Investing Profile

Blake Byers

VCInvestor
Investor at Byers Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
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Stanford University Network
513 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Network
513 CONNECTIONS
Duke University Network
92 CONNECTIONS
GV Network
21 CONNECTIONS
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Byers Capital Investor
$100K - $10.0M
$1M
27
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Vial
Series BNov 2022$67M
$100M
Co-investors: Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Jeffrey Silverstein (Andreessen Horowitz), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Nimi Katragadda (BoxGroup), Greg Rosen (BoxGroup), Elena Viboch (General Catalyst), TJ Nahigian (Base10 (Base10 Partners) ), Nikhil Krishnan, Gordon Wintrob, Zak Kukoff
Arta Finance
Series ANov 2022$90M
$90M
Co-investors: Meyer "Micky" Malka (Ribbit Capital), Michael Gilroy (Coatue), Kabir Narang (B Capital Group), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Bharat Mediratta (Coinbase Ventures), Sheetal Bahl (Merak Ventures), Domagoj Babic (Berkeley Angel Network), Anju Patwardhan (FTAC Ventures), Betsy Cohen (FTAC Ventures), Shailendra Singh (Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA)), Shreyas Doshi (Stripe), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Kelvin Beachum Jr., Gokul Rajaram, Baris Gultekin, Mike Tsao, Bradley Horowitz, Ryan Tabone, Manik Gupta, Shishir Mehrotra
Neuralink
Series CJul 2021$210M
$530M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Robert Nelsen (ARCH Venture Partners), Ken Howery, Sam Altman
IonQ
Series BOct 2019$55M
Series AJul 2017$20M
$75M
Co-investors: Ron Bernal (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Andrew Schoen (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Francis Ho (Walden Catalyst Ventures)
Collective Health
Series EJun 2019$210M
Series DFeb 2018$110M
Series COct 2015$81M
Series AJan 2014$6M
$720M
Co-investors: Scott Nolan (Founders Fund), Will Porteous (RRE Ventures), Mohamad Makhzoumi (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), David Singer (Maverick Capital), Ling Wong (Highbury Group), Henry McNamara (Great Oaks Venture Capital), Andrew Boszhardt (Great Oaks Venture Capital), Kirthiga Reddy (F7 Ventures), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Bobby Yazdani (Cota Capital), Louis Beryl
Ionic Security
Series EFeb 2019$40M
Series DJun 2016$45M
Series CJan 2015$40M
Series BFeb 2014$26M
Series AJul 2012$2M
$160M
Co-investors: Paul Judge (TechSquare Labs), David Teten (HOF Capital), Theodore Schlein (Ballistic Ventures), Mike Bergelson (Glencrest Group), Mike Gordon
Rani Therapeutics
Series UnknownFeb 2018$53M
Series DSep 2017$39M
Series CMay 2015$37M
Series BJul 2013$9M
$140M
Co-investors: Jiang Zhang (Ping An Ventures)
LendUp
Series CAug 2016$48M
Series BJan 2016$50M
Series ANov 2013$14M
SeedOct 2012
$110M
Co-investors: Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Chris DeVore (Founders' Co-op), Justin Mateen
General Partner GV2010 - 2021
Stanford University Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Bioengineering
Stanford University MS Bioengineering
Duke University BS Biomedical Engineering and Economics