Sooah Cho
Private Equity Investor at SignalFire Management Services LLC
Profile
Sooah joined SignalFire in 2023 as Partner focused on investments in early-stage Health and Life Sciences tech.
Prior to SignalFire, she was a product leader at CVS Health, where she launched nationwide prescription delivery and virtual care products, and Devoted Health, currently valued at over $12 billion.
At Underscore VC, she invested in fast growing B2B software startups, including life sciences tech products used by leading biopharma companies across the drug development cycle from R&D to commercial stages.
She began her career at Michael Porter’s strategy firm where she advised healthcare & biopharma executives.
Sooah has a joint-degree MBA MPP from Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School, where she worked with startup founders at the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and built her digital health investment thesis as a Rock Venture Partner with Bain Capital.
As a product builder, GTM strategist, and policy nerd turned investor, she partners with founders at the earliest stages of their discovery, building, and scaling journey.
She’s excited to reimagine how we develop, deliver, & pay for healthcare today and usher in a new era of AI-enabled health and longevity for all.
Sooah Cho active positions
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SignalFire Management Services LLC
 SignalFire Management Services LLC Investment ManagersFinance SignalFire Management Services LLC (Signalfire) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Christopher W. Farmer and Ilya Kirnos. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Private Equity Investor | 2023-06-30 |
Former positions of Sooah Cho
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Underscore.VC Management Co. LLC
 Underscore.VC Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Underscore.VC Management Co. LLC (Underscore.VC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Michael J. Skok, John Pearce & Richard Dulude. The firm is headquartered in Massachusetts. The firm was previously known as Assemble.VC Management Co. LLC. | Private Equity Analyst | 2023-05-31 |
Devoted Health, Inc.
 Devoted Health, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Devoted Health, Inc. provides health care services to seniors. The company was founded by Ed Park and Todd Park in 2017 and is headquartered in Eagan, MN. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2018-12-31 |
Quona Capital Management Ltd.
 Quona Capital Management Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Quona Capital Management Ltd. (Quona Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Monica Brand Engel, Jonathan Whittle and Miguel Herrera. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia with additional offices in Cape Town and Bangalore. | Private Equity Analyst | 2016-11-30 |
International Finance Corp.
 International Finance Corp. SupranationalGovernment International Finance Corp. (IFC) operates as a global development institution. It is an organization that fosters sustainable economic growth in developing countries by financing private sector investment, mobilizing capital in the international financial markets and providing advisory services to businesses and governments. The firm operates through three segments: Investment Services, Treasury Services and Advisory Services. The Investment Services segment offers loans, equities, debt securities, trade and supply chain finance and client risk management services. The Treasury Services segment consists of the borrowing, liquid asset management, asset and liability management, and client risk management activities. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2015-11-30 |
Training of Sooah Cho
| Wellesley College | Undergraduate Degree |
| Harvard Business School | Masters Business Admin |
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Underscore.VC Management Co. LLC
Underscore.VC Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Underscore.VC Management Co. LLC (Underscore.VC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Michael J. Skok, John Pearce & Richard Dulude. The firm is headquartered in Massachusetts. The firm was previously known as Assemble.VC Management Co. LLC. | Finance |
Devoted Health, Inc.
Devoted Health, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Devoted Health, Inc. provides health care services to seniors. The company was founded by Ed Park and Todd Park in 2017 and is headquartered in Eagan, MN. | Technology Services |
Quona Capital Management Ltd.
Quona Capital Management Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Quona Capital Management Ltd. (Quona Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Monica Brand Engel, Jonathan Whittle and Miguel Herrera. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia with additional offices in Cape Town and Bangalore. | Finance |
International Finance Corp.
International Finance Corp. SupranationalGovernment International Finance Corp. (IFC) operates as a global development institution. It is an organization that fosters sustainable economic growth in developing countries by financing private sector investment, mobilizing capital in the international financial markets and providing advisory services to businesses and governments. The firm operates through three segments: Investment Services, Treasury Services and Advisory Services. The Investment Services segment offers loans, equities, debt securities, trade and supply chain finance and client risk management services. The Treasury Services segment consists of the borrowing, liquid asset management, asset and liability management, and client risk management activities. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Government |
SignalFire Management Services LLC
SignalFire Management Services LLC Investment ManagersFinance SignalFire Management Services LLC (Signalfire) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Christopher W. Farmer and Ilya Kirnos. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
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