SUM Ventures is a venture capital firm. Based in Santa Monica, California, United States. Among the 12 companies in the known portfolio are Automotus, Fantasy Life, Irrigreen, UNest, Oze and Sweatpals.
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- Data AnalyticsEdTechLendingPropTechProperty ManagementWealth Management
Who to pitch at SUM Ventures
SUM Ventures portfolio companies (12)
- Automotus
- Fantasy Life
- Irrigreen
- UNest
- Oze
- Sweatpals
- Purlin
- Transparency Analytics
- BRIUS
- Eduworks
- R3 Score
- Rotender
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About SUM Ventures
The firm's listing covers sectors Education, FinTech, Real Estate and SaaS, and focus areas Data Analytics, EdTech, Lending and PropTech; known deals cluster at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A.
The team counts 6 people in our database. Garrett Gilbertson (Managing Partner), Derek Hu (Partner) and Peter J. (Venture Partner) are shown as the contacts to pitch.
Across the known portfolio, 20 co-investors appear alongside SUM Ventures, including Sc.holdings, Keiki Capital and Quake Capital Partners.
Frequently asked questions
What is SUM Ventures?
SUM Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Santa Monica, California, United States, with a known portfolio of 12 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does SUM Ventures invest in?
Listed sectors include Education, FinTech, Real Estate and SaaS; listed focus areas include Data Analytics, EdTech, Lending and PropTech. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does SUM Ventures invest at?
The known deals of SUM Ventures include Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at SUM Ventures?
3 of the 6 people on file at SUM Ventures are listed as contacts for the firm. All 6 have their own profile page.
How do I contact SUM Ventures?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 6 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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