Yuechen Zhao

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States11 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Partner at Informed Ventures focusing on digital health and AI.
Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree for innovation in technology.
Host of the 'Decoded' podcast exploring business models.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a venture capital professional with a focus on health technology and AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalHealth TechnologyHealthcare StrategyInsurance TechnologyAi SolutionsAi For CpgConsumer HealthE-commerce SolutionsMobility SolutionsHealthcare InnovationFintechVirtual Try-on SolutionsTravel SolutionsSaas DevelopmentProduct StrategyProduct DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentEducationResearch Development

Other Skills

Digital HealthAIHealthcare PurchasingConsumer EmpowermentInsuranceComplianceHospitalityConsumer Packaged GoodsDermatologySkincareE-commerceVideo MarketingUrban MobilitySustainabilityOrthodontics

About

Focused on 1) digital health companies, especially those transforming the patient experience and 2) AI powering vertical industries. Previously: Harvard CS 50 and CS 51 Teaching Fellow, Google / Uber / startup PM, founder. Forbes 30U30. Rusty full stack engineer. I write about business and investment strategy and host the “Decoded” podcast, which dives into the secrets behind the business models of great companies. See https://decoded.fm Weekend vacation real estate investor / janitor.

Experience

Lexi

Pre-Seed Lead

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Evereden

Board Observer

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Dermatologist designed skin care for kids and teens

DermatologySkincareConsumer Health

Venteur

Board Director

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

Using ICHRA to put healthcare purchasing power in consumers' hands, freeing employers from managing health insurance.

Healthcare PurchasingConsumer EmpowermentHealthcare Strategy

Gigsafe

Board Director

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

Insurance and compliance for 1099 workers

InsuranceComplianceInsurance Technology

Uniform teeth

Board Observer

Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr

Better orthodontics. Acquired by Impress.

OrthodonticsHealthcareHealthcare Innovation

Akia

Board Director

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 2 mos

AI agents for hospitality

AIHospitalityAI Solutions

Glimpse

Seed Lead

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 2 mos

AI for CPG brands, starting with fighting wrongful distribution & retail deductions

AIConsumer Packaged GoodsAI for CPG

Fin (personal finance)

Founder

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr · Palo Alto, California, United States

App to track personal expenses. AI categorization + daily summary of spending by text.

Personal FinanceAIFintech

Neuron mobility

Board Observer

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos

Global green urban mobility -- shared e-scooters + deep partnership with cities

Urban MobilitySustainabilityMobility Solutions

Informed ventures

Partner

Nov 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 4 mos · Menlo Park, California, United States

Informed Ventures partners with world defining tech companies from Pre-Seed to Series A.
Focused on 1) digital health, esp companies transforming the patient experience and 2) AI powering vertical industries

Digital HealthAIVenture CapitalHealth Technology

Firework

Board Observer

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 2 mos

Powering e-commerce with video -- 1:1 sales, broadcasts, video inspiration -- on brands' and retailers' owned digital properties

E-commerceVideo MarketingE-commerce Solutions

Forma

Board Observer

Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 · 3 yrs

AI technology for virtual clothing try-on. Acquired by Snap.

AIFashion TechnologyVirtual Try-On Solutions

旅盒 tbox

Co-founder

Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr · Beijing, China

Intelligent trip planning and booking for Chinese travelers. Seed funding from GSR Ventures.

Travel TechnologyIntelligent SystemsTravel Solutions

Meixin global

Product Lead

Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr · Beijing City, China

Product owner on 2B & 2C SaaS investment platform (>$1B in AUM). Joined at seed.

SaaSInvestment PlatformsSaaS Development

Uber

Product Manager

Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 · 0 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

Uber China PM, managing market efficiency & rider incentives (up to $30 million in incentives per week)

Product ManagementMarket EfficiencyProduct Strategy

Google

Product Manager

Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr · Mountain View, CA

Lead PM on Google Contacts. Launched Spam / Call Blocking on Fi and Nexus (Pixel).

Product ManagementSpam PreventionProduct Development

Flipboard

Software Engineer

Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 · 0 mo · Palo Alto, CA

Engineer on contextual article augmentation. Flipboard Hackathon winner.

Software EngineeringContextual AugmentationSoftware Development

Kleiner perkins

KP Fellow

Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 · 0 mo

Microsoft

Software Engineer

Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 · 0 mo · Cambridge, MA

Engineer in the Foundry. Launched Rememory scrapbooking app for Windows 8.

ProgrammingResearchResearch Development

Harvard university

2 roles

Teaching Fellow

Aug 2012 – May 2013 · 9 mos · Cambridge, MA

CS 50 (Fall) and CS 51 (Spring). 2x Derek Bok Certificate of Distinction in Teaching.

Researcher

Jun 2012 – Aug 2012 · 2 mos · Cambridge, MA

Vision Sciences Lab & Intelligent and Interactive Systems Group. Lead programmer for Lab in the Wild (labinthewild.org). Published "Predicting Website Aesthetics With a Quantification of Perceived Visual Complexity" for the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2013.

TeachingComputer ScienceEducation