Susa Ventures — 2022 Investments

Ascend is a membership-based travel concierge service that manages flight, hotel, and ground transportation bookings via WhatsApp for frequent travelers, emphasizing rapid response times, proactive disruption handling, and significant cost savings.

Travel & Hospitality

Co-investorsFIFirstMark CapitalFJFJ LabsINIndex VenturesDIDistributed VenturesFIFirst Round CapitalMIMischief+2 more

Ascend is a financial operations platform purpose-built for insurance agencies, wholesalers, MGAs, and carriers, combining AI-powered accounting automation, payments, and premium financing.

AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS

PCPraveen Chekuri(Founder)inAndrew Wynn(Founder)

Co-investorsBOBoxGroupDIDistributed VenturesFIFinancial Venture StudioFIFirst Round CapitalMGMGV.VCNFNFP+10 more

Ascend was a data engineering platform that provided declarative pipeline technology, unified ingest/transform/orchestration capabilities, and agentic data engineering solutions to help data engineers.

Data & Infrastructure

PCPraveen Chekuri(Founder)inSean Knapp(Founder)

Co-investorsACAccelCOCore Ventures GroupFEFelicis VenturesWEWebb Investment NetworkFIFirst Round CapitalFIFirstMark Capital+4 more

Assemble provides a platform for managing changes across enterprise systems, allowing developers to scope dependencies, modify logic, and validate changes across multiple platforms from a single interface.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

AIAliyan Ishfaq(CEO)inSGShaurnav Ghosh(CTO)inSJShrish Janarthanan(CPO)in

Co-investorsVEVela PartnersY Y CombinatorANAndreessen HorowitzFIFirebrand VenturesFOFounders FactoryGOGoldcrest Capital

Assemble provides an AI platform for hospital operations that delivers performance insights across departments and units and supports manager workflows such as huddles, rounding, staff management, and shift handoffs.

AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaSNew York City, US

Wes Jules(Founder)

Co-investorsBLBling CapitalGOGoldcrest Capital

Chatdesk provides a managed customer support service that handles engagement, moderation, and ticket management across social channels including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok.

E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US

Aneto Okonkwo(Co-founder)Andrew(Co-founder)

Co-investorsLULunch PartnersCUCultivation CapitalFIFika VenturesHAHarlem CapitalHUHustle FundMEMenlo Ventures+3 more

RenoFi provides proprietary renovation underwriting technology that enables lenders to offer renovation loans based on after-renovation value, helping homeowners increase borrowing power for home renovations.

FintechPropTechSan Francisco, US

ACAlex Czarnecki(Founder)

Co-investors1S1Sharpe VenturesITITERATIVEREReshapeBABase10 PartnersDIDivcoWestFIFifth Wall+2 more

Focal Point is a procurement software platform built for enterprise procurement teams that consolidates data, workflows, and processes without requiring users to switch between applications.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSAtlanta, US

ALAnders Lillevik(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardGyan Kapur(Director)RGRamneek Gupta(Director)in

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesAMAmplo VenturesM]m]x[v CapitalPRPruVen Capital PartnersTETechstarsBUBungalow Capital+2 more

Journey.io helps founders, marketers, and salespeople deliver value; the company is operated by its CEO and co-founders who also acquire and operate SaaS companies.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech

PCPeter Clark(Founder)inASAnil Sevim(Founder)inBWBrendan Weitz(Founder)inDanny(CEO)JSJohn Sutton(Founder)inRou Mills(Head of Design)

Co-investorsY Y Combinator64640 OxfordCHChemistryCICity LightCOConversion CapitalFEFelicis Ventures+11 more

LimaCharlie provides security infrastructure for MSSPs and enterprise security teams, using AI "agentic operators" that connect to clients' existing tools via API to automate queue work such as email quarantine, endpoint approvals, DLP violations, and alert triage.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS

Co-investorsHUHumba VenturesIRIronGate Capital AdvisorsLYLytical VenturesSTStoneMill VenturesSTStrategic Cyber VenturesSTStreamlined Ventures+6 more

Newfront is an insurance broker that combines specialty insurance expertise with technology platforms to help clients manage risk and make informed insurance decisions.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSaaSSan Francisco, US

SLSpike Lipkin(CEO)inGWGordon Wintrob(CTO)inJared Shapiro(Vice President of Engineering)Caleb Draper(Recruiting Team)Dee Olson(recruiting)JHJason Hoch(Engineer)in

Co-investorsA*A*ABAbstract VenturesALAltai VenturesB B Capital GroupB4B4 CapitalBEBessemer Venture Partners+26 more

Nuvo builds infrastructure for B2B commerce, offering credit and risk insights that connect buyers and suppliers and help businesses expand customer credit.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

SMSid Malladi(Founder)inRRRameez R.(Founder)inRameez Remsudeen(Founder)Ben Hartig(Founder)Michael Zittermann(Founder)

