Sherman Li

Entrepreneur | Executive | Investor

📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 19 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
19
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9
Mid stage
5
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Portfolio

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Board Member
Feb 2022
Aquabyte is one of the few companies applying machine learning / computer vision to directly solve the world’s food sustainability issues. Fish farming is the #1 fastest growing sector of food production - a $300B worldwide industry. By improving fish farm efficiency, we help close the world’s impending protein deficit. We work on very challenging distributed image processing and machine learning problems, and our work has direct relevance on the world’s food chain. Come join us! Apply now: https://jobs.lever.co/aquabyte
Board Observer
Jan 2021
LeaseLock is an insurtech platform that revolutionizes the rental market by replacing traditional security deposits with lease insurance. Our innovative solution removes the financial barriers renters face when leasing a new apartment and significantly enhances investment returns for property owners by preventing NOI loss.
mid stageInsurance
Investor
Apr 2020
Umbrella, the business unit born from Anodot’s cloud cost solution, is the all-in-one platform for MSPs and enterprises. Built for multi-tenant environments, it offers real-time control over cloud and SaaS expenses. With AI-driven insights and workflow automation, Umbrella helps eliminate waste, optimize spend, and forecast costs—fueling growth and acting as your Cloud CFO.
Board Member
Mar 2020
Today, most of us are consumers of technology. Tomorrow’s children will need to be creators. Wonder Workshop sparks creativity with kids of all ages and inspires them to have fun, learning new skills with our robotics. Our robots put the power of play into their hands so they can dream up new adventures while learning to code at any skill level. Each discovery leads to another and we take satisfaction in their accomplishments, as they build self-confidence so that we can make a lasting contribution to their future. We are a multidisciplinary team of software and hardware designers, engineers, educators, and business leaders focused on developing mobile applications for our robots. Our founders come from Google, Apple, and Amazon, and together they blend their backgrounds to create cohesive multi-platform experiences. To learn more, visit www.makewonder.com.
Board Member
Mar 2020
Fishbrain is a passionate and collaborative community with the tools you need to have the best possible fishing experience. With 200 million people sport fishing around the world, we’re connecting anglers to make fishing dreams come true, today and tomorrow. Here are some impressive stats: 15 million anglers use the platform, and have logged over 14 million catches. On any given day, Fishbrain lets you choose from over 1.7 million fishing locations worldwide. With all the new fishing information that keeps rolling in from our anglers, our engineers crunch the numbers to make the world’s best data-driven fishing recommendations. The Fishbrain experience happens in our mobile app, and we have some pretty cool features: - See where the big fish will be biting with our Fishing Forecast. - Share catches and moments with fellow anglers. - Explore catches and fishing spots on a local map. - Log your catches and track your personal angling progress. As a company, we value diversity. Some of us are anglers. Some of us are parents. All of us are human. We’re passionate about the outdoors and conservation. We have an open work culture. We have core values that we bring to life on a daily basis. Our Stockholm office is a cubicle-free, well-lit place, where teamwork is fluid and ongoing, and there’s always coffee brewing. Why dont you join us? See all open positions at http://fishbrain.com/jobs/ Download the app at www.fishbrain.com.
Board Member
Nov 2019
Discover the oral health network to get providers paid accurately and instantly; while helping patients with transparency and financial peace of mind. Oral health providers and their staff should spend more time caring about patients and less time worrying about payments. That's why we pioneered tools that utilize intelligent automation to save time and streamline the entire patient experience; automating tasks to help providers get paid quickly, easily, and on time, every time. We selectively invite the top oral providers and insurance companies to be part of our growing network. By modernizing an out-of-date process we cut down on things like surprise bills, hours on the phone with insurance providers, and chasing payments. All to reduce stress and help you get back to what matters most to you. Join the network, get paid faster, and get back to providing quality patient care.
Board Member
Sep 2019
Gauss is the leader in computer vision in healthcare. Founded in 2011, Gauss’s mission is to digitally augment clinicians with software that radically improves diagnostic accuracy and leads to improved patient safety and clinical outcomes. Gauss’s flagship product, Triton, leverages computer vision to detect surgical and obstetric hemorrhage in real time and notifies clinicians who can enact timely intervention and treatment. Triton was granted De Novo clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2014, as the first-ever computer vision software for surgical use, and several follow-on 510(k) clearances. Available on the iPhone, Triton has been widely adopted by health systems in the United States and is a recipient of the Apple Design Award, which recognizes the best in design, innovation and technology on Apple platforms. Gauss was acquired by Stryker (NYSE: SYK) in 2021. For more information, visit http://www.gauss.com.
Board Member
Aug 2019
June is a proptech company thats using technology to fix the antiquated apartment rental experience for both everyday consumers and mom-and-pop landlords.
early stageReal Estate
Board Member
May 2019
San Francisco-based Blueshift helps brands automate and personalize engagement across every marketing channel. The Blueshift Intelligent Customer Engagement platform uses patented AI technology to unify, inform, and activate the fullness of customer data across all channels and applications. With a customer data platform and a cross-channel marketing hub all in one place, Blueshift gives brands all the tools they need to seamlessly deliver 1:1 experiences in real-time across the entire customer journey. Blueshift has been recognized in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for CDP, a Leader in GigaOm’s Radar for CDPs, and in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ lists in 2020 through 2023 as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in North America. Learn more at blueshift.com.
Board Observer
May 2019
