Investor profile
Sam Thompson
Venture capital, Venture debt & Senior Director at Progress Partners, Founding Partner at Progress Ventures
Sam Thompson is a Founding Partner at Progress Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 7 companies.
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Investment focus
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Senior Director at Progress Partners, whose known portfolio counts 1 company
- talkshoplive
Founding Partner at Progress Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 7 companies
- tvScientific
- Sovrn
- Tenovos
- ID5
- Veritonic
- Tracer
- Instreamatic
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors AI, Commerce, Consumer and SaaS, and focus areas AI Applications, AdTech, Analytics and Audio. Startups operating in these areas may find Sam Thompson relevant.
Stage-wise, the deals at Progress Ventures cluster around Growth, Seed and Series A rounds.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Sam Thompson is worth approaching.
Colleagues
Mark Newhall
Executive In Residence
Cambridge, United States
Rob Deichert
Executive in Residence
Bronxville, United States
Nick MacShane
Senior Managing Director
Boston, United States
Adriaan Zur Muhlen
Managing Partner
Marblehead, United States
Chris Legg
Senior Managing Director
Cambridge, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Sam Thompson?
Sam Thompson is a venture capital investor and venture debt investor based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, listed as Founding Partner at Progress Ventures. The known portfolio of that firm counts 7 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Sam Thompson personally.
What does Sam Thompson invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, Consumer and SaaS; listed focus areas include AI Applications, AdTech, Analytics and Audio. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Sam Thompson invest at?
Progress Ventures appears in Growth, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and Sam Thompson is listed there as Founding Partner. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Sam Thompson listed at?
Sam Thompson is listed as Founding Partner at Progress Ventures. 5 other people in the database share a firm with Sam Thompson.
How do I contact Sam Thompson?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Sam Thompson. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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