# GMO

> GMO is a VC fund in Boston backing SaaS, Music and Bakery. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gmo
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/GMOInsights
- Website: https://www.gmo.com/

GMO is a VC fund in Boston focused on SaaS and Music. Founded in 1977, GMO is a private partnership whose sole business is investment management.GMO is a global investment leader with expertise in managing multi-asset class strategies as well as focused strategies in a number of specific asset classes. Our approach seeks to identify asset classes and securities for which we believe we can get paidto take risk and utilizes a long-term investment horizon, a belief in the power of mean reversion, discipline, conviction, and a commitment to research. We are willing to take bold, differentiated positions when opportunities warrant and have the patience and fortitude to invest with a long-term perspective.We have managed portfolios through multiple market cycles and we constantly re-examine market opportunities across asset classes, testing our assumptions and embracing changing market dynamics. We utilize this deep experience to construct portfolios that we believe will offer our clients superior investment results. We also leverage our proven expertise to develop unique, insightful market research and commentary for our clients. We succeed when our clients succeed.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for GMO. Shizune tracks 5 team members at GMO. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/gmo?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Music | 1 | 17% |
| Bakery | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Finance | 1 | 17% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 2 | 33% |
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Japan | 1 | 17% |
| Singapore | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deborah Ng | Head of ESG & Sustainability | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deborah-ng-d674 |
| Amy Shang | Client Coverage & Business Development, Asia | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amy-shang-9b36 |
| Jeffrey Breen | Head of Data Science and Data Engineering | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-breen |
| Jeremy Grantham | Co-Founder, Chief Investment Strategist | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-grantham |
| Roy Henriksson | Head of Investment Risk and Trading | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roy-henriksson |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BeatBread | beatBread is a pioneering music and finance company that empowers artists to take control of their careers without giving away ownership of their music or their decision-making power. Founded in 2020, beatBread brings together a team with deep experience in music, finance, artificial intelligence and machine learning to create new opportunities forartists and their managers. beatBread provides independent and unsigned artists with financial advances that are repaid through a limited share of revenues from streaming and airplay, over a period of the artist's choosing. |  | Debt Financing | Aug 05, 2025 |  |
| palmu | Palmu is a live-streaming network that links broadcasters and watchers in real time via comments and gifts. Streamers are compensated through tokenomics, and the platform strives to be more user-friendly than previous generations. | $3.7M | Seed | Jul 07, 2023 |  |
| Annapurna Swadisht | Annapurna Swadisht offers ready-to-eat packaged snacks. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 21, 2022 |  |
| Lendingkart | Lendingkart is an online financing company dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and small businesses with Working Capital Loans. They use Analytics and Big data scoring to evaluate their customer’s business. They are a small and motivated team of bankers, data scientists, and techies trying to make a difference in the world of small businessfinancing. | $9.5M | Debt Financing | Jul 02, 2022 |  |
| Regology | Regology's Expert AI Agent enable your legal, compliance, audit, and business to conduct legal research, track regulatory change, and easily assess your policies and controls. |  | Seed | Sep 30, 2018 |  |
| Carro | Carro is an online used car marketplace that offers a wide range of services for buying a car. | $12M | Series A | Mar 22, 2017 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpha JWC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-jwc-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Erstwhile Partner](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erstwhile-partner) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [Hyperithm](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyperithm) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NAV Capital Emerging Star Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nav-capital-emerging-star-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does GMO invest in?

GMO invests primarily in SaaS, Music and Bakery startups, most often at Seed and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact GMO?

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### Who are the partners at GMO?

The team at GMO includes Deborah Ng (Head of ESG & Sustainability), Amy Shang (Client Coverage & Business Development, Asia) and Jeffrey Breen (Head of Data Science and Data Engineering). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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