Founded in 2012 by Mike Henry and Dave Fick, and based in Austin, TX and Redwood City, CA, Mythic is creating a unified hardware and software platform that relies on unique analog compute-in-memory technology to deliver revolutionary power, cost, and performance that will shatter the limits restricting AI innovation. Mythic is making it much easier and more affordable to deploy powerful AI solutions, from the data center to the edge device.
Investor
May 2019
Selected twice by Fast Company as one of the top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Sport, PlaySight is connecting sports all over the world. Its Smart sports AI video platform delivers a cutting-edge video experience across all levels of sport. Hundreds of thousands of athletes, coaches, colleges, teams and sports facilities utilize PlaySight each and every day for automated production live stream broadcasts, multi-angle video recording, performance analysis, content monetization and much more. PlaySight technology powers entire leagues, is connected in over half of the NBA, and is used across the MLB, NHL, in over 100 NCAA athletic departments, and at leading sports organizations and facilities such as LakePoint Sports, IMG Academy, Ripken Baseball and the United States Tennis Association’s National Campus. Find out more at www.playsight.com.
Investor
Jan 2019
Innoviz is a global leader in LiDAR technology, working towards a future with safe autonomous vehicles on the world’s roads. Innoviz’s LiDAR and perception software “see” better than a human driver and reduce the possibility of error, meeting the automotive industrys strictest expectations for performance and safety. Operating across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Innoviz has been selected by internationally-recognized premium car brands for use in consumer vehicles as well as by other commercial and industrial leaders for a wide range of use cases. For more information, visit our website.
Board Observer
Dec 2018
Aria Pharmaceuticals is a preclinical-stage pharmaceutical company discovering and developing novel small molecule therapies for complex and hard-to-treat diseases. Too many patients today are in need of breakthrough treatments across many complicated diseases – they can’t wait. That’s why at Aria, we have redefined the drug discovery approach, saving years in the process and increasing success rates 30 times higher than traditional methods. At Aria, we’ve shown promise across a diverse range of therapeutic areas with the ability to address over 1,000 diseases.
Board Observer
Nov 2018
Based in Mountain View, Arraiy is leveraging machine learning and computer vision to unlock the next generation of visual storytelling. With self-improving AI at the core of its software products, Arraiy makes it easy for broadcasters and visual content creators to seamlessly integrate real and virtual worlds.
Board Member
Oct 2018
Blind is a place where 8M+ professionals worldwide share advice, provide honest perspectives, discuss company culture and discover relevant career information. Professionals anonymously communicate in private company channels and openly with users across industries. Blind is a platform for change. Our mission towards transparency breaks down professional barriers, empowering informed decisions and inspiring productive change in the workplace.
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2022
Board Member
Feb 2022
Aquabyte is one of the few companies applying machine learning / computer vision to directly solve the world’s food sustainability issues. Fish farming is the #1 fastest growing sector of food production - a $300B worldwide industry. By improving fish farm efficiency, we help close the world’s impending protein deficit. We work on very challenging distributed image processing and machine learning problems, and our work has direct relevance on the world’s food chain. Come join us! Apply now: https://jobs.lever.co/aquabyte
2021
Board Observer
Jan 2021
LeaseLock is an insurtech platform that revolutionizes the rental market by replacing traditional security deposits with lease insurance. Our innovative solution removes the financial barriers renters face when leasing a new apartment and significantly enhances investment returns for property owners by preventing NOI loss.
mid stageInsurance
2020
Investor
Apr 2020
Umbrella, the business unit born from Anodot’s cloud cost solution, is the all-in-one platform for MSPs and enterprises. Built for multi-tenant environments, it offers real-time control over cloud and SaaS expenses. With AI-driven insights and workflow automation, Umbrella helps eliminate waste, optimize spend, and forecast costs—fueling growth and acting as your Cloud CFO.
Board Member
Mar 2020
Today, most of us are consumers of technology. Tomorrow’s children will need to be creators. Wonder Workshop sparks creativity with kids of all ages and inspires them to have fun, learning new skills with our robotics. Our robots put the power of play into their hands so they can dream up new adventures while learning to code at any skill level. Each discovery leads to another and we take satisfaction in their accomplishments, as they build self-confidence so that we can make a lasting contribution to their future. We are a multidisciplinary team of software and hardware designers, engineers, educators, and business leaders focused on developing mobile applications for our robots. Our founders come from Google, Apple, and Amazon, and together they blend their backgrounds to create cohesive multi-platform experiences. To learn more, visit www.makewonder.com.
Board Member
Mar 2020
Fishbrain is a passionate and collaborative community with the tools you need to have the best possible fishing experience. With 200 million people sport fishing around the world, we’re connecting anglers to make fishing dreams come true, today and tomorrow. Here are some impressive stats: 15 million anglers use the platform, and have logged over 14 million catches. On any given day, Fishbrain lets you choose from over 1.7 million fishing locations worldwide. With all the new fishing information that keeps rolling in from our anglers, our engineers crunch the numbers to make the world’s best data-driven fishing recommendations. The Fishbrain experience happens in our mobile app, and we have some pretty cool features: - See where the big fish will be biting with our Fishing Forecast. - Share catches and moments with fellow anglers. - Explore catches and fishing spots on a local map. - Log your catches and track your personal angling progress. As a company, we value diversity. Some of us are anglers. Some of us are parents. All of us are human. We’re passionate about the outdoors and conservation. We have an open work culture. We have core values that we bring to life on a daily basis. Our Stockholm office is a cubicle-free, well-lit place, where teamwork is fluid and ongoing, and there’s always coffee brewing. Why dont you join us? See all open positions at http://fishbrain.com/jobs/ Download the app at www.fishbrain.com.
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