Co-investorsSPSpark CapitalBOBoxGroupFOFoundation CapitalHUHuman CapitalPEPear VCSESequoia Capital+6 more

Osmind is a public benefit corporation developing technology and research infrastructure to accelerate evidence-based mental health treatments, including therapies like ketamine, and to improve patient access to care.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesMental HealthSaaSSan Francisco, US

LHLucia Huang(Founder)inJQJimmy Qian(Founder)inJacob Anstey(Operations Associate)Sam Kennedy(Head of Engineering)Rachel Rosenberg(Customer Operations Lead)Mapolo Buessing(Product Manager)

Co-investorsABAble PartnersFEFelicis VenturesGAGaingelsGEGeneral CatalystGOGold House VenturesMVMVP Ventures+16 more

Oya Care operates women's health clinics in São Paulo offering in-person and online gynecological consultations, exams, procedures, egg freezing, and surgeries, paired with a digital platform to manage appointments, exams, and medical history.

Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechGrand Cayman, BR

Stephanie von Staa Toledo(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investors161616 VenturesFLFloating PointIKIKJ CapitalPOPositive VenturesCACanary

Parallel Bio develops human immune organoids and computational tools to predict drug efficacy across diverse patient populations, replacing animal testing in drug discovery.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechSan Francisco, US

RDRobert DiFazio(Founder)inJHJuliana Hilliard(Founder)injennifer lee(Vice President of Finance \u0026 Operations)Christopher Riling(Vice President of Science)

Co-investorsAIAIX VenturesBRBreakout VenturesGAGaingelsHUHumba VenturesIMImmeasurableJUJulian Capital+19 more

Paylode provides a no-code platform that connects companies with pre-vetted consumer brand offers to create loyalty and perks programs for their customers.

ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS

MNMikhail Naumov(Founder)inZHZach Holmesin

Co-investorsFJFJ LabsSTStruck CapitalWAWayfinder VenturesDADay One VenturesVIVinyl Capital

First dedicated permitting platform providing software to local permitting professionals.

Andreas Rotenberg(Co-founder & COO)

Co-investorsBOBoxGroupCRCRV (Charles River Ventures)OVOvereasy VenturesSUSuffolk TechnologiesFIFifth WallFOFounders Fund+2 more

Pulley is a cap table and equity management platform for startup founders and employees, providing tools to track ownership, model funding scenarios, set up equity grants, and manage equity-related tax and accounting workflows.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

YWYin Wu(Founder)inGOGrant Oladipo(COO)inMark Erdmann(Founder)Emily Pallin(Recruiter)Victoria Sian(Recruiter)Marcus Boorstein(Director, Engineering)

Co-investorsDRDria VenturesLALa FamigliaNENextB VenturesRERecall CapitalY Y Combinator8V8VC+8 more

Regard builds an AI clinical insights platform that reviews EHR data to suggest diagnoses and draft clinical notes for physicians.

Eli Ben-Joseph(Founder)Nate Wilson(Founder)Thomas Moulia(Founder)

Co-investorsMAMachina VenturesPLPLG VenturesSTStartXTETenOneTen VenturesBYByers CapitalCACalibrate Ventures+5 more

Treeswift develops physical AI using robotics and machine learning to assist field crews with grid inspection, vegetation management, and asset documentation.

AI & Machine LearningEnergyRoboticsPhiladelphia, US

EHElizabeth Hunter(Founder)inSCSteven Chen(Founder)inMichael Shomin(Founder)inMike Shomin(Founder)

Co-investorsCOContour Venture PartnersCOConvective CapitalCRCrosslink CapitalDODorm RoomHUHumba VenturesINInspired Capital+10 more

VeriSIM uses machine learning and computational simulation to accelerate drug development, replacing traditional trial-and-error experimentation with computational prediction to improve success rates and reduce animal testing.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US

JVJo Varshney(Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inDr. Vivek Gupta, Ph.D.(Scientific Co-Founder)

Co-investorsAMAmplify PartnersCECerity Partners VenturesCOColorcon VenturesDEDeepwater Asset ManagementINIntel CapitalLOLoup Ventures+8 more

Viz.ai uses artificial intelligence to accelerate care coordination in healthcare settings, reducing delays between patients and life-saving treatments.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesPalo Alto, US

DGDavid Golan(Founder)inDCDr Chris Mansi(Founder)inMICHAEL O'DONNELL(Executive Officer)Chris Mansi(Founder)

BoardDBDROR BERMAN(APPOINTMENT EFFECTIVE UPON THIS FINANCING.)in

Co-investorsCRCRV (Charles River Ventures)GEGeodesic CapitalGVGV (Google Ventures)HAHakluyt CapitalKLKleiner PerkinsPEPear VC+8 more