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Wan Li Zhu

Built Environment VC

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Suffolk Technologies

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About

Wan Li Zhu is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Suffolk Technologies, a venture capital and innovation company investing in and partnering with startups transforming the built environment. Wan Li is an experienced technology investor and was previously a Partner at Fairhaven Capital, a Boston-based VC firm that has invested over $430M in enterprise software and deep tech companies. Wan Li also founded and runs MIT Alumni Angels, which has backed over 100 MIT-affiliated startups in technology and life sciences. Prior to venture capital, Wan Li led enterprise software product development and marketing organizations at Microsoft in Dynamics CRM, which became the fastest growing business in the company’s history. Wan Li has also spent time at Google in online advertising, at Morgan Stanley in investment banking, and at Merrill Lynch in IT. Wan Li holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, where he completed research in knowledge acquisition for artificial general intelligence at the MIT Media Lab and in applying AI to financial markets analysis at the MIT Lab for Financial Engineering. Wan Li has served as Chairman of the Board at MIT Enterprise Forum and as the Executive Chairman of the New England Venture Network. Suffolk Technologies: suffolk-tech.com MIT Alumni Angels: mitalumniangels.com Milk Street Investments: fairhavencapital.com/milk-street-investments

Experience

Founder & Managing Director, MIT Alumni Angels of BostonMIT Alumni Angels Boston
2015-01-01
Founder & Managing Director, MIT Alumni Angels of New YorkMIT Alumni Angels New York Basic company page — company details not listed yet
2016-11-01
InvestorOpenSpace
2017-01-01
InvestorEquipmentShare
2020-01-01
InvestorMeasurabl
2023-01-01
InvestorAugmenta
2023-01-01
InvestorBRUNT Workwear
2020-01-01
AdvisorTabs
2023-01-01
InvestorTripalink
2021-01-01
InvestorPathAI
2017-01-01
InvestorLinkSquares
2018-01-01
General Manager, AdSenseGoogle
2008-01-01 to 2008-01-01
Analyst, Investment BankingMorgan Stanley
2003-01-01 to 2003-01-01
Global Product Manager, Dynamics CRMMicrosoft
2006-01-01 to 2007-01-01
Program Manager, Dynamics CRMMicrosoft
2004-01-01 to 2006-01-01
Program Manager, SQL ServerMicrosoft
2002-01-01 to 2002-01-01
ResearcherMIT Media Lab
2001-01-01 to 2002-01-01
IT AnalystMerrill Lynch
2001-01-01 to 2001-01-01

Education

Harvard Business School
MBA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.Eng. Computer Science / Electrical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.B. Computer Science / Electrical Engineering