# Bart Swanson

> Bart Swanson is a Series A investor at Horizons Ventures (New York) backing SaaS and Software. See 37 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Horizons Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/horizons-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 37
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 30%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bartswanson
- Website: https://impossiblefoods.com/

Bart Swanson is a Series A investor at Horizons Ventures in New York focused on SaaS and Software. Bart helps companies scale globally and has been active in the technology sector for more than fifteen years as an entrepreneur, mentor, and executive. Previously he was the Chairman of Summly (sold to Yahoo), COO at Badoo, an MD International at GSI Commerce (sold to eBay), a GM at Amazon.com (helping lead the international expansion from1998-2001), and was an MD at EMI Music Europe. Bart received an MBA from The Wharton School, an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, was a Fellow at the Lauder Institute, and has a BA in History from the University of Southern California.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$27M |
| Series A | $5.7M–$20M |
| Series B | $7.2M–$60M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 5 | 14% |
| Software | 5 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 11% |
| FinTech | 3 | 8% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 13 | 35% |
| Seed | 7 | 19% |
| Series B | 5 | 14% |
| Series C | 3 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 24% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 24% |
| Belgium | 3 | 8% |
| Canada | 2 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Xampla | Xampla creates plant protein material for commercial use. Our next generation material performs like synthetic polymers, but decomposes naturally and fully, without harming the environment. | $14M | Series A | Sep 03, 2025 |  |
| Xampla | Xampla creates plant protein material for commercial use. Our next generation material performs like synthetic polymers, but decomposes naturally and fully, without harming the environment. | $7.2M | Series B | Jan 30, 2024 |  |
| Xampla | Xampla creates plant protein material for commercial use. Our next generation material performs like synthetic polymers, but decomposes naturally and fully, without harming the environment. | $7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 30, 2024 |  |
| Part3 | Part3 was founded by Jack Sadler, Jessica Luczycki and Corey Stanford to help architects and engineers reduce inefficiencies throughout construction administration and focus on achieving design excellence.As a former construction administrator and project manager, Jess is acutely aware of the challenges associated with CA. With 10 years ofexperience Jess has worked on over $1bn worth of construction and felt frustrated by the time-consuming, and error-prone nature of manually tracking changes, submittals, and RFIs. Jack and Corey were able to comprehend the pains through years of technology consulting experience and, with a designer's mind, began assembling a solution to this problem utilizing cutting-edge cloud technology.Collectively, the team was able to take a human-centered approach to construct an elegant, cost-saving workflow that promotes collaboration as an approach to minimizing waste. Customers' and partners' voices are heard as the platform goes through rapid cycles of continuous improvement. The result is an innovative solution that provides architects, engineers, and owners with an integrated platform to manage construction administration with a fraction of the waste. | $2.1M | Seed | Jul 31, 2023 |  |
| Laced | Laced is a marketplace for the buying and selling of authentic sneakers, connecting thousands of buyers and sellers worldwide. | $12M | Series A | May 24, 2023 |  |
| Keel Labs | Keel Labs (formerly AlgiKnit) is a biomaterials company creating ocean-focused materials built from renewable resources. | $13M | Series A | Jun 29, 2022 |  |
| Seasoned.co | Making life easier for the service industry. Better jobs, better hires, and the only community exclusively for the service industry in your city. | $18.7M | Series A | Nov 09, 2021 |  |
| Modern Meadow | Modern Meadow is developing fundamentally new approaches to growing animal products. This includes cultured leather and meat products that require no animal slaughter and much lower inputs of land, water, energy, and chemicals. | $130M | Series C | Apr 29, 2021 |  |
| Keel Labs | Keel Labs (formerly AlgiKnit) is a biomaterials company creating ocean-focused materials built from renewable resources. | $2.4M |  | Mar 25, 2021 |  |
| Keel Labs | Keel Labs (formerly AlgiKnit) is a biomaterials company creating ocean-focused materials built from renewable resources. | $2.4M | Seed | Mar 25, 2021 |  |

10 of 37 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Draper Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-associates-2) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Amadeus Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amadeus-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Collaborative Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collaborative-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Continental Grain Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/continental-grain-company) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Horizons Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/horizons-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Horizons Ventures

VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Horizons Ventures focuses on investing in disruptive and technology-focused start-ups. The firm was founded in 1999 and is based in Hong Kong. Some of the latest exits are Skype, Siri, Facebook, Summly, and Waze.

5 contacts available at Horizons Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bart Swanson | Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bart-swanson |
| Chris Liu | Special Projects | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chirs-liu |
| Patrick Poon | Project Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-poon |
| Debbie Chang | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/debbie-chang |
| Frances Kang | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frances-kang |

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## FAQ

### What does Bart Swanson invest in?

Bart Swanson invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 37 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bart Swanson's check size?

Bart Swanson typically joins rounds of $500k–$27M at Seed, $5.7M–$20M at Series A and $7.2M–$60M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bart Swanson participates in.

### When did Bart Swanson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bart Swanson closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 37 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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