Positive Sum is a venture capital firm led by Patrick O’Shaughnessy and Sam Cates. Our mission is to capture and openly share the world’s best knowledge on building great businesses.

By “learning in public”, we intend to cultivate the world’s smartest and most interested audience and network, and to use what we learn to benefit our portfolio companies and their visions for the future.

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Justin Fortune

Partner + Co-Founder

Sam Cates

Director of Product Management

Chelsea Prush

Research Director

Donald Lee-Brown

Business Management

Alison D.

Banking and Wealth Management

Gabriela Marques

Joe Parker

Patrick O'Shaughnessy

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Tegus is a market intelligence platform for investors that provides thousands of instantly available, peer-led expert call transcripts.

Hourwork develops a recruitment and retention platform that connects employers with hourly workers.

Early Stage Venture Investors with Investments in Utah

Venture Capital Investors with Investments in West Coast

Late Stage Venture Investors with Investments in Silicon Valley

Investors Active in New York, New York (Top 10K)

Positive Sum is a venture capital and private equity firm that helps teams build extraordinary businesses.

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Connecticut

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North America

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LoftyInc Capital Management is a venture capital firm based in Lagos, Nigeria, focusing on early-stage tech-enabled companies within Africa.

LoftyInc Capital Management

Balderton Capital is Europe's leading venture firm focused exclusively on technology companies founded in Europe.

Balderton Capital

The unnamed VC firm from the Excedr article specializes in investing in early-stage biotechnology and healthcare companies, with over $2 billion in assets under management.

Unnamed VC Firm from Excedr Article

Positive Sum Ventures is an investment firm that focuses on partnering with technology-driven companies at various stages, with a particular emphasis on early-stage ventures in the United States. The firm seeks out businesses that have the potential to create positive sum outcomes, where all stakeholders including companies, customers, and investors benefit. They prioritize investments in companies with strong founding teams who are deeply committed to their mission, often viewing it as their life's work. Positive Sum Ventures also looks for businesses in rapidly growing markets with products that become deeply embedded in the lives of their users, and have the potential for compounding returns over time.

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