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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.

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