# Doug Russell > Doug Russell is a Series B investor at MassMutual Ventures (Hartford) backing Finance and FinTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [MassMutual Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massmutual-ventures) - Location: Hartford, United States - Total investments: 4 - Last investment: Sep 2020 - Lead investor: 50% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-russell-9217a018/ Doug Russell is a Series B investor at MassMutual Ventures in Hartford focused on Finance and FinTech. Doug Russell - Managing Director and Head of MassMutual Ventures @ MassMutual Ventures ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Finance | 2 | 50% | | FinTech | 1 | 25% | | mHealth | 1 | 25% | | Education | 1 | 25% | | InsurTech | 1 | 25% | 11 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Series B | 2 | 50% | | Series A | 1 | 25% | | Series C | 1 | 25% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United States | 2 | 50% | | India | 1 | 25% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Biofourmis | Biofourmis is a biotechnology company that augments personalized care and therapies using digital therapeutics. The company discovers, develops, and delivers clinically validated software-based therapeutics to enable better outcomes for patients. These solutions include advanced tools for clinicians to deliver personalized care and cost-effectivesolutions for payers.Biofourmis was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $100M | Series C | Sep 03, 2020 | | | Biofourmis | Biofourmis is a biotechnology company that augments personalized care and therapies using digital therapeutics. The company discovers, develops, and delivers clinically validated software-based therapeutics to enable better outcomes for patients. These solutions include advanced tools for clinicians to deliver personalized care and cost-effectivesolutions for payers.Biofourmis was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $35M | Series B | May 21, 2019 | | | One | One Inc. is a developer of a cloud-based policy-issuance and management software designed to meet the demands of an ever-changing property and casualty market. The company’s integrated cloud-based platform combines core insurance software functions including policy administration, rating and billing with data analytics, CRM, payment processingand agency management. The platform enables carriers, MGAs and agencies of all sizes to quickly bring new products to market and streamline operations via a broad suite of scalable, cloud-based components that can be implemented all at once or as part of a broader migration from legacy technology.One Inc was established in 2012 in Folsom, California. | $20M | Series B | Dec 14, 2016 | | | EduFund | EduFund is India's leading education finance platform, helping parents plan, save, and pay for their child's higher education, in India or abroad. Co-founded in 2020 by Eela Dubey and Arindam Sengupta, EduFund was built on a simple conviction: most Indian families focus intensely on academic preparation for college and almost entirelyignore the financial side until it's too late. Eela Dubey, Co-founder and CEO, is a NYU graduate with a background in hedge funds on Wall Street. Arindam Sengupta, Co-founder, is a Princeton University alumnus with experience at Citadel and Reliance Capital. Together, they built EduFund to close the gap between being academically ready and financially ready for higher education. The platform offers a full suite of education finance tools, including mutual fund SIPs, fixed deposits, digital gold, and term insurance, alongside education loans, scholarship discovery, and end-to-end admissions support. Its AI-powered college cost calculator, Taara, gives parents inflation-adjusted cost estimates across 3,000+ colleges in 19+ countries in seconds, factoring in tuition, living costs, and currency risk. EduFund started out as a B2C app for consumers. EduFund's B2B platform, Vittam, serves to scale the same mission through India's MFD ecosystem, enabling wealth distributors to offer their clients a broader suite of financial products, from education loans and GIFT City funds to EB-5 global investment products and international health insurance. EduFund has served 250,000+ families and built a partner network of 40+ asset management firms and 15+ lending institutions, along with over 300 MFDs and IFA's through it's B2B vertical, Vittam. EduFund has raised $12 million in total funding, including a $6 million Series A led by Cercano Management and MassMutual Ventures. The company is also supported by angel investors. | $6M | Series A | | | 4 of 4 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [EDBI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edbi) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Openspace Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/openspace-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Aviva Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aviva-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [AVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axa-strategic-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Capikris Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capikris-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Cercano Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cercano-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About MassMutual Ventures VC Fund · Boston, United States MMV is a multi-stage, global venture capital firm investing in enterprise software, cybersecurity, financial technology, and digital health companies. We help accelerate the growth of the companies we partner with by providing capital, connections and advice.MMV’s sole limited partner is MassMutual, a Fortune 500 financial services company withassets under management of $616 billion (Dec 2020). 5 contacts available at MassMutual Ventures. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Charles Svirk | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-svirk | | Doug Russell | Managing Director and Head of MassMutual Ventures | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doug-russell | | Eric Emmons | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-emmons | | Jason Allen | Lead Portfolio Manager Impact Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-allen-4562 | | Mark Goodman | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-goodman-2 | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund - [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Doug Russell invest in? Doug Russell invests primarily in Finance, FinTech and mHealth startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 4 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 Doug Russell last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Doug Russell closed in Sep 2020. Shizune tracks 4 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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