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Liz Wessel
InvestorFounderPartner at First Round Capital · CEO at WayUp
San Francisco, California
Writes $100K – $12M checks · typically $3.5M
FoundedWayUp · YC
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About
Liz Wessel joined First Round in 2023 as a Partner in San Francisco, focusing on companies reinventing traditional industries or built on breakthrough technologies. She previously co-founded and ran WayUp for seven years (raising over $40M before its 2021 acquisition), was a Visiting Group Partner at Y Combinator, and has angel-invested in 45+ startups including Ramp, Scale AI, and Ro.
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- l•••@wayup.comreveal75% confident
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Wessel co-founded WayUp, an early-career recruitment platform, in 2014 with JJ Fliegelman.
- Education
- Studied at University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor's, Political Science, Mathematics and Japanese)
From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.
CEO at WayUpYC W15
Intro paths
Liz went through Y Combinator (Winter 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Liz can intro founders to WayUp's investors below.
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Co-founders at WayUp
Investments
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Colleagues at First Round Capital
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Liz Wessel?
- Liz Wessel joined First Round in 2023 as a Partner in San Francisco, focusing on companies reinventing traditional industries or built on breakthrough technologies. She previously co-founded and ran WayUp for seven years (raising over $40M before its 2021 acquisition), was a Visiting Group Partner at Y Combinator, and has angel-invested in 45+ startups including Ramp, Scale AI, and Ro.
- Where does Liz Wessel work?
- Liz Wessel is CEO of WayUp and Partner at First Round Capital.
- What does Liz Wessel invest in?
- Liz Wessel invests in AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- What check size does Liz Wessel write?
- Liz Wessel typically writes checks of $100K – $12M.
- What companies did Liz Wessel found?
- Liz Wessel founded WayUp.
- What companies has Liz Wessel invested in?
- Investments tracked here include &AI, Blaxel, Collate, David AI, Flai, Flex, Gumloop, Kanary, Orbio, Osium AI, Outset, ParadeDB, and 13 more.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Google mafia1,712
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First Round Capital mafia45
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Y Combinator mafia35
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Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School mafia3
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