Manatt Phelps & Phillips has hired Lisa Suennen, a prominent healthcare-focused venture capital investor in the San Francisco Bay area, to lead its digital and technology businesses and its venture capital fund.

Suennen left her role as a senior managing director at GE Ventures’ Healthcare Venture Fund in August, after close to two years at the venture capital subsidiary of GE. She was most recently managing partner of Venture Valkyrie, an advisory firm she founded, and she is also a co-founder of CSweetener, a mentoring network for women in the healthcare and life sciences sectors.