Where does Haitao Zhu work?

Haitao Zhu is Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc.

What check size does Haitao Zhu write?

Haitao Zhu typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Where did Haitao Zhu go to school?

Haitao Zhu studied at Stony Brook University (Ph.D, Biochemistry); Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Master's degree, Virology); Wuhan University (B.S., Biochemistry).

Haitao Zhu

Investor

Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

Experience

First Spark VenturesPartnercurrent2022 — present
SVE CapitalPartner2018 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
Farfield Advisory, LLCCo-Founder2014 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area, and China
Skylight InvestmentVenture Partner2017 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
GenentechGroup Leader2007 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
Stanford UniversityPostdoc2001 — 2007

Skills & more

Drug Discovery4Biomarker Discovery1Molecular & Cellular Biology1Biochemistry4Neuroscience3Project Management1Business Development1Molecular Biology4Cell Culture4Assay Development3

From Haitao's professional profile.

Colleagues at First Spark Ventures, Llc

Aaron Sisto

Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc

Danny Chen

General Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc

Eric Schmidt

Founding Partner at Innovation Endeavors

Gal Treger

General Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc

Jennifer Wu

Principal at First Spark Ventures, Llc

Manish Kothari

Founding Managing Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc

Peter Olcott

Principal at First Spark Ventures, Llc

Peter Richards

Founding General Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc

Network1

Aaron Sisto

Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Haitao Zhu?: Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc
Where does Haitao Zhu work?: Haitao Zhu is Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc.
What check size does Haitao Zhu write?: Haitao Zhu typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did Haitao Zhu go to school?: Haitao Zhu studied at Stony Brook University (Ph.D, Biochemistry); Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Master's degree, Virology); Wuhan University (B.S., Biochemistry).

Same school

Also attended Stony Brook University53

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Also attended Wuhan University8

Zhi YangManaging Partner at BVCF Shumo ChuEntrepreneur, Computer Scientist & Angel Investor at Shumo Chu Sun LilinPartner at BODL Peiyu ZhaoDeal Manager, Loan Origination at Kilde Hubert ChuVenture Partner at Sapien Ventures / Sapien Group Zhaomin ChenInvestor at 6 Dimensions Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Skylight Investment2

Tianyi (Sky) YuGeneral Partner at Taihill Venture Ricki HuangVenture Partner at Taihill Venture

Also worked at Genentech100

David SchenkeinInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Karthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Marco PrunottoInvestor at Medicxi Logan HilleLife Sciences Analyst at CincyTech Josephine ChenInvestor at Sequoia Capital Abbie CelnikerInvestor at Third Rock Ventures

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Also worked at Stanford University716

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at Floodgate Balaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network School Martin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic Andy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDash Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)

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