# Sam Das

> Sam Das is a Series A investor at TruStage Ventures backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [TruStage Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cmfg-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-das/

Sam Das is a Series A investor at TruStage Ventures in New York focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Sam Das - Managing Director @ TruStage Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 4 | 57% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 43% |
| Consumer | 2 | 29% |
| Lending | 1 | 14% |
| Software | 1 | 14% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 43% |
| Series B | 2 | 29% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 57% |
| Ireland | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pulsate | Pulsate enables direct communication with customers based on their location, context, interests and behaviours. Pulsate allows you to design and push rich media content directly to customers devices. Deepen the relationship by establishing a customer dialogue. Allow users to reply to your campaigns, provide feedback and keep complaints outside ofsocial media. Maximize foot traffic by targeting street level or competitor locations. Combine with segmentation for optimal results. iBeacons:tm: enable you to understand indoor customer location and context with incredible accuracy. Easily manage deployment and configuration of iBeacons:tm: with the Pulsate cloud platform. Gain a deeper understanding of your mobile customers and a comprehensive view of each mobile campaign. | $7.8M | Series A | Feb 19, 2024 |  |
| Momnt | Momnt is a provider of modern lending solutions for businesses to offer affordable, low-friction finance at the moment of need. Their API-based platforms use alternative data sources and machine learning and artificial intelligence-informed decision engines to present real-time loan offers tailored to each individual borrower, all while remainingcompliant with the banking industry's current regulatory structure. | $15M | Series C | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| Momnt | Momnt is a provider of modern lending solutions for businesses to offer affordable, low-friction finance at the moment of need. Their API-based platforms use alternative data sources and machine learning and artificial intelligence-informed decision engines to present real-time loan offers tailored to each individual borrower, all while remainingcompliant with the banking industry's current regulatory structure. | $9.5M | Series B | Sep 07, 2022 |  |
| Momnt | Momnt fka Artis Technologies provides modern lending solutions for businesses to offer affordable, low-friction financing to their customers at the moment of need. | $7M | Series A | Jul 21, 2021 |  |
| Momnt | Momnt is a provider of modern lending solutions for businesses to offer affordable, low-friction finance at the moment of need. Their API-based platforms use alternative data sources and machine learning and artificial intelligence-informed decision engines to present real-time loan offers tailored to each individual borrower, all while remainingcompliant with the banking industry's current regulatory structure. | $7M | Series A | Jul 21, 2021 |  |
| Splash Financial | Splash Financial is a financial education and student loan refinancing company that gives young professionals more financial freedom. It helps students refinance medical school loans into one simple payment, and offering financial flexibility during residency, with a $1 minimum monthly payment throughout the training. The company believes ineducating customers to help find financial freedom. The company wants students to be able to chase both career and life goals without worrying about student loan debt. Splash Financial was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. | $44.3M | Series B | Jun 17, 2021 |  |
| Beem | Qualified active working professionals including gig workers join and access Line's tools, services, safety nets to save, spend, plan better and protect themselves against financial uncertainties via the Line iOS and Android apps. Money Service Businesses, Insurers, Teclos, Retailers, and Medical Market Places that these professionals activelyuse, embed line in their consumer channels to increase transaction volume and prevent non-payment, as well as in their business process to eliminate fraud, detect payment, and other lapses ahead of time. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 15, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Citi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citi-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fintech Ventures Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fintech-ventures-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Saluda Grade](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saluda-grade) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Yamaha Motor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yamaha-motor-ventures-laboratory-silicon-valley) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CMFG Ventures Discovery Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cmfg-ventures-discovery-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Curql](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/curql) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About TruStage Ventures

VC Fund · Madison, United States

TruStage Ventures is a venture capital arm of CUNA Mutual Group that advances financial and insurance solutions through investments and innovation for consumers and financial institutions. The firm helps credit unions and hardworking Americans build financial security. It seeks to invest in financial technology, data analytics, education andprotection, and digital channel sectors.CMFG was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

3 contacts available at TruStage Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Elizabeth McCluskey | Director, Discovery Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elizabeth-coston |
| Sam Das | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-das |
| Mike Kraus | principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-kraus-9c12 |

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## FAQ

### What does Sam Das invest in?

Sam Das invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Consumer startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 7 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 Sam Das last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sam Das closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 7 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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