# Sum Ventures

> Sum Ventures is a VC fund in Santa Monica backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Monica, United States
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startupmavericks/
- Website: https://www.sum.vc

Sum Ventures is an investment firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 15% |
| FinTech | 3 | 11% |
| Health Care | 3 | 11% |
| Real Estate | 3 | 11% |

66 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 48% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 30% |
| Series A | 3 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 22 | 81% |
| Ghana | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hellbender | Hellbender develops and manufactures lot and robotic products. | $12.5M | Seed | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Transparency Analytics | Transparency Analytics is a company that offers banking and financial services. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 17, 2025 |  |
| Fantasy Life | FL Newsletter provides football information delivered directly to customers' inboxes every morning for free. The company was founded by Matthew Berry in 2022 and is headquartered in New York, United States. | $8.1M | Seed | Jul 07, 2025 |  |
| BRIUS | BRIUS is a healthcare company that focuses in the orthodontics and medical device industry. | $19.5M | Series B | May 06, 2025 |  |
| Irrigreen | Irrigreen offers a digital irrigation system that uses AI to create custom lawn designs while saving water compared to traditional systems. The system boasts software-controlled precision sprinkler heads to ensure optimal water distribution, making it the ideal solution for maintaining a lush lawn with minimal water use. Irrigreen is designed foreasy installation and maintenance, catering to DIY enthusiasts who want to set up their in-ground sprinkler systems. | $19M | Series A | Apr 22, 2025 |  |
| Oze | Oze brings African small businesses into the digital era. It is an app that makes it easy for businesses to track sales, expenses, and customer information. The data is analyzed to provide tailored recommendations, reports, and business education. If the entrepreneur needs a little extra support, an Oze Coach is just a click away. As they are usingOze to manage their business and learn how to run it better, we are learning about them. Using this data and machine learning, we can predict their credit risk and provide them with affordable capital from our banking partners. With over 150,000 registered users, Oze is the largest online community of SMEs in West Africa. The most exciting thing is that Oze works; 97% of businesses that have used Oze for at least 9 months are growing or profitable or both! |  |  | Feb 20, 2025 |  |
| R3 Score | R3 Score is a more nuanced alternative to the traditional background check, providing businesses with a more accurate way to assess the potential riskiness of applicants with a criminal record and helping to remove barriers to economic opportunity for individuals with a criminal record. | $50K | Seed | Aug 01, 2023 |  |
| Rotender | Rotender automates the service and sale of alcoholic beverages. | $50K | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2023 |  |
| Eduworks | Eduworks has over 10 years of experience solving complex business problems using advanced technologies (i.e., AI, NLP, Deep Learning) for large organizations like the U.S. Department of Defense and Boeing. Leveraging their foundational technology and leading AI expertise, Eduworks is launching the next phase of the company, evolving into THIA, thedefinitive platform for copilots. | $250K | Seed | May 10, 2023 |  |
| UNest | UNest is an app democratizing access to smart financial solutions for all families. It helps parents build a better financial future for their children. In five minutes, you can open a UTMA account for your child and no paperwork is required. All members receive access to advisor-guided investment plans, the app's simple gifting feature,UNest Rewards and they can easily set up recurring contributions. In 2018, Ksenia Yudina founded UNest in North Hollywood, California. | $150K | Series A | Apr 20, 2023 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- Startup Mavericks — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Burnt Island Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/burnt-island-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MFV Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mfv-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- New Valley Ventures — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Sum Ventures invest in?

Sum Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 27 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 Sum Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sum Ventures closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 27 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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