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Basis Set
Founder and Managing Partner
Responsibilities
www.basisset.com
Platform
Resources
Pricing
Founder and Managing Partner / Basis Set Ventures
Lan Xuezhao is the Founder and Managing Partner of Basis Set Ventures, an early-stage AI-focused venture fund with over half a billion in assets under management. She is an entrepreneur and investor who previously led the Corporate Development Strategy team at Dropbox and worked as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. Her background includes a Ph.D. in Psychology and a Post-doc Fellowship from Harvard, with a focus on human brains and machine intelligence.
Founder and Managing Partner
www.basisset.com
Board Observer, Seed Investor
First check. Co-lead investor of seed round.
Board Member, Seed Investor
First check, led investor of pre-seed round.
Board Observer, Seed Investor
First check. Lead investor of seed round.
Angel investor
One of the earliest investors
Board Member, Seed Investor
First check. Led seed round
Seed Investor
First check. Lead investor of seed round.
Seed Investor
First check. Lead investor of seed round.
Head of Corporate Development Strategy
(2016-2017) Product manager
(2013-2016) Started and led the Corp Dev Strategy team
Joined as part of the original biz ops team.
Engagement Manager (M&S/TMT)
- Focused on Tech. Led marketing and strategy projects for senior executives at fortune 500 global corporations. Topics of expertise: Growth Strategy, Big data/Consumer Lifecyle Management (CLM or CRM), Marketing Return on Investments (MROI), Consumer Insights & Branding, Pricing, Channels etc.
- 2 years as an associate, 1.5 year as an EM; 2 years in the New York office and 1.5 years in the Shanghai office.
Founder and CEO
Exited. Designed and made children's brain training toys/games and assessments (for executive function / self-regulation). Toys have been on the market for over 10 years, made by HABA.
Instructor for advanced statistics
Advised undergraduate, graduate students and faculty members on research methodology and statistics analysis
TA for advanced statistics, PhD level
Taught 60 doctoral students advanced statistics as a graduate student instructor for two semesters
Teaching Assistant
Led sessions for Intro to Social Psychology and Intro to Psychology
MA
MA - Statistics
Ph.D
Ph.D - Psychology
Post-doc Fellow
Core technical, business, and professional competencies derived from her extensive background in venture capital, corporate strategy, and academic research.
Venture Capital
Seed Investing
Deal Sourcing
Portfolio Management
Due Diligence
Fundraising
AI/ML Strategy
Corporate Development
Business Strategy
Growth Strategy
M&A
Management Consulting
Statistics
Data Analysis
Psychology
Cognitive Science
Structural Equation Modeling
Big Data
Leadership
Team Management
Entrepreneurship
Start-ups
Product Management
Marketing Effectiveness
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Venture Capital, Enterprise Software
Corporate Strategy, Consumer Tech, Robotics, Psychology & Cognitive Science
Visionary, Entrepreneurial, Academic, Data-Driven, Strategic, Founder-Focused
AI for Abundance, Future of Work, Human-Machine Intelligence, Early-Stage Investing
Male 65.7%, Female 34.3%
25-34 (64.5%), 35-54 (17.8%), 18-24 (12.4%)
US (13.1%), BR (11.7%), IR (8.6%), IN (7.0%)
Tehran (2.7%), Baghdad (2.2%), New York (1.5%)
followers
7.0K followers
A robotic, objective summary of Lan Xuezhao's professional profile, focusing on her role as a founder and managing partner of an AI-focused venture fund.
She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and a Post-doc Fellowship from Harvard, specializing in human brains and machine intelligence.
She previously led the Corporate Development Strategy team at Dropbox and also worked as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company.
Yes, she is listed as being involved with Quince since August 2018 and OpenArt AI since November 2021, alongside Basis Set Ventures.
As of the latest data, she has a significant professional following, with 15.6K followers on LinkedIn and 7.0K followers on Twitter/X.