Blake Byers - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

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Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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Blake Byers builds and invests in startups. Blake recently cofounded NewLimit with Brian Armstrong. He was a partner at GV for a decade helping scale the firm from a $50M fund to a $2.5B fund. Blake recieved his PhD in Bioengineering from Stanford.

Personal Investments

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Blake Byers

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Seed Round - Factory

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Factory

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Factory	—	Seed Round - Factory	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Arta	—	Series A - Arta	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Neuralink	—	Series C - Neuralink	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Vial	Byers Capital	—	Series B - Vial	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	IonQ	Google Ventures	—	Series B - IonQ	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Collective Health	Google Ventures	—	Series E - Collective Health	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Ionic Security	Google Ventures	—	Series E - Ionic Security	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Collective Health	Google Ventures	No	Series D - Collective Health	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Rani Therapeutics	Google Ventures	No	Venture Round - Rani Therapeutics	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Rani Therapeutics	Google Ventures	Yes	Series D - Rani Therapeutics	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	IonQ	Google Ventures	Yes	Series A - IonQ	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	LendUp	Google Ventures	No	Series C - LendUp	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Ionic Security	Google Ventures	No	Series D - Ionic Security	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

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Blake Byers

has

current jobs as

Investor

Womply

and

President

PACT Pharma

. Additionally,

Blake Byers

has had

past jobs including

General Partner

Google Ventures

Womply InvestorMay 2011
PACT Pharma President

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Google Ventures	General Partner	Jan 1, 2010	2021
Morgan Stanley	Associate	2006	2006

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Blake Byers

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Observer

Arcus Biosciences

Board Chairman

PACT Pharma

, and

Board Member

Magenta Therapeutics

Arcus Biosciences Board Observer2016
PACT Pharma Board Chairman2016
Magenta Therapeutics Board Member2016
ARMO BioSciences Board Observer2015
LendUp Board MemberSep 2013
Ionic Security Board Observer2013
IonQ Board Member
Parsable Board Member
Kensho Board Member
Spruce Health Board Member

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
23andMe	Board Member	—	—
OnDeck	Board Member	—	—

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