Thu, Apr 16
|Cambridge
Meet the VCs: Underscore VC
Meet early-stage investors from Underscore VC for a candid, small-group conversation on building companies at the intersection of AI and healthcare and how technical founders can engage with venture long before fundraising.
Time & Location
Apr 16, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Cambridge
About the event
*Applications close April 13th.
The Harvard Grid Meet the VCs Series welcomes Underscore VC , a Boston-based early stage firm focused on supporting technical founders from idea to company.
This session will be a small group dinner and discussion rather than a formal talk. The goal is open conversation. Attendees will meet investors and founders working in AI and healthcare and learn how venture investors evaluate early teams, research-driven ideas, and emerging technologies.
Underscore invests at the pre-seed and seed stage and works closely with academic founders and technical builders. The firm emphasizes long-term relationships and often meets founders well before they are raising capital. This is an opportunity to ask questions you would not normally ask in a public event and to understand how investors think about risk, timing, and early traction.
Enterprise
Supply Chain
Web3 / Blockchain
Commerce
Vertical SaaS
AI / ML
Fintech
Insurtech
Healthtech
You do not need a startup or a pitch deck to attend. Curiosity and thoughtful questions are encouraged.
Participating founders
Attendees will also meet founders from Underscore's network who are currently building companies in AI and healthcare:
Ari Chadda — Transyr Bio
Building the API layer for science to improve how scientific innovations reach real-world use. Previously a Senior Data Scientist at In-Q-Tel working on autonomous physical and digital systems. A.B. in Computer Science, Dartmouth College.
Dan Freeman — terraFlow
Founder and CEO of terraFlow, which connects biomedical data to published research to surface biological insights that influence treatment outcomes in clinical trials.