# Lior Susan, Founder and CEO at Eclipse > Lior Susan, Founder and CEO at Eclipse. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/lior-susan-3 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) San Francisco, US · Partner # Lior Susan Founder and CEO at [Eclipse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eclipse) Latest rounds - **Nectar** Seed · $4.5M Dec 2016 - **Fyusion** Series A · $3.4M May 2014 Backs *Big Data & Analytics* *AI* *Education* Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 2 last Dec 2016 - **Filings:** 16 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 5 +5 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them - ✓ **On filings** 16 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Eclipse - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=lior-susan-3)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=lior-susan-3) ## The firm [**Eclipse** VC firm · US **41** cheques in 12 months **75** all time **12** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eclipse) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 2 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $7.9M - **Active:** 2014–16 2016 - [Nectar](https://millionrounds.com/company/nectar) *Seed* **$4.5M** *US* Dec 2016 Joined · +1 investor 2014 - [Fyusion](https://millionrounds.com/company/fyusion) *Series A* **$3.4M** *US* May 2014 Joined · +5 investors · historical By stage - Seed **1** - Series A **1** What they backed Big Data & Analytics **1** AI **1** Education **1** Alongside - [Andreas Bechtolsheim *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreas-bechtolsheim) - [James Joaquin *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/james-joaquin) - [Joe Lonsdale *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-lonsdale) - [New Enterprise Associates *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) - [UTEC- University of Tokyo Edge Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/utec-the-university-of-tokyo-edge-capital-partners) - [University of Tokyo Edge Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/university-of-tokyo-edge-capital) 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 - [ClearMetal](https://millionrounds.com/company/clearmetal) - [Clearpath Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/clearpath-robotics) - [Dopple](https://millionrounds.com/startup/dopple-2) - [Fyusion](https://millionrounds.com/company/fyusion) - [Instrumental](https://millionrounds.com/startup/instrumental-inc) - [Lighthouse](https://millionrounds.com/company/lighthouse) - [Nectar](https://millionrounds.com/startup/nectar-3) - [SKULLY](https://millionrounds.com/startup/skully) - [Scatter](https://millionrounds.com/startup/scatter) - [Swift Navigation](https://millionrounds.com/company/swift-navigation) - [SwipeSense](https://millionrounds.com/company/swipesense) - [Teabot](https://millionrounds.com/startup/teabot) - [Toka](https://millionrounds.com/startup/toka-2) - Kinema Systems - Mantis Vision ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **Forge Team Inc.** Director since 2023 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Bright Machines, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director since 2022 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Narus Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2021 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Augury Inc.** Director since 2020 - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Eclipse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eclipse)** MANAGING MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PARTNER on 2 filings · since 2019 - SEC Form D · Company raising **AutoLab AI, Inc.** Director on 3 filings · since 2018 - SEC Form D · Company raising **OWLET BABY CARE INC.** Director since 2017 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Mavrx Inc.** Director since 2016 - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Eclipse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eclipse)** Managing Member of the General Partner on 55 filings · since 2016 - SEC Form D · Company raising **6 River Systems, Inc.** Director since 2016 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Karma Technologies Holding Inc.** Director since 2015 - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Eclipse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eclipse)** Executive Officer on 3 filings · since 2015 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Augury, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2015 - SEC Form D · Company raising **SwipeSense, Inc.** Director since 2015 - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Formation 8](https://millionrounds.com/fund/formation-8)** Executive Officer since 2015 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Vantage Point Analytics, Inc.** Director since 2014 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at Eclipse - [**Pierre Lamond** Partner Emeritus *5 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/pierre-lamond) - [**Sanjay Jha** Chair of Ic, Principal Investor *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/sanjay-jha) - [**AJ Kantor** Investment Associate *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/aj-kantor) - [**Adam Bryant** Chief Operating Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/adam-bryant) - [**Aidan Madigan-Curtis** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/aidan-madigan-curtis) - [**Angela Hayward** Partner and Head of Strategy *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/angela-hayward) - [**Artem Barsukov** Senior Director *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/artem-barsukov) - [**Brett Cummings** Co-Founder and President *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/brett-cummings) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [Sourcery](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/sourcery) · 21 Sept 2026 · 48 min Eclipse's Lior Susan on $12.5B AUM and the Bet on Physical Industries With [Lior Susan](https://millionrounds.com/person/lior-susan-3) Mentions [Pierre Lamond](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pierre-lamond)[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)[Gordon Moore](https://millionrounds.com/person/gordon-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [StrictlyVC Download](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/strictlyvc-download) · 26 May 2026 · 21 min Eclipse Ventures Co-Founder Lior Susan's Insights Into a $1.3B Bet on Physical AI With [Lior Susan](https://millionrounds.com/person/lior-susan-3) 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,… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 8 Apr 2026 · 2h 19m Meta Drops New Model, Mythos, RoboLamp | Luther Lowe, Dan Primack, Lior Susan, Feross Aboukhadijeh, Qasim Mithani, Jaleh Rezaei, Jeremy Philip Galen With [Lior Susan](https://millionrounds.com/person/lior-susan-3) Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Invest Like the Best](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/invest-like-the-best) · 21 Nov 2023 · 1h 5m Lior Susan - Leave the World Better than You Found It - [Invest Like the Best, EP.353] With [Lior Susan](https://millionrounds.com/person/lior-susan-3) 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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 24 Jul 2023 · 32 min 393. The $40T Opportunity Investing in Physical Industries, The Framework for Investing in Hardware, and Lessons Learned from Industry Legend, Pierre Lamond (Lior Susan) With [Lior Susan](https://millionrounds.com/person/lior-susan-3) Mentions [Pierre Lamond](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pierre-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Lior Susan in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [Venture Unlocked](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/venture-unlocked) · 3 Dec 2025 · 38 min Betting on Founders Who Build the Real World Mentions [Lior Susan](https://millionrounds.com/person/lior-susan-3) 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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 2 Nov 2023 · 16 min Investor Stories 320: Post Mortems (Susan, Bahat, Moatti) Mentions [Lior Susan](https://millionrounds.com/person/lior-susan-3)[Roy Bahat](https://millionrounds.com/person/roy-bahat)[SC Moatti](https://millionrounds.com/person/sc-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 31 Aug 2023 · 7 min Investor Stories 311: Why I Passed (Biederman, Kaul, Susan) Mentions [Lior Susan](https://millionrounds.com/person/lior-susan-3)[Rob Biederman](https://millionrounds.com/person/rob-biederman)[Samir Kaul](https://millionrounds.com/person/samir-kaul-2) 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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 17 Aug 2023 · 5 min Investor Stories 309: Strange & Unusual (Wilk, Susan, Kaul) Mentions [Jason Wilk](https://millionrounds.com/person/jason-wilk)[Lior Susan](https://millionrounds.com/person/lior-susan-3)[Samir Kaul](https://millionrounds.com/person/samir-kaul-2) About this episode 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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 3 Aug 2023 · 10 min Investor Stories 307: What's Next (Kaul, Susan, Lerer) Mentions [Ben Lerer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ben-lerer)[Lior Susan](https://millionrounds.com/person/lior-susan-3)[Samir Kaul](https://millionrounds.com/person/samir-kaul-2) 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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? 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