Investing Profile

Lan Xuezhao

VCInvestorFounder
Founding and Managing Partner at Basis Set Ventures
basisset.ventures/teamSan Francisco, California
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Networks Lan is a member of
NewCo Network
1585 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1031 CONNECTIONS
McKinsey & Company Network
273 CONNECTIONS
University of Michigan Network
133 CONNECTIONS
University of Michigan Network
133 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Basis Set Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$1M - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.5M
Investments On Record
35
Current Fund Size
$136M

Lan Xuezhao is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Lan Xuezhao's Investments On Record (24)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Simular
Series ADec 2025$22M
SeedJun 2024$5M
$27M
Co-investors: Evan Tana (122 WEST VENTURES)
Flint
Series ANov 2025$15M
$43M
Co-investors: Marc Bhargava (General Catalyst), Daniel Levine (Accel), Christiaan Vorkink (True Ventures), Anamitra Banerji (Afore Capital)
Mem0
Series AOct 2025$20M
$21M
Co-investors: Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Brian Balfour (Long Journey Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Dharmesh Shah
Octolane AI
SeedApr 2025$3M
$3.5M
Co-investors: Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor), Cindy Bi (CapitalX - Early Stage VC), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator)
CuspAI
SeedJun 2024$30M
$130M
Co-investors: Paul Murphy (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Brooke Seawell (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Michiel Kotting (Northzone), Charles Seely (QuantrolOx)
Rasa
Series CFeb 2024$30M
Series BJun 2020$26M
Series AApr 2019$13M
SeedApr 2018$1M
SeedApr 0018$1.1M
$72M
Co-investors: Martin Casado (Andreessen Horowitz), Andrei Brasoveanu (Accel), Chris Lyons (Andreessen Horowitz), Glenn Solomon (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Robin Vasan (Mango Capital), Ross Mason (Dig Ventures), Jens Lapinski (Angel Invest), Dhruv Kaul
Echo Labs
Pre SeedJan 2024$8M
$8M
Co-investors: Somesh Surapureddi (Angel Operator Partners (aop))
Entendre Finance
SeedMay 2023$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Edward Suh (Alpine Ventures)

most interested in

API Deep Tech/Hard Science Developer Tools E-Commerce Education Enterprise Entertainment Fintech Food and Beverage Future of Work Gaming Government Technology Hardware Health and Wellness Healthcare/Medtech Industrial Internet and Mobile IoT Marketplace Productivity Proptech/Real Estate Robotics Social Supply Chain/Logistics Transportation Travel/Hospitality

Lan Xuezhao's Experience

Board Member Various Stealth CosPresent
Board Member ErgeonPresent
Founding and Managing Partner Basis Set VenturesPresent
Board Observer, Seed Investor CuspAIPresent
Board Member, Pre-seed Investor OpenArt AIPresent
Founder and CEO Top-PatentsPresent
Board Member, Seed Investor CuspAIPresent
Seed Investor WorkstreamPresent
Seed Investor Path RoboticsPresent
Board Observer, Seed Investor QuincePresent
Board Member, Seed Investor ErgeonPresent
Seed Investor RasaPresent
Founder and Managing Partner Basis SetPresent
Angel investor Scale AIPresent
Head of Corporate Development Strategy DropboxPresent
Engagement Manager (M&S/TMT) McKinsey & CompanyPresent
Founder and CEO The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, YaffoPresent
Instructor for advanced statistics University of MichiganPresent
TA for advanced statistics, PhD level University of MichiganPresent
Teaching Assistant University of MichiganPresent
Board Member, Seed Investor OpenArt AIPresent
Founder and CEO NewCoPresent
Founder and CEO BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present

Lan Xuezhao's Education

University of Michigan MA Statistics
University of Michigan Ph.D Psychology