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The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership PodcastDefining the traits of a successful venture capital leader and founder: A conversation with Lior Susan, founder and managing partner of EclipseIn this interview, Heidrick & Struggles’ Scott Bae and Alexis Hennessy sit down with Lior Susan, the founder and managing partner of Eclipse Ventures, a venture capital firm dedicated to partnering with entrepreneurs, transforming industries that are critical to people's lives and national economies, such as manufacturing, supply chain, transportation, healthcare, and defense. Susan shares the leadership traits that he believes are uniquely critical to success in start-ups in the physical industries, as well as how leaders can seamlessly adapt between start-ups and large companies, how he thinks about investing in highly regulated industries, and his perspective on AI’s evolution and...2025-06-0514 min
Quirks and QuarksWhat fossil plants say about the evolution of life, and more…Is our universe inside a black hole? New evidence from JWST galaxy imagesNew images from the James Webb Space Telescope of distant galaxies could support a mind-bending idea: that our universe was born in a black hole. The images show more of these galaxies spin clockwise, than counterclockwise. Lior Shamir, a computational astrophysicist from Kansas State University, says that may mean our universe inherited the spin of the black hole we’re currently living in, though he thinks its more likely that there’s something wrong with how we’re measuring objects in deep space. The study...2025-03-2154 min
A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for FoundersHis robotics startup raised $400M, his VC fund over $4B—& he ran both at the same time. Here's how he did it.| Lior Susan, Bright Machines & Eclipse VenturesLior is the Elon Musk of VC. In just 8 years, his venture fund went from 0 to $4B under management. And while doing that, he founded Bright Machines, which to date has raised over $400M. He's both the CEO of Bright Machines and the Managing Director of Eclipse Ventures. And he's not building "easy" software startups either. Bright Machines is looking to automate the entire manufacturing process with robots. He launched it with a $179M round and a 100-person team. Lior is not normal. His story isn't either. You won't want to miss this one.2024-11-0442 min
5 Year Frontier#15: Factory automation, humanoid robots, digital twins, building the backbone of AI and the future of manufacturing w/ Bright Machines CEO / Eclipse VC Lior SusanThe future of manufacturing and robotics. In it we cover advanced factory automation, humanoid robots, how digital twins simulate and optimize manufacturing lines, AI-led product and parts design, nanotechnology, and the next generation of physical technology founders and startups. Lior Susan, a pioneering force in digital transformation for physical industries who wears the hat of a CEO and investor simultaneously to extreme success. A serial entrepreneur, Lior is CEO of Bright Machines, delivering advanced robotics and automation for manufacturing. Funded to the tune of $300M Bright Machines operates out of the US, Mexico, and Israel. Its key...2024-05-0731 min
Venture with GraceLior Susan: Pioneering the Digital Evolution of Physical IndustriesLior is an investor, entrepreneur, and the Founder and Managing Partner of Eclipse Ventures. He is passionate about building groundbreaking technology companies.
He’s an unlikely venture capitalist. Lior grew up on a kibbutz (ask him about banana farming) and spent many years in the Special Forces of the Israeli military. After he’d completed his military service, he did what he so often does – set out to solve a big problem. In 2008, Lior joined his brother to help build Intucell, a pioneer in the software-defined networking space for global telecommunications networks. After four years, Cisco acquired the company.
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Augmented OpsEpisode 127: Venture Capital's Role in Digital Transformation with Lior SusanThis week’s guest is Lior Susan, founder of Eclipse Ventures.
With the digital transformation of critical industries like manufacturing now at the forefront of many nations’ economic priorities, Lior discusses the role that venture capital can play in helping drive this change. He addresses the growing importance of integrating IT and OT in industrial settings, and how technology can be used to augment the global workforce. Plus, key insights on the future of system integration in a world of open, interoperable software ecosystems.
