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Michael Liou

VP of Strategy & Growth at Chooch AI

📍 San Mateo, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 17 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2025
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Sep 2025
Hexo helps businesses integrate Generative AI into their workflows
Investor, Advisor
May 2025
Our mission is to make human microbiology computable. We achieve this by pairing novel wet lab experiments with powerful AI, creating models and datasets that advance open science and unlock a new era of personalized medicine.
Investor
2019
Launched in 2018, kea is one of the fastest-growing companies changing the way restaurants operate. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, we are building a team that is excited about our mission: drive the world’s commerce by empowering restaurants to operate more intelligently and own their relationship with customers. The first product in our platform, kea Voice, takes orders over the phone at a high level of efficiency and consistency so that restaurants can focus on making delicious food. We are one unit moving at high velocity. We are compassionate and care for others. We are open and transparent. We play to win the long game. As you review our job openings, keep our core values in mind. Your uniqueness is valued and differences of opinion, background, and ability are welcomed. If you think you'd be a good fit for one of our roles at kea, please apply!
Investor
2018
Carbon Health is a health technology company and modern healthcare provider that simplifies access to care through its EHR platform, locations with urgent and primary services, and patient app for easier everyday health.
Investor
2018
Indigo offers a range of services for the Australian agriculture sector including; Funds & Asset Management, Investment Advisory, Asset selection and Due Diligence
Investor
2016
Our wearable devices work to protect over 30,000 of today’s Industrial Athletes™ – individuals who put their bodies on the line day in and day out to fulfill the world’s essential services – by providing real-time feedback to inform safety, proper training and productivity across the workforce. With more than 30 million hours of on-body data driving its insight engine, StrongArm’s SafeWork System and intuitive dashboard have proven a 45 percent year-over-year injury reduction rate for customers, providing an average 250% return on their investment.
Investor
2015
Planet is the leading provider of global, daily satellite imagery and insights. Planet is driven by a mission to image all of Earth’s landmass every day, and make global change visible, accessible, and actionable. Founded in 2010 by three NASA scientists, Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest fleet of imaging satellites, as well as online software, tools and analytics needed to deliver data to users. Decision makers in business, government, and within organizations use Planets data and machine learning-powered analytics to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and make informed, timely decisions to solve our worlds toughest challenges. Visit us at https://www.planet.com/
Investor
2015
Policygenius combines cutting-edge tools with the expertise of real licensed agents to help you protect your family, property, and finances with confidence. From making it easy to explore your coverage options through our insurance marketplace to assisting with policy adjustments as your life changes, Policygenius is your independent advocate at every step. Since 2014, we’ve helped over 30 million people shop for insurance and placed over $150 billion in coverage.
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2015
Didi Chuxing is a computer software company based out of 中关村软件园数字山谷, 海淀区, Beijing Shi, China.
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Jul 2014
FLYR is a technology company that is purpose-built for the travel industry. Leveraging deep learning, an advanced form of AI, FLYR is helping airlines, cargo, and hospitality businesses around the globe elevate their results. With FLYR, businesses are able to improve revenue performance and modernize the e-commerce experience through accurate forecasting, automation, and analytics. Built on the FLYR Commercial Operating System, a flexible and extendable platform, FLYR connects disparate data and systems with AI to help airlines increase ROI, make confident decisions and elevate every travel experience.
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Jun 2014
Paystands on a mission to create a more open financial system, starting with B2B payments. Using blockchain and cloud technology, we pioneered Payments-as-a-Service to digitize and automate the entire cash lifecycle. Our software makes it possible to digitize receivables, automate processing, reduce time-to-cash, eliminate transaction fees, and enable new revenue. We asked ourselves: "What would payments look like if we recreated them today from scratch?"​ We imagined it would look more like this, so we built it: - No transaction fees - Automated receivables and payables - 100% paperless - Real-time cash recognition - Flat monthly pricing - Instant Reconciliation - No markups or interchange fees - Flexible integrations Contact us today to make payments the easiest part of running your business.
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2014
TrueAccord is the leader in digital collections. By focusing on great user experiences, TrueAccord provides businesses with superior debt collection results. Our machine learning platform adapts to consumer behavior with personalized and empathetic communications to deliver the right payment option at the right time and channel. We work with top financial institutions, enterprise companies and upcoming businesses to recover billions in lost revenue. For more information, visit www.trueaccord.com.
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2013
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2013
We make software to bring simplicity, beauty, and joy to the world.
Investor
2012
Rescale’s cloud platform for modeling & simulation and applied AI accelerates product development and discovery for any organization. Enterprises use Rescale’s compute, data, and AI solutions to accelerate discovery and engineering breakthroughs. Rescale has been recognized globally as the industry leading platform providing cutting edge AI solutions, the broadest selection of over 1,000 R&D software applications, and the largest global infrastructure footprint of 100s of advanced computing architectures. Leveraged by a majority of Fortune 500 companies to accelerate time to market, Rescale has been recognized by Gartner as a Cool Vendor for Cloud Infrastructure, by Deloitte as a Technology Fast 500 company, and by the World Economic Forum as a Global Innovator Unicorn. We are located in San Francisco and work with users in the aerospace, automotive, energy, life sciences, construction, marine, consumer products, and manufacturing industries. For more info sales@rescale.com
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2025
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Sep 2025
Hexo helps businesses integrate Generative AI into their workflows
Investor, Advisor
May 2025
Our mission is to make human microbiology computable. We achieve this by pairing novel wet lab experiments with powerful AI, creating models and datasets that advance open science and unlock a new era of personalized medicine.
2024
Venture Partner
Jun 2024
Seeding some of the most ambitious and innovative managers.
2021
Investment Committee Member
Aug 2021
Waterman Ventures is an Alumni Ventures venture capital fund for alumni of Brown University that invests in companies with a Brown connection. Meet the team: Ludwig Pierre Schulze, Managing Partner Rob Adams, Managing Partner Andrew Padilla, Partner Brook Stroud, Senior Principal Akshata Bailkeri, Senior Associate We are part of Alumni Ventures, America’s largest venture firm for individual investors. Founded in 2014, we are the venture investing partner to over 11,000 individuals and institutions.   Follow Waterman Ventures for content at the intersection of our shared alma mater, venture capital, and entrepreneurship. We are private, for-profit, and not affiliated with or sanctioned by the college. Offers of securities are made only to eligible investors through formal offering documents, which describe the risks, terms, and other important information that must be considered before investing. Example portfolio company investments shown for illustrative purposes only, do not necessarily reflect investment outcomes that were or would be obtained by any AV fund or investor, and are not available to future investors, except potentially in the case of follow-on investments. Venture capital investing involves substantial risk, including risk of loss of all capital invested. Past performance does not guarantee future results. AV did not pay any consideration in exchange for any rankings referenced. AV has agreed to pay a licensing fee to Statista in connection with its use of the Statista logo in referring to the TIME Magazine ranking. This fee was requested and paid after AV received the TIME Magazine ranking.
2019
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2019
Launched in 2018, kea is one of the fastest-growing companies changing the way restaurants operate. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, we are building a team that is excited about our mission: drive the world’s commerce by empowering restaurants to operate more intelligently and own their relationship with customers. The first product in our platform, kea Voice, takes orders over the phone at a high level of efficiency and consistency so that restaurants can focus on making delicious food. We are one unit moving at high velocity. We are compassionate and care for others. We are open and transparent. We play to win the long game. As you review our job openings, keep our core values in mind. Your uniqueness is valued and differences of opinion, background, and ability are welcomed. If you think you'd be a good fit for one of our roles at kea, please apply!
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