Seed & Early-Stage
Evaluating emerging markets, founder-market fit, product velocity, capital strategy, and the first credible path toward institutional follow-on financing.
Crosscut Ventures · Senior Associate
Investing in the Future: Championing Seed-Stage Frontier Tech & Bioscience.
Daisy Khoo partners with ambitious founders building category-defining companies at the intersection of science, software, energy, and climate resilience.
Daisy Khoo
Born in Philadelphia · Based in Santa Monica · Seed-stage venture investor
About Me
A steady hand for founders building what comes next.
Daisy Khoo is a Senior Associate at Crosscut Ventures, where she partners with seed-stage founders turning deep technical insight into venture-scale companies. Her day-to-day work includes evaluating startup pitches, reviewing business plans, mapping markets, conducting technical diligence, assessing teams, supporting investment decisions, and helping structure transactions.
With a sharp analytical style and a founder-first mindset, Daisy supports portfolio companies across strategy, follow-on fundraising, go-to-market expansion, and long-term positioning. Born in Philadelphia and now based in beautiful Santa Monica, she brings East Coast discipline and West Coast imagination to early-stage investing.
Investment Focus
Where technical insight meets venture discipline.
Daisy focuses on early inflection points: teams with clear ambition, hard-to-replicate insight, and the potential to reshape major markets.
Bioscience Technology
Supporting science-driven platforms that connect biological discovery, data, engineering, and scalable commercialization in healthcare and beyond.
Frontier & Climate Tech
Backing frontier technologies across clean energy, climate infrastructure, resilient systems, and breakthrough tools for a lower-carbon future.
Experience Timeline
A disciplined path through finance, venture capital, and advanced business strategy.
From Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business to venture capital leadership, Daisy’s path reflects consistent execution and a steadily sharpening focus on early-stage innovation.
2010
Drexel University · LeBow College of Business
Graduated from Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business, building a strong foundation in finance, strategy, and analytical decision-making.
2010 — 2012
Lovell Minnick Partners
Joined Lovell Minnick Partners, where she gained early exposure to investment analysis, financial services markets, diligence standards, and institutional rigor.
2012 — 2013
Venture Capital Team Lead
Promoted to lead the venture capital team, coordinating evaluation workflows and deepening her judgment around early-stage opportunities.
2013 — 2015
MBA · Drexel University
Returned to Drexel University for advanced study and completed a two-year MBA program focused on strategy, management, and growth execution.
2015
Crosscut Ventures
Joined Crosscut Ventures, a well-known Silicon Valley venture firm focused on bold founders and early-stage technology companies.
2015 — 2018
From Team Lead to Senior Associate
Took on increasing responsibility, sharpening her diligence work, investment thesis development, founder support, and portfolio strategy capabilities.
2018 — Present
Senior Associate · Seed-Stage Venture Capital
Today, she continues to evaluate seed-stage companies, shape investment decisions, structure deals, and support portfolio founders across frontier technology and bioscience.