# Travis Putnam

> Travis Putnam is a Series A investor at Navitas Capital backing Software. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Navitas Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/navitas)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 65%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-putnam-0428651

Travis Putnam is a Series A investor at Navitas Capital in Los Angeles focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Travis Putnam is based out of Los Angeles, California and is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Navitas Capital. Travis previously worked at M&A Capital as a consultant and investment banker. Travis Putnam attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 24% |
| Energy | 2 | 12% |
| Real Estate | 2 | 12% |
| Construction | 2 | 12% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 35% |
| Seed | 5 | 29% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 12% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 65% |
| Israel | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Acelab | Acelab is building the operating system for the $2.4 trillion building materials industry, transforming how architects, designers, and building owners discover, specify, and manage material decisions for construction projects. The company's AI-powered platform serves as a comprehensive material intelligence hub that solves a critical painpoint in the architecture and construction workflow - the fragmented and outdated process of researching and selecting building materials. By creating a centralized database with advanced search capabilities, intelligent recommendations, and collaborative project management tools, Acelab connects architects who specify materials with manufacturers who supply them, while streamlining the entire decision-making process from design through procurement. Founded by second-generation architect Vardhan Mehta and led by Executive Chairman Dave Lemont (former CEO of Revit), Acelab is positioned to become the essential infrastructure that powers material decisions across the global construction industry. | $16.6M | Series A | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| Field Materials AI | Field Materials is the world’s first material purchasing software powered by AI. General contractors and specialty subcontractors use Field Materials’ web and mobile apps to streamline their material procurement from requesting quotes during pre-construction to managing orders and deliveries to the construction site. Founded by serial entrepreneurswith successful exits, the company is backed by Blumberg Capital, Zacua Ventures, and senior executives from companies like Lowe’s and Google. For more information, please visit www.fieldmaterials.com. | $10.5M | Series A | Apr 30, 2025 |  |
| Parkade | Parkade helps modernize how parking works at multi-family buildings and offices, allowing management to easily lease spots digitally through their app to residents, guests, and employees. And, when people lease assigned spots long-term, they can reshare their spot when it's vacant — hugely increasing parking capacity and reliability. | $10M | Series A | Jan 08, 2025 |  |
| SwiftConnect | SwiftConnect develops an access network to connect people to the right place and time. Powering connected access experiences for commercial real estate owners and enterprises across financial and professional services, life sciences, technology, and other organizations, the company's platform integrates with existing mobile platforms,credential technologies, and business systems to provide authorized access to everything through centralized access management. | $37M | Series B | Nov 14, 2024 |  |
| FIRMUS | FIRMUS is making construction companies more profitable by automatically uncovering hidden design risks with great impact on bidding and building processes.In addition to protecting contractors' profit margins, FIRMUS creates a significant competitive advantage for contractors by improving relationships with owners from the very early stagesof the project and increasing the number of repeat customers.FIRMUS vision is becoming an industry standard, allowing contractors and owners worldwide to assess and manage design risk and opportunities in all project phases. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 15, 2024 |  |
| Document Crunch | Document Crunch is a contract intelligence platform that simplifies construction contracts by quickly identifying critical risk provisions and provides teams with guidance to make great decisions throughout the entire project lifecycle. The company aims to empower individuals across the construction industry, enabling them to comprehend the contentof their contracts. | $9M | Series A | Feb 13, 2024 |  |
| HostGPO | HostGPO is an industry-specific group purchasing organization for short-term rental businesses. | $6M |  | May 25, 2023 |  |
| Gridium | Gridium is a software company specializing in smart meter data analysis. We have a proven track record of engaging directly with energy users to promote improved operational efficiency and energy management, using customers’ own data to highlight opportunities for savings. We also work directly with utilities, applying our smart meter dataanalytics in a variety of capacities. Gridium is based in Menlo Park, California. | $14M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 23, 2023 |  |
| SwiftConnect | SwiftConnect develops an access network to connect people to the right place and time. Powering connected access experiences for commercial real estate owners and enterprises across financial and professional services, life sciences, technology, and other organizations, the company's platform integrates with existing mobile platforms,credential technologies, and business systems to provide authorized access to everything through centralized access management. | $17M | Series A | Oct 26, 2022 |  |
| FIRMUS | FIRMUS is making construction companies more profitable by automatically uncovering hidden design risks with great impact on bidding and building processes.In addition to protecting contractors' profit margins, FIRMUS creates a significant competitive advantage for contractors by improving relationships with owners from the very early stagesof the project and increasing the number of repeat customers.FIRMUS vision is becoming an industry standard, allowing contractors and owners worldwide to assess and manage design risk and opportunities in all project phases. | $4.5M | Seed | May 08, 2022 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [JLL Spark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jll-spark) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [1414 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1414-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [2048 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2048-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Crow Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crow-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hack VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hack-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Navitas Capital

VC Fund · Beverly Hills, United States

Navitas Capital is a venture capital firm investing in transformative technology and innovation for the built world. Navitas, established in 2009, provides foundational venture capital, industry expertise and market access to its portfolio companies.

5 contacts available at Navitas Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amy Persohn | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amy-persohn-03d8 |
| Louis Schotsky | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/louis-schotsky |
| Michael Spies | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-spies |
| Mike Heller | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-heller-1986 |
| Travis Putnam | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/travis-putnam |

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## FAQ

### What does Travis Putnam invest in?

Travis Putnam invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Energy startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 17 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 Travis Putnam last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Travis Putnam closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 17 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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