Richard Socher Ph.D Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Co-Founder & Chi...

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

  • Active Board Seats
  • 1

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Richard Socher Ph.D General Information

Biography

Dr. Richard Socher is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at You.com. He serves as Advisor at Profluent. He is a Co-Founder at AIX Ventures. He served as Advisor at Zebra Medical Vision. He also serves as a Board Observer and Advisor at Ellipsis Health. He is an angel investor. He served as Chief Scientist at Salesforce. He was a Co-Founder and served as the Chief Executive Officer at MetaMind. In 2014, he got his Ph.D. at Stanford where he worked with Chris Manning and Andrew Ng. He was awarded the Distinguished Application Paper Award at the International Conference on Machine Learning 2011, the 2011 Yahoo! Key Scientific Challenges Award, a Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship in 2012, and a 2013 "Magic Grant" from the Brown Institute for Media Innovation.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, You.com
Education
Stanford University, Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)
Gender
Male
Total Investments
Exits
Email
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Address
  • 228 Hamilton Avenue
  • Floor 3
  • Palo Alto, CA 94301
  • United States

Richard Socher Ph.D Positions (2)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
AIX Ventures Investor Co-Founder San Francisco, CA Venture Capital
You.com Company Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer Palo Alto, CA Internet Software

Richard Socher Ph.D Board Seats (1)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
Ellipsis Health Other Healthcare Technology Systems Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed San Francisco, CA

Richard Socher Ph.D Lead Partner on Deals (26)

Richard Socher Ph.D has been the lead partner on 26 deals. Their latest deal was with ZenML, a software development applications company. The deal was made for on 23-Oct-2023.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
ZenML 23-Oct-2023 Seed Round Completed Software Development Applications Munich, Germany
Weights & Biases 09-Aug-2023 Completed Software Development Applications San Francisco, CA
Replicate 12-Jul-2023 Completed Software Development Applications San Francisco, CA
Autobound 01-Nov-2022 Completed Business/Productivity Software San Francisco, CA
Eliza Dolls 19-Oct-2022 Completed Recreational Goods Berkeley, CA
Ubenwa 25-Jul-2022 Completed Other Healthcare Technology Systems Montreal, Canada
Cosmos Innovation 17-May-2022 Completed Business/Productivity Software Singapore, Singapore
Wispr Flow 30-Nov-2021 Completed Business/Productivity Software San Francisco, CA
Viva Translate 04-Nov-2021 Seed Round Completed Business/Productivity Software San Leandro, CA
Workera 26-Aug-2021 Early Stage VC (Series A) Completed Business/Productivity Software Palo Alto, CA

Richard Socher Ph.D Network (139)

Board Members (17)

Name Company Representing Location From
Marie Hurabiell JD Ellipsis Health Self San Francisco, CA
Jeffrey Clarke Ellipsis Health Self San Francisco, CA
Ellipsis Health Self San Francisco, CA
Ellipsis Health Self San Francisco, CA
Ellipsis Health Self San Francisco, CA

Portfolio Executives (122)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Adam Probst ZenML Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director 23-Oct-2023 Munich, Germany
Yagmur Ay ZenML Founder Associate Intern 23-Oct-2023 Munich, Germany
ZenML Co-Founder & Board Member 23-Oct-2023 Munich, Germany
Weights & Biases Chief Operating Officer & Chief Revenue Officer 09-Aug-2023 San Francisco, CA
Weights & Biases Chief Revenue Officer 09-Aug-2023 San Francisco, CA

Richard Socher Ph.D Advisory Roles (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Profluent Company Advisor Berkeley, CA Biotechnology

Richard Socher Ph.D FAQs

  • Who is Richard Socher Ph.D?

    Dr. Richard Socher is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at You.

  • How much does Richard Socher Ph.D typically invest?

    Richard Socher Ph.D's median deal size is .

  • What is Richard Socher Ph.D’s main position?

    Richard Socher Ph.D’s primary position is Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer.

  • How many active board seats does Richard Socher Ph.D hold?

    Richard Socher Ph.D holds a board seat in Ellipsis Health.

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