massmutual ventures

Our Culture: At MMV, we’re a team of fair, dedicated investors and operators who put integrity, collaboration, and teamwork at the forefront of what we do. We believe in sharing ideas and perspectives and welcome the robust debate that comes with it. We approach our work knowing that trust and respect are earned. We look for this same culture in the founders and companies we back. Where We Invest: Our investment focus is on enterprise SaaS, cybersecurity, fintech, healthtech, and climate tech companies, areas that are fundamentally transforming business processes and consumer relationships. We invest in companies that bring differentiated technology solutions and scalable business models to drive enterprise-level innovation. When We Invest: We are a multistage investor, funding seed through growth stage rounds. We back teams that address real industry pain points and successfully convey the value of their solution to customers who are willing to pay. Our Value: MassMutual Ventures' sole limited partner is MassMutual, a Fortune 500 financial services company offering a wide range of wealth management, protection, accumulation, and retirement products and services. Barings, MassMutual’s global asset management subsidiary, is the primary investment adviser for the company’s general investment account. As of December 31, 2020, MassMutual’s assets under management stood at $616 billion. Our connection to MassMutual gives MMV invaluable access to executives and teams across the company with deep expertise in fintech, cybersecurity, data science, healthtech, and technology infrastructure.

Yellow Wood Partners, LLC

Yellow Wood Partners invests exclusively in the consumer industry.

Volition Capital

Volition Capital is a growth equity firm established in 2010 that focuses on investing in high-growth, founder-owned technology businesses across the U.S. and Canada that generally have between $5 million and $50 million in revenue with demonstrated capital efficiency. The firm's portfolio comprises 26 companies in the United States and Europe. Volition Capital specializes in software, Internet, information services and tech-enabled services companies that have operating discipline and aspirations for greatness. (www.volitioncapital.com)

OLD BLOCK CAPITAL

Alternative investments firm with emerging fintech fund and structured lending platform. The firm specializes in structured credit and equity financings for businesses with annual recurring revenues up to $20M, with thematic focus on enterprise software, B2B SaaS, quantitative investment management and financial data & analytics. Our funding platform supports underwriting and placement of private debt instruments for entrepreneurs seeking asset-based financings, bespoke liquidity structures and other alternative funding strategies. Old Block Capital has expertise supporting leadership of emerging technology companies with strategy, planning, process, structure and execution. Our team, together with an expansive partner network, can support all phases of company building to help unlock challenges at every inflection point in the company lifecycle, from the earliest stages through growth and beyond. We believe in repeatable data-driven methodologies to drive value creation, transform processes and accelerate and amplify client success.

Dell Technologies Capital

DTC invests in determined early-stage founders who push the envelope on technology innovation for the enterprise, connecting them to the capital, expertise, and customers they need to take a company from start to scale. Since its inception in 2012, DTC has backed more than 150 startups, a list that notably includes Arista Networks, Cylance, DocuSign, Exotec, JFrog, MongoDB, Nasuni, Netskope, Nutanix, Nuvia, Redis, Xometry, and Zscaler. DTC has offices in Palo Alto (HQ), Boston, and Tel Aviv.