DS

Dana Sun

Principal at Laerdal Million Lives Fund

Chicago, Illinois

Overview 

Dana Sun is currently a Principal at Laerdal Million Lives Fund, specializing in healthcare investments. With a background in strategic finance at Genentech and experience as a management consultant at Accenture, Dana's career highlights include roles as a Senior Associate at OCA Ventures and a Venture Fellow at Towerview Ventures.

Work Experience 

LM

Laerdal Million Lives Fund

  • Principal

    2023 - Current

    We back Seed, Series A, and Series B digital health, tech-enabled services, and medical device companies around the world that maximize direct life-saving impact.

Laerdal Million Lives Fund is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in life-saving technologies.

laerdalmillionlives.com
OV

OCA Ventures

  • Senior Associate, Digital Health

    2021 - 2023

    Focus on Seed and Series A investments in health technology, tech-enabled healthcare services, and diagnostics companies. Companies I work with: - eBlu Solutions: Benefits verification & prior authorization for specialty medication - Biotia: AI-driven solutions to diagnose and control infectious diseases - HealtheMed: Clinic at home for Medicaid special needs population - Amplified Sciences: Diagnostics platform for accurate detection of cancers - iPill: Smart dispenser & companion app for improving prescription adherence and reducing opioid abuse - Rhythm Science: Integrated software platform for cardiac data management across hypertension, heart failure, and rhythm disorders - Atalan Tech: Applying machine learning to predict and prevent clinician burnout and turnover at health systems

Hands-on, collaborative, and entrepreneur friendly early stage VC.

ocaventures.com
TV

Towerview Ventures

  • Venture Fellow

    2020 - 2021

Smart, Simple Venture Portfolios with Community

av-funds.com
G

Genentech

  • Strategic Finance

    2020 - 2021

    At Genentech / Roche, I was part of the Center of Financial Insights (CoFI) driving commercial insights across our therapeutic portfolio for global affiliates.

Genentech specializes in genetic testing and personalized medicine.

gene.com
OV

OCA Ventures

  • Venture Capital Associate

    2019 - 2020

Hands-on, collaborative, and entrepreneur friendly early stage VC.

ocaventures.com
8

87

  • Growth Strategy

    2019 - 2019

    ‘87 is the venture arm of Sterling Partners, a multi-strategy investment firm. ‘87 incubates direct to consumer startups through funding, technology, talent, content development, and infrastructure.

87 is a platform that invests in and incubates direct to consumer businesses.

eightyseven.us
A

Accenture

  • Management Consultant

    2016 - 2018

  • Senior Business Analyst

    2015 - 2016

  • Business Analyst

    2014 - 2015

Accenture Ventures is a venture capital firm arm of Accenture, delivers innovative solutions with strategic partnerships and investments.

accenture.com

Education 

Articles About Dana

Relevant Websites