About
Chris Saum is an investor at Active Capital, a seed fund, where he focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage B2B SaaS companies. He previously co-founded MUD Geochemical, which was acquired in 2016, and made more than 10 investments as a Partner at RealCo Accelerator. He was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2016.
ContactΒ· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Experience
- Active CapitalInvestment Partnercurrent2023 β presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Active CapitalPartner & Head of Business Development2018 β 2023Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- FounderpathChief of Staff2023 β 2024Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- FounderpathHead of Ecosystem2022 β 2023Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- RealCoPartner2017 β 2018San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area
- MUD Geochemical, Inc.Co-Founder2014 β 2016Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- SchlumbergerMudlogging Geologist2012 β 2014Houston, Texas / Offshore- Gulf of Mexico
Skills & more
Business Development7Strategic Partnerships2Customer Service27Start-ups13Business Strategy13Sales2Sales Management1Fundraising2Seed Capital2Small Business Development1Social Media1Management5
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LeadershipFrom Chris's professional profile.
Investments
Investor
AltruBreadcrumbsFinmarkFounderpathLiving SecurityOthersideAIProsperOpsUndockYac
Per curated public sources.
Colleagues at Active Capital
Network8
Cory LevyScout
Investor at NZVC
Edward LandoScout
Partner at Pareto Holdings
Nadav Ben-ChanochScout
Partner at Pareto Holdings
Nitesh BantaScout
Co-founder and Advisor at Rough Draft Ventures
Ben Yu
Investor at Sierra Ventures
Cat Dizon
Co-Founder and Partner at Active Capital
Patrick Matthews
Founder and CEO at Active Capital
Sabrina Halper
Investor at HOF Capital
Investors connected to Chris in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Chris Saum?
- Chris Saum is an investor at Active Capital, a seed fund, where he focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage B2B SaaS companies. He previously co-founded MUD Geochemical, which was acquired in 2016, and made more than 10 investments as a Partner at RealCo Accelerator. He was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2016.
- Where does Chris Saum work?
- Chris Saum is Investor at Active Capital.
- What does Chris Saum invest in?
- Chris Saum invests in Enterprise Software, Future of Work, SaaS.
- What check size does Chris Saum write?
- Chris Saum typically writes checks of $750K.
- What companies has Chris Saum invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Altru, Breadcrumbs, Finmark, Founderpath, Living Security, OthersideAI, ProsperOps, Undock, Yac.
- Where did Chris Saum go to school?
- Chris Saum studied at The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Geography).
Same school
Also attended The University of Texas at Austin384
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Shared employers
Also worked at Active Capital2
Also worked at Founderpath1
Also worked at RealCo2
Also worked at Schlumberger81
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