Former Underscore Principal at Underscore VC

Where does Sooah Cho work?

Sooah Cho is Partner, Chief Operating Officer at SignalFire.

What check size does Sooah Cho write?

Sooah Cho typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.

Where did Sooah Cho go to school?

Sooah Cho studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Harvard Kennedy School (Master in Public Policy (MPP)); Wellesley College (B.A., Major: Economics; Minor: Psychology).

Sooah Cho

Investor

Partner, Chief Operating Officer at SignalFire · Principal at Underscore VC

San Francisco, California, United States

Writes $1M – $5M checks · typically $2.5M

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

s•••@underscore.vcreveal70% confident

Experience

SignalFirePartner, AI in Health & PharmaTechcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
MIT $100K Entrepreneurship CompetitionJudgecurrent2020 — present
MassChallengeJudge & Mentorcurrent2017 — present
Underscore VCPrincipal2019 — 2023Greater Boston
Devoted HealthSenior Product Manager2018 — 2019Waltham, MA
CVS HealthProduct Manager, Nationwide Rx Delivery & Virtual Care2017 — 2018CVS Health Digital Innovation Lab
Bain CapitalRock Venture Partner2016 — 2017
Quona Capital (FinTech VC)Summer Investment Associate2016Washington DC-Baltimore Area
International Finance CorporationSummer Associate2015Washington DC
FSGConsultant (Michael Porter & Mark Kramer's Strategy Consulting Firm)2011 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
William J. Clinton FoundationAlbright Fellow2010New York, NY

Skills & more

Digital Health3Product Management1Venture Capital3International Development8Data Analysis10Policy Analysis10International Relations6Public Policy4Research5Program Evaluation3Economics2Market Analysis1

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StrategyInvestment StrategiesDue DiligenceFinancial ModelingStataQualitative ResearchPublic SpeakingDeal SourcingMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft ExcelManagementStrategic Planning

Languages Chinese · English · Korean

From Sooah's professional profile.

Colleagues at SignalFire

Aayush Sharma

Senior Associate at SignalFire

Alex Hooshmand

Co-founder ZaiNar & Bluekai at SignalFire

Andrew Reid

Director, GTM Recruiting at SignalFire

Asher Bantock

Head of Research at SignalFire

Audrey Salomez

Contrôleur financier at 123Venture

Ben Davenport

Venture Partner at Blockchain Capital

Bobby Lent

Managing Partner at Hillsven & Co-founder of Ariba at SignalFire

Cali Tran

CEO of Cision; CEO of Brandwatch at SignalFire

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sooah Cho?: Former Underscore Principal at Underscore VC
Where does Sooah Cho work?: Sooah Cho is Partner, Chief Operating Officer at SignalFire.
What check size does Sooah Cho write?: Sooah Cho typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
Where did Sooah Cho go to school?: Sooah Cho studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Harvard Kennedy School (Master in Public Policy (MPP)); Wellesley College (B.A., Major: Economics; Minor: Psychology).

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School2,000

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Also attended Harvard Kennedy School245

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Also attended Wellesley College57

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Shared employers

Also worked at Underscore VC24

Lily LymanPartner at Underscore VC Chris GardnerPartner at Underscore VC Brian DevaneyPartner at Underscore VC Gabrielle McCarthySenior Investment Associate at Underscore VC Devin NashVice President, Brand & Experience at Underscore VC Claire CrowtherVice President, Strategy & Operations at Underscore VC

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Also worked at Devoted Health11

Daniel PortilloCofounder at General Partnership Vishal VasishthCo-Founder & Managing Director at Obvious Ventures Rob GoCo-founder and Partner at NextView Ventures Timothy HowePartner at Socium Ventures William "Mo" CowanBoard Chair at MassChallenge Mexico Chris BaylissVice President at Revelation Partners

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Also worked at Bain Capital189

Alexa LyonsInvestor at Spark Capital Ian MarshInvestor at DN Capital Elena PantaziPartner & Head of Platform at Northzone Alison ConnorsInvestor at Third Rock Ventures Gabriella WilliamsInvestor at Third Rock Ventures Julie YangInvestor at Third Rock Ventures

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Also worked at Quona Capital (FinTech VC)26

Stephanie KomsaVice President – Institutional Client Relations, ATEL Capital Group at ATEL Ventures Efayomi CarrInvestment Partner at Flourish Ventures Monica Brand EngelManaging Partner at Quona Capital Jonathan WhittleManaging Partner at Quona Capital Ganesh RengaswamyManaging Partner at Quona Capital David MathewsonPartner/COO & Chief Compliance Officer at Quona Capital

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