Christopher Saum
Operating Partner at Active Capital
Christopher Saum
Operating Partner at Active Capital
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Operating Partner
2023 - Current
Partner & Head of Business Development
2018 - 2023
Active Capital is an early stage venture firm focused on the future of B2B SaaS. The firm invests in pre-seed and seed stage companies leveraging cloud computing, AI, ML, and Web3 to build the next frontier of business software. Active Capital invests in remote teams and emerging tech hubs across the US and beyond. To learn more, please visit activecapital.com.
Chief of Staff
2023 - 2024
Head of Ecosystem
2022 - 2023
Partner
2017 - 2018
RealCo is a long-term accelerator that invests in, incubates, and accelerates B2B tech startups. We provide tailored programming, $100k of capital, tons of services, and access to an amazing community of mentors, investors, and advisors. Long-term typically means 5-15 months – long enough for us to help RealCo companies learn, grow, and scale their way to a great Series A. Investments include Dauber, FunnelAI, MR Presta, Filethis, dearduck, Neuscience, CloudAdmin, and Tali. To learn more visit www.realco.com or follow on twitter @RealRealCo
Co-Founder
2014 - 2016
(Exited 2016) An Oil and Gas startup specializing in producing high resolution geochemical data sets, helping clients reduce risk and increase efficiency of exploration efforts.
Mudlogging Geologist
2012 - 2014
Schlumberger is the world's leading provider of technology for reservoir characterization, drilling, production, and processing to the oil and gas industry.