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Nan Li

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Founder & Managing Partner at Dimension
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Nan Li is a Founder and Managing Partner at Dimension, an investment firm dedicated to the intersection of technology and life sciences. With a background in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Michigan, he invests in companies applying AI, computer vision, and robotics to solve complex problems in biology and healthcare.

A first-generation immigrant from China who grew up in Detroit, Nan enjoys music, culture, and puzzles. He is a fan of all Detroit sports teams and describes himself as possessing a general sense of "nerdom. " For five years, he also taught a course at Stanford on applied AI and venture capital.

He co-founded Dimension in March 2022 after leaving an established role as Managing Director at Obvious Ventures, successfully raising an oversubscribed first fund of $350 million.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Founder & Managing Partner
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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TechBio Investing
Co-founded Dimension, a firm built to invest specifically at the "intersection of technology and the life sciences, " backing companies that merge biotech with software and AI.
Applied AI
Invests in companies using AI/ML, computer vision, and robotics for drug discovery, automation, and manufacturing. He also taught a course on applied AI and venture capital at Stanford.
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Career

Work history

7-2022
Founder & Managing Partner
Dimension
7-2021
Investor, Board Director
Iterative Scopes
8-2020
Investor, Board Observer
Swiftscale Biologics
1-2020
Investor, Board Observer
Anagenex
12-2019
Investor
n8n.io
In the press

Media appearances

A New Dimension (w/Nan Li, Adam Goulburn, and Zavain Dar). Featured in Apple Podcasts
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Nan Li, Dimension Capital - Canopy Space. Featured in Canopy Space
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Education
BSE
University of Michigan
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