About
Micherice Tao is an Associate at IVP focused on consumer and application software businesses, covering frontier & physical world, applied AI, and consumer themes. With a background in electrical engineering, she worked as an advisor, student VC, and operator (including at IVP portfolio company Clipboard Health) before joining PWP's technology group advising startups and public companies on M&A.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerSaaS
Experience
- IVPInvestorcurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco, CA
- Perella Weinberg PartnersInvestment Banking Analyst2023 β 2025
- The Wharton SchoolFNCE 7500 Teaching Assistant2023
- Venture LabLead Investor2022 β 2023
- Venture LabInvestment Team - Penn Wharton Innovation Fund2020 β 2023
- Rough Draft VenturesInvestor2022 β 2023
- New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Fellow2022 β 2023
- Dodge & CoxInvestment Operations2021
- Clipboard HealthProduct Growth2020San Francisco, California, United States
Education
- San Francisco University High School
- The Wharton SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Economics
- University of PennsylvaniaBachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical Engineering
Skills & more
Start-ups5Product Management6Market Research9Product Development4Project Management6Pricing Strategy5Computer-Aided Design (CAD)4User Interface Design6Social Media4Nonprofit Organizations4Leadership12Microsoft Excel5
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Analytical SkillsMicrosoft OfficeMATLABPublic SpeakingManagementRelationship BuildingCommunication- Bloomberg Market Concepts β Bloomberg
From Micherice's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended San Francisco University High School5
Also attended The Wharton School1,323
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures
+ 1,317 more
Also attended University of Pennsylvania607
Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychologyNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJames KuklinskiInvestor at Spark CapitalKerry KilleenAssociate General Counsel at Revolution
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Shared employers
Also worked at Perella Weinberg Partners29
Julie MarechalExecutive Assistant at Hoxton VenturesCynthia LaiInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Marta EstebanezPartner at TCVMaya MenonConsultant at SeedToBCaroline PhippsSenior Associate at True Beauty VenturesChris HechtInvestor at Silversmith Capital Partners
+ 23 more
Also worked at Venture Lab4
Also worked at Rough Draft Ventures23
Max ZangInvestor at AudaciousChris HarperPartner at Torch CapitalPrat MallickPrincipal at XfundHanseul NamInvestor at Spark CapitalPratik AgarwalPartner at AccelNimi KatragaddaPartner at BoxGroup
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Also worked at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)113
Scott SandellExecutive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at NEACrystal HuangInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Matt SacksInvestor at LightbankJai SajnaniInvestor at Khosla VenturesAjay VasheeInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Stewart AlsopInvestor at Alsop Louie Partners
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Investments
Investor
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Alexander Lim
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Alexandria Simcox
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Andrew Reed
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