem, useful if you’re aiming to launch your own fund.
Refine Your Craft
Refine Your Craft
Refine Your Craft
Refine Your Craft
Refine Your Craft
At Susa we strongly believe in the value of mentorship. Fellows work closely with partners to sharpen their investing approach, whether it’s learning how startups scale sustainably or building a differentiated edge to win deals.
Susa Fellows work closely with the partnership to bring their visions to fruition.
You’ll work closely with the team to launch your initiatives, and gain a deeper understanding of what the best founders look like in the startup ecosystem.
Meet our Past Fellows
Stephanie Liu
Co-Founder & CTO @Nourish
A Princeton computer science graduate (magna cum laude), she previously worked at Instagram, Handshake, and Ethos Life. As Co-founder and CTO of Nourish, she's scaling AI-powered nutrition care to hundreds of thousands of patients nationwide. She recently helped lead the company through a $70M Series B funding round.
Danh Trang
Principal @ South Park Commons
A University of Pennsylvania dual-degree graduate (Wharton Finance and Computer Science), he previously held roles at Bridgewater, Blend, and Mux before joining South Park Commons as Principal. He helps ambitious technologists and founders transition from idea exploration to company formation while serving the leading early-stage community. Outside of work he’s ran the Boston Marathon several times.
Derick En'Wezoh
Partner @ Susa VC
A Harvard Medical School graduate and Stanford MBA, he moved from general surgery to AI healthcare at Viz.ai before joining Susa Ventures as Partner. Since 2021 he has backed AI/ML and healthcare startups including Together.ai, Nourish, and Cherry. He blends medical expertise with operating experience to support founders building transformative technologies.
Emma Qian
Co-founder & CEO @ Nova Intelligence
A Caltech computer science graduate and global winner of Citadel’s Data Open, she worked at Google DeepMind and Spark Capital before co-founding Nova Intelligence. As CEO, she is building AI agents for enterprise transformation, recently partnering with Kyndryl with backing from Accel and Conviction. She also co-founded Multi, a low-code AI platform that raised $10M, and bridges cutting-edge research with real-world applications.
Grant Gregory
Partner @ Cantos
A Boston University summa cum laude graduate, he was a founding member of Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism team before joining Cantos as Partner. He now focuses on pre-seed and seed investments in frontier sectors, backing startups tackling America’s most pressing challenges. His work spans defense, industrial resilience, and emerging technologies, shaped by early experience helping build a16z’s American Dynamism practice.
Bella Garcia-Camargo
Investor @ Conviction
A Stanford University computer science graduate and All-American varsity rower, she began her career as an AI Investor at Bridgewater before joining Conviction. She focuses on early-stage AI and technology startups, combining technical expertise with venture capital experience to support ambitious founders. Her dual background in engineering and investing guides her ability to identify transformative technologies. Outside of work she remains active in the rowing community.
Oliver Hsu
Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz
A Princeton University magna cum laude graduate in Public and International Affairs, he previously held roles at Mos and Aura before joining Andreessen Horowitz as Partner. He invests in American Dynamism companies such as Hadrian, Saronic, and Northwood Space that strengthen industrial and technological capacity. He also helped start and run the American Dynamism Engineering Fellows team, investing across defense, manufacturing, and infrastructure.
Riley Finch
Investor @ NGVP
A national-level competitive athlete, he held GTM operations roles at fintech unicorns including Clearbanc before joining NextGen Venture Partners as an Investor. At NGVP, he invests $500k–$2M in pre-seed and seed rounds, leveraging a network of 1,600+ partners to support founders. He also worked at Afore Capital and 1Sharpe Ventures, combining operating and investing experience to partner closely with early-stage companies on growth and fundraising.
Aakash Saraiya
Emergency Medicine Physician @ Envision Healthcare
An Emergency Medicine Physician at Envision Healthcare with an MBA from Cornell and an MD from Rowan, he combines clinical practice with investing and advisory roles in healthcare startups such as FutureClinic and Vera Health. He also co-chairs NXGN, a healthtech and biotech community of 1,000+ young professionals across New York and the UK. His dual role as physician and investor lets him bridge frontline medicine with healthcare innovation.
Abhijeet Patra
Venture Partner @ Humba Ventures
A PhD in Biology, Material Sciences, and Nanotechnology from the National University of Singapore, his research has been commercialized by three companies raising $15M+ and cited more than 1,500 times. As a Venture Partner at Humba Ventures, he invests $250k–$1.5M in pre-seed and seed deeptech and biotech startups. He also founded a 200+ member community that has helped launch 20+ companies raising $160M+ from tier-1 investors.
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