Summary
Yuechen Zhao is a partner at Informed Ventures with 14 years of experience investing in and building technology-driven companies, focused on digital health and AI agents that transform vertical industries and the patient experience. A Harvard A.B. in Computer Science and Statistics (4.0) and former Harvard CS teaching fellow, Yuechen blends rigorous technical grounding with product leadership from roles at Google, Uber, Microsoft, and early startups. He has founded and led companies, served on multiple boards across healthcare, mobility, and consumer brands, and runs Claude-enabled engineering work building his own AI agents. Notable exits and partnerships across his portfolio include acquisitions by Snap and Impress, and he continues to lead pre-seed and seed investments targeting voice and agent-first healthcare solutions. Off-hours he applies the same hands-on mentality to weekend real estate investing — occasionally as janitor — reflecting a pragmatic, founder-friendly approach to scaling ventures.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
A.B., Computer Science and Statistics, 4.0 GPA, PBK 48, Detur Book Prize, John Harvard Scholar, A.B., Computer Science and Statistics, 4.0 GPA, PBK 48, Detur Book Prize, John Harvard Scholar at Harvard University
English, Chinese, French