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Liza SutherlandCodeBase |
Mentor's bio
Liza is a 3x founder, startup advisor and investor with 20 years’ experience in early-stage fundraising from both sides of the table. She’s advised over 200 tech start-ups who have gone on to raise more than £150M in investments. Liza’s current focus is on helping companies raise their Seed and Series A. Liza was most recently Head of Ecosystem at Techstart Ventures, a seed stage venture capital investor. She previously founded a £1M-angel invested venture focused on revolutionizing audience engagement at live events, was EIR at Wayra’s AI & Blockchain Accelerator, and spent over 10 years advising high growth tech start-ups focused on software, AI/ML, synth bio, robotics and regenerative medicine while personally investing in a few.
Originally from NYC, Liza has an MBA and BA in Psychology. Her entrepreneurial journey began immediately after university, where she spent her formative years co-founding and leading a multi £million revenue music company while simultaneously DJing internationally.