Susan Schofer

Susan Schofer is a Partner at SOSV and Chief Science Officer at SOSV HAX, the world’s premier venture program accelerating early stage hard tech startups. She works with new startups via early stage investment, defining key milestones and go-to-market strategies, and is responsible for scientific oversight and building capabilities to support portfolio companies. 

Prior to joining SOSV, Susan served as Senior Vice President of Business Development for Modern Meadow and a member of the executive leadership team for over seven years, developing new sustainable materials inspired by leather without any animals, where she led product, partnership, and go-to-market strategy and execution from early ideation through to commercialization. Before that, Susan spent 10 years in Silicon Valley at venture-backed startups, working in roles spanning research and development, product development, product management and business development within industrial biotech and materials sectors. Susan was an National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral Fellow at Stockholm and Uppsala Universities, where she worked to develop catalyst systems for artificial photosynthesis. She holds a doctorate degree in chemistry from Caltech and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Brown.