San Francisco, US · Partner
Lior Susan
Founder and CEO at Eclipse
Latest rounds
- NectarSeed · $4.5MDec 2016
- FyusionSeries A · $3.4MMay 2014
BacksBig Data & AnalyticsAIEducation
The firm
EclipseVC firm · US41cheques in 12 months75all time12ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 2
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $7.9M
- Active
- 2014–16
Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.
Companies they are listed as backing
Portfolio
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Company raisingForge Team Inc.Directorsince 2023
- SEC Form D · Company raisingBright Machines, Inc.Executive Officer, Directorsince 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raisingNarus Inc.Directoron 2 filings · since 2021
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAugury Inc.Directorsince 2020
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundEclipseMANAGING MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PARTNERon 2 filings · since 2019
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAutoLab AI, Inc.Directoron 3 filings · since 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raisingOWLET BABY CARE INC.Directorsince 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raisingMavrx Inc.Directorsince 2016
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundEclipseManaging Member of the General Partneron 55 filings · since 2016
- SEC Form D · Company raising6 River Systems, Inc.Directorsince 2016
- SEC Form D · Company raisingKarma Technologies Holding Inc.Directorsince 2015
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundEclipseExecutive Officeron 3 filings · since 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAugury, Inc.Directoron 2 filings · since 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raisingSwipeSense, Inc.Directorsince 2015
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundFormation 8Executive Officersince 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raisingVantage Point Analytics, Inc.Directorsince 2014
Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.
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Eclipse's Lior Susan on $12.5B AUM and the Bet on Physical Industries
WithLior Susan
MentionsPierre LamondSequoia CapitalGordon Moore
About this episode
Eclipse spent 8 years investing in manufacturing, space, semiconductors, defense & mining while the rest of Silicon Valley funded SaaS. Lior Susan says the math was never close. Lior Susan is the Founder & CEO of Eclipse, the Palo Alto firm he started in 2015 with a $125M debut fund alongside… More on the show's page
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Eclipse Ventures Co-Founder Lior Susan's Insights Into a $1.3B Bet on Physical AI
WithLior Susan
About this episode
This week on StrictlyVC Download, we're sharing and interview from our 2026 event in San Francisco with TechCrunch reporter Marina Temkin and Lior Susan who is dresh off raising a $1.3 billion fund. Eclipse Ventures is doubling down on what it calls physical AI. Temkin and Susan discuss robotics,…
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Meta Drops New Model, Mythos, RoboLamp | Luther Lowe, Dan Primack, Lior Susan, Feross Aboukhadijeh, Qasim Mithani, Jaleh Rezaei, Jeremy Philip Galen
WithLior Susan
MentionsGoogleY Combinator
About this episode
(00:44) - Meta Launches Muse Spark (18:24) - Anthropic's Mythos (30:19) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (36:12) - Robo-Lamp (41:13) - Luther Lowe, Head of Public Policy at Y Combinator, discusses the challenges small tech companies face due to the control exerted by major platforms like Apple… More on the show's page
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Lior Susan - Leave the World Better than You Found It - [Invest Like the Best, EP.353]
WithLior Susan
About this episode
Today's episode is a conversation with Lior Susan, the Founder of Eclipse Ventures, whose mission is to unlock solutions to age-old physical industry problems through the intersection of bits and atoms. Lior is Israeli, and served in Israel's special forces before founding Ecplise. The topic of… More on the show's page
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393. The $40T Opportunity Investing in Physical Industries, The Framework for Investing in Hardware, and Lessons Learned from Industry Legend, Pierre Lamond (Lior Susan)
WithLior Susan
MentionsPierre Lamond
About this episode
Lior Susan of Eclipse Ventures joins Nate to discuss The $40T Opportunity Investing in Physical Industries, The Framework for Investing in Hardware, and Lessons Learned from Industry Legend, Pierre Lamond. In this episode we cover: Misperceptions in Fintech Changing Barriers in Hardware How to… More on the show's page
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Betting on Founders Who Build the Real World
MentionsLior Susan
About this episode
Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. Welcome back to another episode of Venture Unlocked, the podcast that takes you behind the scenes of the business of venture capital. In this episode, I sit down with Lior… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 320: Post Mortems (Susan, Bahat, Moatti)
MentionsLior SusanRoy BahatSC Moatti
About this episode
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Lior Susan Roy Bahat SC Moatti Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 311: Why I Passed (Biederman, Kaul, Susan)
MentionsLior SusanRob BiedermanSamir Kaul
About this episode
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Rob Biederman Samir Kaul Lior Susan Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , General Partner of… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 309: Strange & Unusual (Wilk, Susan, Kaul)
MentionsJason WilkLior SusanSamir Kaul
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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Jason Wilk Lior Susan Samir Kaul Each investor describes the most unusual situation or pitch that they've encountered as an investor. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , General Partner of New Stack… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 307: What's Next (Kaul, Susan, Lerer)
MentionsBen LererLior SusanSamir Kaul
About this episode
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Samir Kaul Lior Susan Ben Lerer Each investor discusses sectors, drivers and/or trends that may have significant impact in the future and are potentially positioned for outsized-returns. The host of The Full… More on the show's page
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