Susa Ventures is a seed-stage fund that helps you build the next billion-dollar company. Since 2013, we've partnered with over 100 startups from the earliest stages – 10% have become unicorns.  

Join companies like Robinhood, Flexport, Stord, Human Interest, Together AI, and many more.

Working with us

  • We invest exclusively at the pre-seed and seed-stage
  • We invest up to $5m
  • We help you by providing capital, customers, community and talent
  • We don't take board seats and believe founders should never be removed
  • We provide frameworks and stories of lived experience, not prescriptive advice

Team

Investors

Chad Byers, co-founder and GP
Courtney Buie Lipkin, partner
Derick En’Wezoh, MD, partner
Misha Gordon-Rowe, partner
Pratyush Buddiga, partner
Shaheer Sandhu, investor

Emeritus

Leo Polovets, founder emeritus
Seth Berman, founder emeritus

Portfolio

Partnered with all companies at pre-seed and seed stage
AI

Casetext – AI platform for legal professionals (acquired by Thompson Reuters for $650M)

Expanse –  AI cybersecurity platform (acquired by Palo Alto Networks for $800M)

Henry AI – AI deal assistant for commercial real estate

*Mashgin – Autonomous checkout kiosks

MK-1 – AI inference + long context

Scope AI – Industrial testing and inspections

*Together AI – Platform to develop, train, and deploy GenAI models

Consumer

Guilded – Chat platform for competitive gamers (acquired by Roblox)

Hallow – Catholic prayer and meditation

Modern Animal – Modern veterinary clinic

Vurb – Mobile search (acquired by Snapchat)

Wander – Luxury vacation home rentals

Fintech

Float – Business finance platform

Flock Homes – The retirement solution for landlords

*Human Interest – 401(k)s for small businesses

Meadow – Financial platform for higher education

Nelo – Buy now, pay later for LatAm

Nuvo – AI trade credit management

*Robinhood – Digital brokerage (IPO $HOOD)

Healthcare

*Cherry – Medical financing platform

Medallion – Automating medical licensing in the US

Nourish – Virtual nutrition care

Regard – AI-powered clinical insights platform

Photon – Modern prescription network with a patient-first experience

Stedi – API-first healthcare clearinghouse

Superpower – Digital concierge clinic helping patients live longer

*Viz – AI-powered care coordination and disease detection platform

B2B Software/Tooling

Aquera – Identity integration platform as a service

BetterStack –  Observability tools for developers

Lightyear – Digital standardization and automation of telecom processes

Modelbit – Infrastructure-as-code platform

*Mux – Video streaming APIs, data, and players

Office Hours – Democratizing access to high-quality professional knowledge

Periscope Data – Analytics and predictive modeling (acquired by Sisense)

Runwise – SaaS monitoring and control for building heating systems
Scalyr – High speed logging startup (acquired by SentinalOne)

Insurtech

Ascend – Financial rails for commercial insurance

Chapter – Medicare navigation

*Newfront Insurance – Modern commercial insurance brokerage

Shepherd – Digital MGA for commercial construction

Supply Chain

Conduit Commerce – B2B commerce infrastructure

*Flexport – Digital freight forwarder

Loop – Transportation cost management

*Stord – Cloud supply chain for brands

Valdera – Digital sourcing for chemicals and raw materials