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Wan Li Zhu

Investor

Co-Founder and Managing Director at Suffolk Technologies · Investor at Fairhaven Capital Partners · Board director at Anodet

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

About

Co-founder and Managing Director of Suffolk Technologies and an experienced VC investor, previously a Partner at Fairhaven Capital and founder of MIT Alumni Angels. He was earlier a product leader at Microsoft and holds an MBA from Harvard and degrees in EECS from MIT.

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Board director at Anodet

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Anodet's investors · 1

Suffolk TechnologiesBoston · since 2025

Co-founders at Anodet

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Amit PhansalkarExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Suffolk TechnologiesCo-Founder & Managing Directorcurrent2019 — presentGreater Boston Area
  2. MIT Alumni Angels of BostonFounder & Managing Director, MIT Alumni Angels of Bostoncurrent2015 — presentGreater Boston Area
  3. MIT Alumni Angels of New YorkFounder & Managing Director, MIT Alumni Angels of New Yorkcurrent2016 — presentGreater New York City Area
  4. Fairhaven CapitalPartnercurrent2009 — presentGreater Boston Area
  5. VariousStartup Advisorcurrent2015 — present
  6. CertivoInvestorcurrent2026 — present
  7. OpenSpaceInvestorcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  8. EquipmentShareInvestorcurrent2020 — presentColumbia, Missouri, United States
  9. KojoInvestorcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  10. HigharcInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  11. MeasurablInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  12. Handle.comInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  13. SourgumInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  14. EdiphiInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  15. AugmentaInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  16. WINT - Water IntelligenceInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  17. BRUNT WorkwearInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  18. TabsAdvisorcurrent2023 — present
  19. HqOInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  20. PlacemakrInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  21. FeluxInvestorcurrent2022 — present
  22. TripalinkInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  23. LatchInvestorcurrent2016 — presentGreater New York City Area
  24. PathAIInvestorcurrent2017 — presentGreater Boston Area
  25. LinkSquaresInvestorcurrent2018 — presentGreater Boston Area
  26. Twentyeight HealthInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  27. LeafLinkInvestorcurrent2017 — presentGreater New York City Area
  28. TVision InsightsInvestorcurrent2016 — presentGreater Boston Area
  29. VangstInvestorcurrent2018 — presentGreater Denver Area
  30. Harvard Founder NetworkFoundercurrent2018 — presentGreater Boston Area
  31. GoogleGeneral Manager, AdSense2008San Francisco Bay Area
  32. MicrosoftGlobal Product Manager, Dynamics CRM2006 — 2007Greater Seattle Area
  33. MicrosoftProgram Manager, Dynamics CRM2004 — 2006Greater Seattle Area
  34. MIT Lab for Financial EngineeringResearcher2003 — 2004Greater Boston Area
  35. Morgan StanleyAnalyst, Investment Banking2003Greater Boston Area
  36. MicrosoftProgram Manager, SQL Server2002Greater Seattle Area
  37. MIT Media LabResearcher2001 — 2002Greater Boston Area
  38. Merrill LynchIT Analyst2001Greater New York City Area
  39. Opus360 CorporationIT Operations2000Greater New York City Area

Skills & more

Start-ups99Entrepreneurship99Product Management69Venture Capital65Product Marketing38Competitive Analysis35Product Development29CRM24Strategic Partnerships24Software Project Management20Financial Modeling23Software Development20
+12 moreCloud ComputingBig DataCross-functional Team LeadershipAngel InvestingConsumer InternetStart-upBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Strategy

Languages Chinese

From Wan's professional profile.

Colleagues at Suffolk Technologies

Austin Barry
Director, Technology Strategy at Suffolk Technologies
Carly Joos
Head of Community at Suffolk Technologies
Diana Kay
Partner, Investment at Suffolk Technologies
Jake Goldklang
Associate, Investment at Suffolk Technologies
Jennifer Davis
Executive Director, BOOST at Suffolk Technologies
Jit Kee Chin
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Suffolk Technologies
Jonson Berman
Vice President, Investment at Suffolk Technologies
Mack Rush
Senior Associate, Emerging Technologies at Suffolk Technologies

Frequently asked questions

Who is Wan Li Zhu?
Co-founder and Managing Director of Suffolk Technologies and an experienced VC investor, previously a Partner at Fairhaven Capital and founder of MIT Alumni Angels. He was earlier a product leader at Microsoft and holds an MBA from Harvard and degrees in EECS from MIT.
Where does Wan Li Zhu work?
Wan Li Zhu is Co-Founder and Managing Director at Suffolk Technologies and Board director at Anodet.
Where did Wan Li Zhu go to school?
Wan Li Zhu studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.Eng., Computer Science / Electrical Engineering); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.B., Computer Science / Electrical Engineering).

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