Published in Susa Ventures·May 10Strive to be a Gorilla, not just a UnicornEnduring companies are built with fundamentals, not valuations — 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…2 min read
Published in Susa Ventures·May 10Our Investment in OsmindBy Dr. Derick En’Wezoh, Investor at Susa Ventures — 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…3 min read
Published in Susa Ventures·Mar 29Our Investment in Oya CareBy Dr. Derick En’Wezoh and Courtney Buie Lipkin, Investors at Susa Ventures — 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…3 min read
Published in Susa Ventures·Mar 23Announcing WorkRamp’s $40MM Series CBy Hammad Aslam, Investor at Susa Ventures — 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…4 min read
Published in Susa Ventures·Mar 21Our Investment in Powered by PeopleBy Misha Gordon-Rowe, Principal at Susa Ventures — 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…3 min read
Published in Susa Ventures·Feb 10Our Investment in SUMERBy Misha Gordon-Rowe, Principal at Susa Ventures — 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. …2 min read
Published in Susa Ventures·Jan 11Our Investment in AssembleBy Courtney Buie Lipkin, Partner at Susa Ventures — By Courtney Buie Lipkin, Partner at Susa Ventures Susa is excited to announce our investment in Assemble, a compensation management platform that helps companies plan equitable compensation programs to attract, motivate, and retain the highest caliber employees. Assemble co-founders Enrique Esclusa and Lisa Wallace come at this problem from authentic…2 min read
Published in Susa Ventures·Nov 9, 2021Our Investment in CascadeBy Courtney Buie Lipkin, Partner at Susa Ventures — By Courtney Buie Lipkin, Partner at Susa Ventures Today we are very excited to announce our investment in Cascade, a no-code data transformation and automation tool that enables non-technical operations teams to manage and execute workflows in the cloud. We’re thrilled to invest alongside First Round Capital and Redpoint Ventures…2 min read
Published in Susa Ventures·Nov 3, 2021Announcing Float’s Series ABy Chad Byers, Co-Founder & General Partner at Susa Ventures — By Chad Byers, Co-Founder & General Partner at Susa Ventures In June 2021, Susa Ventures announced our investment in Float, a Toronto-based startup building corporate card and spend management solutions. …2 min read
Published in Susa Ventures·Oct 14, 2021Lightning Struck Twice: Introducing the 2021 Susa Venture Fellows ClassBy Courtney Buie Lipkin, Partner at Susa Ventures — By Courtney Buie Lipkin, Partner at Susa Ventures Last year was unprecedented on almost all fronts. 2020 pushed us to reinvent how we ran our business, supported founders, and stayed connected with the broader venture community. While many of the adaptations we made turned into permanent elements of the Susa…VC7 min read