Augmented Ops is a podcast for industrial leaders, shop floor operators, citi...2023-12-0626 min
Talk CommerceThe Dropshipping Revolution: How to Stay Ahead of the Competition and Boost Sales with Lior PozinTopics:Ecommerce platforms for dropshipping:Autodesk: 00:00:13eBay: 00:00:44Shopify: 00:00:44Amazon: 00:00:44Etsy: 00:00:44Social media platforms for organic advertising:TikTok: 00:03:33Instagram Reels: 00:03:33Additional mentions:Autodesk: 00:23:47 (description: a platform for dropshipping and ecommerce businesses)TikTok: 00:19:07 (description: social media platform for generating traffic and sales)Shopify: 00:17:53 (description: popular ecommerce platform for dropshipping)WooCommerce: 00:17:53 (description: another ecommerce platform for dropshipping)2023-11-2830 min
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'ShaughnessyLior Susan - Leave the World Better than You Found ItToday's episode is a conversation with Lior Susan, the Founder of Eclipse Ventures, whose mission is to unlock solutions to age-old physical industry problems through the intersection of bits and atoms. Lior is Israeli, and served in Israel's special forces before founding Ecplise.The topic of conversation is one fellow investor's perspective of the terror attacks of October 7 and the path forward. I hope more than anything that collective action is in the direction of fewer people dying, and most importantly, zero innocent civilians dying in Israel and in Gaza and Palestine.This is not...2023-11-211h 03
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing DemystifiedInvestor Stories 320: Post Mortems (Susan, Bahat, Moatti) On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Lior Susan Roy Bahat SC Moatti Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social. 2023-11-0216 min
CLIMB by VSCLior Susan: Bringing Full-Stack Innovation to Legacy Industries For a Sustainable Future | EP. 049Lior is an investor, entrepreneur, and the Founder and Managing Partner of Eclipse Ventures, a Palo Alto-based venture firm that recently raised $1.2 billion across two new funds. Eclipse is a team of operators and investors building companies that are disrupting old-line industries.
Lior Susan began his journey on a kibbutz and served in the Israeli Special Forces. In 2008, he co-developed Intucell, a software-defined networking solution, leading to its acquisition by Cisco in four years. Prior to launching Eclipse, Lior was Founder and General Partner at LabIX, the hardware investment platform of Flextronics. At LabIX, Lior led investments...2023-10-1139 min
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing DemystifiedInvestor Stories 311: Why I Passed (Biederman, Kaul, Susan) On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Rob Biederman Samir Kaul Lior Susan Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran, General Partner of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our Website. Also, follow us on LinkedIn and...2023-08-3106 min
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing DemystifiedInvestor Stories 309: Strange & Unusual (Wilk, Susan, Kaul) On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Jason Wilk Lior Susan Samir Kaul Each investor describes the most unusual situation or pitch that they've encountered as an investor. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran, General Partner of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our Website. Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter! 2023-08-1705 min
America Builds013: Lior Susan, Founder and Managing Partner at Eclipse VenturesLior Susan, the Founder and Managing Partner of Eclipse Ventures, has dedicated his career to rearchitecting industries crucial to our lives and economies. Growing up on a kibbutz and serving in the Israeli Special Forces, Lior is an unlikely venture capitalist. From building Intucell, which was acquired by Cisco, to leading Flex's hardware investment platform, his diverse background has shaped his commitment to digital transformation. With Eclipse, Lior partners with entrepreneurs reshaping industries, and serves on the boards of companies like Bright Machines, Augury, and Owlet. A relentless optimist, Lior sees the need for a new economy and is...2023-08-1336 min
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing DemystifiedInvestor Stories 307: What's Next (Kaul, Susan, Lerer) On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Samir Kaul Lior Susan Ben Lerer Each investor discusses sectors, drivers and/or trends that may have significant impact in the future and are potentially positioned for outsized-returns. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran, General Partner of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our Website. Also, follow us...2023-08-0309 min
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified393. The $40T Opportunity Investing in Physical Industries, The Framework for Investing in Hardware, and Lessons Learned from Industry Legend, Pierre Lamond (Lior Susan) Lior Susan of Eclipse Ventures joins Nate to discuss The $40T Opportunity Investing in Physical Industries, The Framework for Investing in Hardware, and Lessons Learned from Industry Legend, Pierre Lamond. In this episode we cover: Misperceptions in Fintech Changing Barriers in Hardware How to Find and Back the Best Founders Macro Environment and Investing in 2023 Guest Links: Twitter LinkedIn Eclipse Ventures The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nat...2023-07-2431 min
