Enduring companies are built with fundamentals, not valuations Silicon Valley has become obsessed with unicorns. It’s a spectacular milestone. However, the term unicorn fails to capture whether a startup is a durable business or just a flashy valuation. Further, with more than 1,250 unicorns having raised over $750B of capital, unicorns are no longer as mythical as before. Nevertheless, valuation is an important metric. It’s a lever — companies have to show progress, manage dilution, attract and retain […]

By Dr. Derick En’Wezoh, Investor at Susa Ventures Susa Ventures is excited to announce our investment in Osmind, a San Francisco-based public benefit corporation building the premier technology platform for breakthrough mental health treatment and research. Osmind recently announced their $40 million Series B round. Susa participated in the round alongside DFJ Growth, which led the round, General Catalyst, and Tiger Global. We are thrilled to welcome Lucia Huang, Jimmy Qian, and the rest of the […]

By Dr. Derick En’Wezoh and Courtney Buie Lipkin, Investors at Susa Ventures Susa Ventures is excited to announce our recent investment in Oya Care, a disruptive virtual health clinic for women in Brazil. Oya Care is reimagining healthcare from a female perspective and has built an affordable platform that provides care for women’s reproductive and most reoccurring health needs. We led Oya Care’s $2M seed round alongside Brazilian seed fund Canary. This investment is particularly special to […]

Susa Ventures is excited to announce our investment in Treeswift, a Philadelphia-based startup building the sensory and analytics platform for measuring forest and carbon data. We participated in a $4.8M round led by our friends at Pathbreaker Ventures. We’re thrilled to welcome Steven, Michael, Elizabeth, Vaibhav, and the rest of the Treeswift team to the Susa Family. Treeswift’s founding team One area of interest for us recently has been startups tackling climate change. Many of the solutions […]

By Hammad Aslam, Investor at Susa Ventures We are super excited to co-lead WorkRamp’s $40MM Series C with Salesforce Ventures and Slack Ventures! WorkRamp, a California-based all-in-one learning platform for customers, partners, and employees, has been part of the Susa family since 2016 when we led the company’s seed financing. Ever since we met Ted and Arsh, we have been impressed by their dedication to building WorkRamp and their unparalleled focus on delivering strong customer outcomes. […]

By Misha Gordon-Rowe, Principal at Susa Ventures Susa Ventures is excited to announce our investment in Powered by People (PBP), a global B2B wholesale marketplace that connects independent brands and makers in 47 countries to retailers in North America. We led the $5mm seed round, investing alongside our friends at Golden Ventures, Flexport Fund, and J Ventures. And we’re excited to welcome Ella, Hedvig, and the PBP team to the Susa Family. Makers on PBP’s marketplace sell small-batch, […]

By Misha Gordon-Rowe, Principal at Susa Ventures We’re excited to announce our investment in SUMER, a Bogota-based startup building a super app for micro SMBs to grow their businesses across Latin America. We co-led the round, investing alongside 8VC, Marathon Ventures and others. And we’re excited to welcome Joaquín, Yerson, Oscar and their team to the Susa Family. SUMER Co-founders: Oscar Arellano, Joaquín Serrano, Yerson Cacua Over the past couple of years, we’ve been investing heavily in Latin […]

Susa Ventures is excited to announce our investment in FarmRaise, a full-stack financial services platform for farms. We led the round with participation from Cendana Capital, Ulu Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Pear VC, and a slew of other great firms and angels. We’re thrilled to welcome Jayce, Sami, Albert, and the rest of the FarmRaise team to the Susa family! FarmRaise co-founders: Jayce Hafner, Albert Abedi, Sami Tellatin Susa has a long track record in fintech: we […]