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Blake Byers

Unicorn founder

Founder at NewLimit · Board director at Spotlight Therapeutics

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M

FoundedNewLimit$3.1B

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722 people in our graph share verified history with Blake — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Paul FieldingunlockedBlake: together at SoFi (2014–2018)
×2Blake: together at Anthropic
Blake: together at Robinhood
×8Blake: together at GV (Google Ventures)

About

Blake Byers is the founder of Byers Capital and co-founder of NewLimit. He builds and invests in technology and biotechnology companies, focusing on early-stage and unconventional ventures.

Founder at NewLimit

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NewLimit's investors · 13

8VCAustin · $100K – $50M checks · since 2025Abstract VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $750K checks · since 2025age1San Francisco · $500K – $4M checks · since 2025Beyond CapitalSan Diego · since 2025Dimension CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checks · since 2025Draper AssociatesSan Mateo · $500K – $5M checks · since 2025Elad GilSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Human CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $200M checks · since 2025Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2025S32Palo Alto · since 2025SciFoundersSan Francisco · $1M checks · since 2025Section 32Palo Alto · since 2025Valor Equity PartnersChicago · since 2025

Co-founders at NewLimit

BABrian Armstrong
Brian ArmstrongCo-founder, Board of Directors
JKJacob Kimmel
Jacob KimmelDirector

Board director at Spotlight Therapeutics

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Spotlight Therapeutics's investors · 3

GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2022Magnetic VenturesBoston · $1M – $6M checks · since 2022National Institutes of Health (NIH)since 2023

Experience

  1. NewLimitCo-Foundercurrent2022 — present
  2. Byers CapitalFoundercurrent2021 — present
  3. RobinhoodInvestorcurrent2012 — present
  4. SpaceXInvestorcurrent2018 — present
  5. NeuralinkInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  6. AnthropicInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  7. OpenAIInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  8. xAIInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  9. OpenEvidenceInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  10. The Bot CompanyInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  11. Chai DiscoveryInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  12. SoFiInvestorcurrent2014 — present
  13. IonQInvestor2017 — 2022
  14. GVGeneral Partner2010 — 2021Mountain View, CA

Network18

Erik NordlanderScout
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Graham SpencerScout
General Partner at GV (Google Ventures)
Lo ToneyScout
Founding Managing Partner at Plexo Capital
M.G. SieglerScout
General Partner at GV (Google Ventures)
Andrew Wheeler
General Partner at GV (Google Ventures)
Anika Gupta
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Anthony Philippakis
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Ben Robbins
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Braden Kowitz
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Brendan Bulik-Sullivan
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Brian Bendett
Partner at GV (Google Ventures)
Cathy Friedman
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
▶6 more connections

Crystal HuangDan LynchDave MunichielloDavid ReshefDavid SchenkeinFrédérique Dame

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Blake Byers?
Blake Byers is the founder of Byers Capital and co-founder of NewLimit. He builds and invests in technology and biotechnology companies, focusing on early-stage and unconventional ventures.
Where does Blake Byers work?
Blake Byers is Founder of NewLimit and Board director at Spotlight Therapeutics.
What check size does Blake Byers write?
Blake Byers typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
What companies did Blake Byers found?
Blake Byers founded NewLimit.
Where did Blake Byers go to school?
Blake Byers studied at Stanford University (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioengineering); Duke University (Double Major: B.S. Biomedical Engineering and B.S. Economics).

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