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing DemystifiedInvestor Stories 305 Lessons Learned (Conrad, Kaul, Susan) On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Tony Conrad Samir Kaul Lior Susan Each investor illustrates a critical lesson learned about startup investing and how it's changed their approach. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran, General Partner of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our Website. Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter! 2023-07-2009 min
Gender StoriesBEGIN TRANSMISSION The trans allegories of THE MATRIX with Tilly BridgesTilly Bridges is one part of the trans woman / cis woman writing team (with her wife Susan) and creators of comics, screenplays, teleplays and audio dramas. On June 27th, Bridges releases BEGIN TRANSMISSION – The Trans Allegories of the Matrix, tracking one person’s transition journey — from Thomas Anderson, to Neo, to Trinity. As a transgender woman, Bridges said she had always connected with the Matrix movies on a level so strongly that she didn’t understand. The first time she watched the movies after coming out publicly was revelatory. “I was motivated to rewatch and take notes,” says Bridges...2023-06-191h 00
Bandana Blues, founded by Beardo, hosted by SpinnerBandana Blues #993 - Basket Full Of BluesShow #993 Basket Full Of Blues 01. Annika Chambers & Paul Deslaurier - We Got The Blues (3:52) (Good Trouble, VizzTone Records, 2022) 02. Alabama Mike - This Ain’t No DizneyLand (6:27) (Stuff I've Been Through, Little Village Foundation, 2023) 03. Jennifer Lyn & the Groove Revival - You Can Take It All (3:11) (Gypsy Soul, J&R Collective, 2023) 04. The BluesBones - The Tale Of Big Tim Brady (5:28) (Unchained, Naked Productions, 2023) 05. Deb Callahan - Rogue (4:21) (Backbone, Blue Pearl Records, 2023) 06. John Pagano Band - Ella (3:26) (Single, self-release, 2023) 07. Johnny Longo & the Koolhead Blues Band - Smoking Gun (3:32) (Single, self-release, 2019)2023-04-101h 27
Heavy Hitters: The Digital Industrial Podcast51. Lior Susan, Eclipse Ventures – Redefining physical industries and powering the ongoing industrial evolutionLior shares what the two ah-ha moments were to launch Eclipse where he saw the tech growth potential ahead for industrial sectors, why the current global macro accelerants to innovation in these industrial sectors have him more bullish than ever on their strategy and additional capital providers piling in, lessons learned on business models at the “interaction of bits meet atoms” and the associated metrics/standards developing as best practices, and we wrap up discussing why its critical to define industrial sustainability impact both in terms of environmental and economic ROI markers to quantitatively build the case of just how...2022-11-2834 min
Tank Talks By Ripple VenturesEclipse Ventures Founder Lior Susan on Investing in Old-Line Industries post-COVIDThere are few experiences more loaded with lore and mystique in the western world than the Israeli kibbutz and being a soldier in the special forces. Our guest today is Lior Susan, Founding Partner at Eclipse Ventures, and he has lived both of those lives, as well as, being a successful founder and operator, and a non-consensus venture investor. Eclipse invests in founders who want to bring the full-stack approach to legacy industries and build digital bridges to the physical world. They have $2.6B in AUM. Lior’s investments include Bright Machines, Augury, Cheetah, Owlet Baby Care, June Life, In...2022-01-2047 min
Kauffman Fellows PodcastPath to Conviction: Lior Susan, Eclipse Ventures Founding Partner on Using Conviction for Unanimous VotesGrove Ventures General Partner Renana Ashkenazi digs into the topic of winning the deal, the before and the after. In this episode Renana digs deep into the idea of conviction. Venture investing is a “head and heart” approach, and some investors feel that due diligence is a process where you try to convince your head of what your gut said in the very first meeting.
In this episode Renana talks with Lior Susan, Founding Partner at Eclipse Ventures, which invests in tech firms that Lior believes will outperform the established companies in legacy industries.2021-10-1328 min
WHAT I'VE LEARNTWhat I've Learnt - TRAILERRock legend Keith Urban, the iconic KD Lang, and the unforgettable Lionel Richie are just some of the names Deborah interviewed in the Melbourne Age column called, 'What I've Learnt.'Everyone has a story to tell, and a lesson to learn. What I’ve Learnt is a brand new podcast from journalist Deborah Blashki- Marks. "What I've Learnt' is a unique platform for International and national talent to delve deep into their own challenges, successes, failures, and life lessons. As a journalist of over 30 years, Deborah has been lucky enough to in...2020-09-2901 min