Brian Nugent
Founding General Partner @ Sway Ventures
La Jolla, United States
Brian Nugent is a founding General Partner of Sway Ventures, as well as a seasoned technology industry executive, entrepreneur, and board director. As an investor, entrepreneur, operator and strategic advisor in over 150 technology ventures, Brian has built domain expertise and deep connections across the IT industry on five continents.Brianhas a proven record of driving software, SaaS, hardware and IT Services companies to market leadership positions. As an entrepreneur and operating executive he ran both public and privately-held enterprise software companies. Previously Brian was a senior executive at Teros (acquired by Citrix), Atrica (acquired by Nokia-Siemens) and LuxN (acquired by Sorrento Networks). He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of ThreatSTOP, Liquid Grids, and CyberHive. Brian is a member of the ‘Alliance of CEOs’, the San Diego Venture Group, and is a frequent lecturer at CEO consortium’s such as the ‘CEO Total Access Series’. He is active in a variety of charitable organizations and is a Board Member of PEERS Network and is a member of the 2013 National Champion Sunset Water Polo Club. Brian holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration from California State University, Long Beach.
- Total investments:
- 47
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 28%
Last updated:
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Industries Brian Nugent invests in
Stages Brian Nugent invests in
Countries Brian Nugent invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 15 (32%)
- SaaS 9 (19%)
- Mobile 6 (13%)
- Analytics 6 (13%)
- Information Technology 6 (13%)
Stage
- Series A 14 (30%)
- Seed 7 (15%)
- Series C 6 (13%)
- Series B 5 (11%)
- Funding Round 4 (9%)
Country
- United States 35 (74%)
- United Kingdom 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Capitalize.io
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Capitalize.io is a commercial real estate lending marketplace with lender search, loan comparison, and network-building tools. | $4M / Seed / Jul 21, 2025 | |
Outbuild
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Outbuild is an innovative scheduling and field coordination software solution designed to support collaboration between construction teams worldwide. As the first fully-integrated platform created exclusively for the construction industry, Outbuild brings together scheduling, lookaheads, weekly plans, and analytics in one powerful tool. Thiscomprehensive solution empowers teams to stay coordinated, minimize delays, and drive efficient project delivery. | $11M / Series A / Nov 12, 2024 | |
Capitalize
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Capitalize provides a marketplace to search and list out lenders proving a platform for comparative study. | $4M / Seed / Mar 12, 2024 | |
Measurabl
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Measurabl is the world’s most widely adopted ESG (environmental, social, governance) data management solution for commercial real estate. Customers use Measurabl to measure, manage, and report ESG data on more than 11 billion square feet of commercial real estate across 80 countries. Measurabl helps companies measure, manage and disclose ESGperformance, assess exposure to physical climate risk, and act on decarbonization and sustainable finance opportunities. Learn more at measurabl.com. | $93M / Series D / May 31, 2023 | |
Tally
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Tally is a consumer tech company pioneering full-service financial automation. Founded in 2015, we built the first automated debt manager to help people overcome credit card debt and put billions of dollars back in people’s pockets. Tally’s vision is to automate people’s entire financial lives, so they can stress less about money and do more ofwhat they love. | $80M / Series D / Oct 03, 2022 | |
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Measurabl
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Measurabl is the world’s most widely adopted ESG (environmental, social, governance) data management solution for commercial real estate. Customers use Measurabl to measure, manage, and report ESG data on more than 11 billion square feet of commercial real estate across 80 countries. Measurabl helps companies measure, manage and disclose ESGperformance, assess exposure to physical climate risk, and act on decarbonization and sustainable finance opportunities. Learn more at measurabl.com. | $50M / Series C / Sep 14, 2021 | |
Addepar
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Addepar is a wealth management platform for investment advisors specializing in data aggregation, analytics, and portfolio reporting. It is the financial operating system used to bring common sense and ethical, data-driven investing in the financial world.Addepar handles all types of assets in any currency, so investors and advisors have aclearer financial picture at every level, all in one place. With customizable reporting, financial managers can visualize and communicate relevant information to anyone who needs it.Addepar was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Chicago, and Salt Lake City. | $117M / Series E / Nov 18, 2020 | |
Fetch Robotics
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Fetch Robotics is a San Jose, Calif.-based industrial robotics startup that develops and manufactures collaborative, autonomous mobile robot solutions for the warehousing and logistical markets. It takes takes advantage of its deep robotics expertise to provide reliable and safe collaborative AMR (Autonomous Mobile Robot) solutions for twocommercial applications: material handling and data collection.Fetch Robotics is a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup founded in 2014. | $46M / Series C / Jul 23, 2019 | |
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Fetch Robotics
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Fetch Robotics is a San Jose, Calif.-based industrial robotics startup that develops and manufactures collaborative, autonomous mobile robot solutions for the warehousing and logistical markets. It takes takes advantage of its deep robotics expertise to provide reliable and safe collaborative AMR (Autonomous Mobile Robot) solutions for twocommercial applications: material handling and data collection.Fetch Robotics is a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup founded in 2014. | $25M / Series B / Dec 06, 2017 | |
Affinity
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Affinity is the AI-first private capital CRM that turns relationship intelligence into action across the investment lifecycle. Built on a decade of proprietary relationship and deal data, Affinity automatically captures interactions, maps your firm's network, and surfaces the connections that move deals forward. Ascend, Affinity’s agentplatform, handles the procedural work at every deal stage so teams can focus on the judgment-intensive work that drives returns. Trusted by more than 3,300 private capital firms, Affinity transforms relationship capital into a measurable competitive advantage. Powered by 31B+ interactions and 130B+ relationships, Affinity helps firms uncover opportunities sooner, move with greater conviction, and build an intelligence layer that compounds over time. | $13.5M / Series A / May 22, 2017 | |
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Co-Investors
About Sway Ventures
Sway Ventures is a US-based venture capital firm investing in early to mid-stage technology companies. We invest in high performing teams, building revolutionary technology, creating the next enterprise or consumer category. With a focus on strategic capitalization, business development support, and engineered exits, we provide great teams with thesupport they need to change the future. Learn more at www.swayvc.com
Sway Ventures Contacts
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Albert Vazquez-Agusti
Partner
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Andrew Bair
Partner
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Arnaud van der Wyck
Partner, Strategic Capital and Market Development
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Brian Nugent
Founding General Partner
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Darius Sankey
Advisor, Investing
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What does Brian Nugent invest in?
Brian Nugent invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Mobile startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 47 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Brian Nugent last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Brian Nugent closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 47 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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