Investing Profile

Blake Byers

VCInvestor
Co-Founder at NewLimit
San Francisco Bay Area
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NewLimit Investor
$100K - $10.0M
$1M
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CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Factory
SeedNov 2023$5M
$220M
Co-investors: Shaun Maguire (Sequoia Capital), Geoff Yang (Redpoint Ventures), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Christian Reber (Freigeist), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Aaron Levie
Vial
Series BNov 2022$67M
$100M
Co-investors: Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Elena Viboch (General Catalyst), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Jeffrey Silverstein (Andreessen Horowitz), Nimi Katragadda (BoxGroup), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), TJ Nahigian (Base10 (Base10 Partners) ), Greg Rosen (Bedrock Capital), Zak Kukoff, Nikhil Krishnan, Gordon Wintrob
Arta
Series ANov 2022$90M
$90M
Co-investors: Meyer "Micky" Malka (Ribbit Capital), Ryan Tabone (Google Ventures), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Mike Tsao (Google Ventures), Kabir Narang (B Capital Group), Michael Gilroy (Coatue), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Bharat Mediratta (Coinbase Ventures), Shreyas Doshi (Stripe), Nicholas Chirls (Notation Capital), Shailendra Singh (Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA)), Sheetal Bahl (Merak Ventures), Domagoj Babic (Berkeley Angel Network), Anju Patwardhan (Altamond Capital Management Advisor), Betsy Cohen (FTAC Ventures), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Manik Gupta (Uber), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Shishir Mehrotra, Baris Gultekin, Kelvin Beachum Jr.
Neuralink
Series CJul 2021$210M
$1.2B
Co-investors: Jonathan MacQuitty (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Krishna Yeshwant (GV (Google Ventures)), David Krane (GV (Google Ventures)), Michael Mignano (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Shaun Maguire (Sequoia Capital), Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), Bill Lee (Craft Ventures), Brenton Fargnoli (AlleyCorp), Robert Nelsen (ARCH Venture Partners), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Ken Howery (Unknown Ventures), Shane Neman, Sam Altman
IonQ
Series BOct 2019$55M
Series AJul 2017$20M
$75M
Co-investors: Andrew Schoen (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Ron Bernal (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
$730M
Co-investors: Will Porteous (RRE Ventures), Mohamad Makhzoumi (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), David Singer (Maverick Capital), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Bobby Yazdani (Cota Capital), Scott Nolan (The Founders Fund), Henry McNamara (Great Oaks Venture Capital), Ling Wong (Highbury Group), Andrew Boszhardt (Great Oaks Venture Capital), Kirthiga Reddy (F7 Ventures)
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: Karim Faris (Google Ventures), Mike Gordon (Meritech Capital Partners), David Teten (Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York), Paul Judge (TechSquare Labs), Theodore Schlein (Ballistic Ventures), Mike Bergelson (Glencrest Group)
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)
Investor and Board Member IonQPresent
Investor RobinhoodPresent
Investor SoFiPresent
Investor NeuralinkPresent
Investor SpaceXPresent
Investor Chai DiscoveryPresent
Investor The Bot CompanyPresent
Investor xAIPresent
Investor OpenEvidencePresent
General Partner GV (Google Ventures)Present
Investor and Founder Byers CapitalPresent
Co-Founder NewLimitPresent
General Partner GV2010 - 2021
Stanford University MS Bioengineering
Duke University BS Biomedical Engineering and Economics
Stanford University Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Bioengineering