# Collin Gutman

> Collin Gutman is a seed investor at SaaS Ventures backing Enterprise Software and SaaS. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SaaS Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saas-ventures-2)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/collingutman
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/collingutman
- Website: https://x.com/collingutman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collin.gutman

Collin Gutman is a seed investor at SaaS Ventures in Washington focused on Enterprise Software and SaaS. Collin is the Managing Partner of SaaS Ventures and a co-founder and Partner in Acceleprise.He is also a Partner at Acceleprise, a venture capital accelerator focused on enterprise technology. Prior to WorkAmerica and Acceleprise, Collin was the first non-technical hire at EmployInsight and later became Chief Strategy Officer where hespearheaded EmployInsight's enterprise sales effort. Previously, he worked at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), a leading venture fund, in the Chevy Chase office. Collin also worked for Challenge Games, which was acquired by Zynga. He holds a BA in Political Science from Yale and was a member of the Yale Entrepreneurial Society.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Enterprise Software | 3 | 60% |
| SaaS | 2 | 40% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 40% |
| Drones | 1 | 20% |
| Mobile | 1 | 20% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Levangie Laboratories, Inc. | LLABS deploys enterprise agents into bounded roles. They work in your systems and improve from reviewed decisions and outcomes through Causal Trajectory Learning. | $4.5M | Seed | Aug 05, 2026 |  |
| xtype | Xtype is a technology company focused on software development and digital solutions. It works on areas such as automation, data-driven applications, and enterprise software platforms to support business operations. | $10.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 24, 2023 |  |
| BetaBlocks | BetaBlocks is a Co-Builder and Accelerator of early-stage companies using blockchain technology. Based in Miami FL, BetaBlocks focuses on building and scaling blockchain startups, as well as educating the community on the impact of blockchain technology on their businesses. | $1.5M | Seed | Nov 17, 2021 |  |
| WhiteFox Defense Technologies | WhiteFox Defense Technologies develops and provides drone threat mitigation device the DroneFox. It offers two systems DroneFox Tactical, a portal mobile device which responds to drone threats based on operator feedback or automatically based on preset conditions; DroneFox Fortify, a fixed device which integrates and provides continues automaticprotection of vulnerable facilities and critical infrastructure. WhiteFox Defense's device detects small and modified drones in airspace, analyses target drones based on variables including its model, location, and flight pattern, and reroutes. Additionally, its clientele include critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, public safety, and defense. Luke Fox founded WhiteFox Defense in 2016. It has its headquarters in San Luis Obispo in California. | $12M | Series A | Sep 18, 2019 |  |
| Courier | Courier offers an API that lets developers intelligently route user notifications across their existing channels – like SendGrid, Twilio, Slack, and Facebook Messenger – using factors like "is the user online?" and "which channel has produced the most engagement for this user previously?" | $2.3M | Seed | Apr 26, 2019 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ocean Azul Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ocean-azul-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Columbia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/columbia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [E3 Negócios](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e3-neg%C3%B3cios) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Forum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forumventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inner Loop Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innerloop-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Matrix](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matrix-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SaaS Ventures

VC Fund · Washington, United States

We are enterprise software experts. We look to co-invest with strong leads, bringing our network of coinvestors and next round investors as well as enterprise software expertise to add value. We see ourselves as partners who can fill out a round quickly and be a positive influence, and non-competitive as we don't lead or take significantstakes in our portfolio companies. We generally write a small check into rounds of $750k-$3M that are mostly full, being low pain-in-the-ass to entrepreneurs compared to relatively high value add. Having been entrepreneurs, we know that's the most important part.While we'll invest anywhere in the US, we love "second tier markets" that can still support major exits but attract relatively less venture funding: Chicago, Toronto, DC, Baltimore, Atlanta, etc etc!

5 contacts available at SaaS Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Gaister | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-gaister |
| Collin Gutman | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collin-gutman |
| Jesse Bloom | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jesse-bloom-aa5a |
| Rodd Macklin | Venture Partner, General Partner & CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rodd-macklin |
| Seth Shuldiner | Co-founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seth-shuldiner |

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## FAQ

### What does Collin Gutman invest in?

Collin Gutman invests primarily in Enterprise Software, SaaS and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 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 Collin Gutman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Collin Gutman closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 5 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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