LN

Lizzie Ngo

Principal at Longwood Fund

Greater Boston

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Founding President

    2024

  • Director Board of Directors

    2022

  • Founding VP Strategy & Ops

    2021 - 2022

  • Principal

    2022

  • Senior Associate

    2020 - 2022

  • Associate

    2018 - 2020

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate

    2018 - 2018

    • Lead translation of anti-cancer drug screening platform as continuation in PhD lab. • Founded and led NSF-funded MIT i-Corps team of 5 to explore commercial potential of technology. • Conducted >20 market research interviews. Wrote and won grant ($3,000) to support this effort. • Selected for Snapshot Pitch in front of 80+ industry experts. • Led startup team to semi-final pitch at Sloan Healthcare Innovation Prize. • Designed curriculum and organized speakers for MIT and Harvard-funded BiomedStartup course. • Raised $750K in grant funding for commercialization of carcinogenic DNA damage detection tool.

  • PhD in Biological Engineering

    2011 - 2018

    • Developed new cell-based assays with significant improvement compared to current standard for cell survival (250-fold reduced materials, 80% improved speed, and 90% reduced labor time) and DNA damage (500% increased sensitivity and 1000-fold increased speed). • Named inventor on worldwide patent application for new cell survival quantification technology. • Raised $300K in grant funding for applications of DNA repair in personalized cancer treatment. • Mentored 5 undergraduates and taught biotech class with 30 students.

  • VentureLabs Summer Fellow

    2018 - 2018

  • Co-Chair of New Technology Special Interest Group

    2017 - 2018

    • Design meeting content and coordinate speakers for annual meeting. • Created “What’s new in biotech?“ segment and gave first presentation.

2010 - 2011

  • Scarlet Listeners Supervisor

    2010 - 2011

    • Provided emotional support and referrals to over 50 callers. • Trained 20+ new counselors and supervised a team of 4.