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Lior Susan
Founder & Partner at Eclipse Ventures and Executive Chairman at Bright Machines
Lior Susan is the Founder and Partner at Eclipse Ventures, a venture capital firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area.2 Here are some key details about his background and career:
Professional Experience
Eclipse Ventures:
- Founded Eclipse Ventures in January 2015 and has been serving as Founder & Partner since then2
- The firm manages about $3 billion and has partnered with around 90 companies4
Other Current Roles:
- Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Bright Machines (since January 2018)
- Chairman of the Board at Owlet Baby Care (since March 2015)
- Board Member at Cerebras Systems (since January 2023)
- Board Member at Augury (since October 2015)
- Co-Founder and Board Member at Datorios (since December 2020)2
Previous Experience
- Founder and General Partner at LabIX, the hardware investment platform of Flextronics
- Co-founded Farm 2050, an AgTech Collective, with Innovation Endeavors
- Part of the founding team of Elementum, a SaaS platform
- Serial entrepreneur in Tel Aviv, where he helped build Intucell (sold to Cisco in 2012)13
Background
- Grew up in a kibbutz community in Israel
- Worked on a banana farm during his childhood
- Served as an officer in an elite Special Forces unit of the Israel Defense Force13
Investment Focus
Lior Susan and Eclipse Ventures focus on investing in companies that are disrupting old-line industries and digitizing physical industries. They see this as a major opportunity to transform critical sectors that impact everyday life, such as manufacturing, healthcare, and transportation.34
Lior Susan's unique background, combining experiences in agriculture, military service, and entrepreneurship, has shaped his approach to venture capital and his focus on transforming physical industries through technology.4
Highlights
Evolution is usually only clear in hindsight, but today is one of those rare moments where we are witnessing the Industrial Evolution unfold in real-time. The UK's new Automated Vehicles Act of 2024 provides the safety and legal framework essential for transforming transportation. This close collaboration with the government catalyzes a future where autonomous mobility will — one day — seamlessly integrate into our daily lives. As the Law Commissions of England, Wales, and Scotland put it: “The arrival of autonomous vehicles creates a need for a whole new vocabulary, new legal actors, and new regulatory schemes.”
With this forward-thinking legislation, and Wayve’s recent $1 billion fundraising milestone, the Industrial Evolution is already happening before our eyes.
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Revitalizing our talent pools is a key component of modernizing physical industries. Deloitte's recent report “2024 Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute Talent Study” shows that manufacturing facilities are growing so fast, the field can't keep up with the need for skilled labor. There’s a growing shortage of millions of tech and production workers.
This is happening across the board in many physical industries. Let’s raise awareness about these opportunities and the growing pool of good jobs being catalyzed by digital transformation. Eclipse’s latest People Report thoroughly analyzes the demand for tech skills across all physical industries. For example, last year, there were 1.5M more jobs in the physical industry than in tech. These jobs are not only lucrative, but also have more room for growth, with raises in physical industries surpassing those in tech.
Check out the Eclipse portfolio companies hiring: https://lnkd.in/gsXtbxbU
Read Eclipse’s People Report for more granular data: https://bit.ly/3yt07hi

