Lisa Burton O'Toole
InvestorVice President / Executive Director at HearstLab
Austin, Texas, United States
Writes $500K checks
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About
MIT PhD engineer and ex-founder Lisa Burton O'Toole co-founded a startup later funded by the firm she joined, built a 100+ women mentor network, and frames women-led investing as data-driven.
Invests in
Enterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechImpact & Social GoodSaaS
Experience
- HearstLabVice Presidentcurrent2017 — presentNew York, United States
- HearstVice President, HearstLabcurrent2017 — presentGreater New York City Area
- UNLISTEDBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- Time StudyBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Rock Paper CoinBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
- JunumBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
- MD Ally | 911 Network NavigationBoard Observer2020 — 2025
- VRTLBoard Observer2023 — 2025
- BarometerBoard Observer2023 — 2025
- ElotlBoard Observer2020 — 2025
- Mon AmiBoard Observer2021 — 2022
- AdMass, Inc.Founder / CTO / Chief Data Scientist2016 — 2017Greater New York City Area
- Elem AgencyData Science Strategy Consultant and Founder2016 — 2017Austin, Texas Area
- TabbedOutDirector of Data Science2015 — 2016Austin, Texas Area
- AdlucentData Science Director2013 — 2014Austin, TX
- MITPHD Student2007 — 2013Cambridge, MA
- MITGraduate Resident Tutor, Burton Conner Dormitory2009 — 2012Cambridge, MA
- MITTeaching Assistant2011Cambridge, MA
- Women in Technology ProgramInstructor2011Cambridge, MA
- Harvard UniversityTeaching Fellow, Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science2010Cambridge, MA
- KTHSummer Research Intern2007Stockholm, Sweden
- Duke University Techtronics ProgramProgram Coordinator, Student Teaching Fellow2005 — 2007Durham, NC
- Duke UniversityPratt Fellow Research Program in Acoustics2005 — 2007Durham, NC
- Duke UniversityTeaching Assistant in the Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences2004Durham, NC
Skills & more
Strategy14Analysis5Management9Strategic Planning10Mathematica8Matlab35C++6LaTeX11Solidworks5Python12Python (Programming Language)2Numerical Analysis12
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CFDSimulationsMathematical ModelingData AnalysisSciencePhysicsStatisticsResearchImage ProcessingMachine LearningAnalyticsOptimization- Hearst INCLUDE Certified Change Agent — Hearst
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lisa Burton O'Toole?
- MIT PhD engineer and ex-founder Lisa Burton O'Toole co-founded a startup later funded by the firm she joined, built a 100+ women mentor network, and frames women-led investing as data-driven.
- Where does Lisa Burton O'Toole work?
- Lisa Burton O'Toole is Vice President / Executive Director at HearstLab.
- What does Lisa Burton O'Toole invest in?
- Lisa Burton O'Toole invests in Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good, SaaS.
- What check size does Lisa Burton O'Toole write?
- Lisa Burton O'Toole typically writes checks of $500K.
- Where did Lisa Burton O'Toole go to school?
- Lisa Burton O'Toole studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mechanical Engineering); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering); Duke University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering).
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