Lisa Xu

Lisa is an Associate at FirstMark, where she focuses on sourcing and evaluating new investments, as well as supporting FirstMark’s portfolio companies. Prior to joining FirstMark, Lisa worked at two NYC-based venture-backed startups. She was a Product Manager at Handy, an online marketplace for home services (acquired by ANGI Homeservices) and led strategy at Peloton, a fitness technology company, before it became a unicorn. Previously, Lisa was a Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Company, where she performed due diligence for private equity firms and advised Fortune 500 companies on corporate strategy.

Lisa graduated summa cum laude from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Finance and Management. She serves as a Mentor for Almaworks and NUMA New York and has judged several venture competitions, including Penn Wharton Startup Challenge, Columbia Venture Competition, TigerLaunch, Women Who Tech Startup Challenge, and Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC).