# Larry Summers

> Larry Summers is a Series A investor backing Software and Transportation. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- Website: https://chandravanshi.org

Larry Summers is an American economist. He entered MIT at age 16, where he originally intended to study physics but soon switched to economics. He also attended Harvard University as a graduate student and, in 1983, at the age of 28, Summers became one of the youngest tenured professors in Harvard's history.He served on the staff ofthe Council of Economic Advisers under President Reagan in 1982 and 1983 and also served as an economic adviser to the Dukakis Presidential campaign in 1988.The economist left Harvard in 1991 to serve as the Chief Economist for the World Bank, where he remained for two years.In 1993, Summers was appointed Undersecretary for International Affairs and later in the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the Clinton Administration. In 1995, he was promoted to Deputy Secretary of the Treasury under his long-time political mentor Robert Rubin. In 1999, he succeeded Rubin as Secretary of the Treasury, serving as the 71st Treasury Secretary from 1999 to 2001. When George W. Bush succeeded Clinton as president, Summers left the Treasury Department and returned to Harvard, becoming the university's as 27th President, serving from July 2001 until June 2006. In 2009, Summers was named the Director of National Economic Council by President Barack Obama. Today, the economist is a special advisor to venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, serves on the board of directors for Square as well as Lending Club and is an advisor to The Minerva Project.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $10M–$34M |
| Series B | $40M–$100M |
| Series C | $40M–$125M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 20% |
| Transportation | 2 | 20% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 20% |
| Rental | 1 | 10% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 50% |
| Series B | 3 | 30% |
| Series C | 2 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 40% |
| India | 1 | 10% |
| Germany | 1 | 10% |
| Australia | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Taktile | Taktile develops an AI-based decision platform for financial institutions to manage risk-related processes across the customer lifecycle. Its platform enables teams to design, test, deploy, and optimize decision strategies for customer onboarding, credit underwriting, fraud detection, anti-money laundering investigations, and transactionmonitoring. Taktile combines automated workflows, configurable business rules, third-party data integrations, and human review capabilities to support decision-making in regulated environments. The platform also provides tools for experimentation, performance monitoring, and case management, allowing organizations to evaluate and refine their decision processes over time. Taktile serves banks, insurers, and financial technology companies seeking to automate and govern operational and risk decisions. | $54M | Series B | Feb 27, 2025 | https://www.taktile.com/ |
| Mercor | Mercor is a better way to hire. We're an AI-powered platform that sources, vets, and pays your next employees. | $100M | Series B | Feb 20, 2025 | http://Mercor.com |
| Basis | Basis operates as an AI platform built specifically for accounting firms. | $34M | Series A | Dec 17, 2024 | https://www.getbasis.ai |
| Mercor | Mercor is a better way to hire. We're an AI-powered platform that sources, vets, and pays your next employees. | $30M | Series A | Sep 19, 2024 | http://Mercor.com |
| knownwell | knownwell is on metabolic health and obesity medicine. It touts itself as a healthcare provider that serves people of all sizes. It provides primary care, nutritional advice, behavioral health treatments, and services for metabolic health. | $20M | Series A | Dec 19, 2023 | https://www.knownwell.co/ |
| Belong | Belong is a residential network that vertically integrates all aspects of the home rental and home improvement process. Powered by AI. Made and loved by People. | $40M | Series B | Mar 09, 2021 | https://belonghome.com/ |
| Belong | Belong is a residential network that vertically integrates all aspects of the home rental and home improvement process. Powered by AI. Made and loved by People. | $10M | Series A | Jun 28, 2019 | https://belonghome.com/ |
| Brex | Brex is a financial technology company that is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their financial operations. By offering a comprehensive platform that seamlessly integrates financial services into existing software applications. Brex empowers employees to make informed financial decisions that drive business growth and success. With a focuson innovation and user-centric design. Brex is helping companies navigate the complexities of the modern business landscape and unlock their full potential. | $125M | Series C | Oct 05, 2018 | https://brex.com |
| Zoomcar | Zoomcar is the marketplace for car sharing in emerging markets, with over 20,000 cars on its technology-driven platform across India, Southeast Asia, and Egypt. Zoomcar empowers host entrepreneurs to safely and easily share their cars to earn additional passive income. Guests in the Zoomcar community enjoy a diverse, affordable selection of cars tounlock memorable driving experiences with friends and family. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Zoomcar employs over 300 people and operates in 100 cities across India, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Egypt. Uri Levine, the co-founder of mobility unicorns Waze and Moovit, currently serves as Zoomcar’s Chairman of the Board. | $40M | Series C | Feb 16, 2018 | http://www.zoomcar.com |
| Bridj | Bridj is a supercharged booking and fleet management platform that helps you deliver better travel experiences for your passengers. Our technology allows you to optimise your on-road service and digitise your work processes. Bridj provides the tools of the trade... reinvented, including an Operator Portal, a Passenger App, and a Driver App. Ourtools dynamically connect passengers (the demand) to drivers (the supply) to help deliver more sustainable and efficient shared transport. It’s how we connect the dots that is the magic. Passenger aggregation is our art. |  | Series A | Mar 01, 2015 | http://www.bridj.com/ |

10 of 10 investments shown.

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- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DST Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-sky-technologies-fo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Larry Summers invest in?

Larry Summers invests primarily in Software, Transportation and Financial Services startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 10 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 Larry Summers's check size?

Larry Summers typically joins rounds of $10M–$34M at Series A, $40M–$100M at Series B and $40M–$125M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Larry Summers participates in.

### How do I contact Larry Summers?

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### When did Larry Summers last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Larry Summers closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 10 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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