
Positive Sum is an early-stage venture capital firm co-founded by Patrick O'Shaughnessy and Sam Cates. The firm backs founders pursuing their life's work across technology sectors including AI, fintech, healthcare, and enterprise software.
Deal activity increased 400% year-over-year (5 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $140.9M (across 23 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
17
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
5
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
25 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLone Palm Labs | Series A | $21M | Aug 2026 |
| Series C | $700M | Jul 2026 | |
| Series D | $160M | Apr 2026 | |
| Series C | $300M | Feb 2026 | |
| Series A | $21M | Jan 2026 | |
| LLone Palm Labs | Series A | $21M | Jan 2026 |
| Series C | $1B | Oct 2025 | |
| Series E | $340M | Sep 2025 | |
| Series E | $65M | Jan 2025 | |
| Series B | $260M | Jan 2024 | |
| Pre-Seed | $4M | Oct 2023 | |
| Series C | $65M | Jul 2023 | |
| Series A | $10M | Feb 2023 | |
| Seed | $11M | Jan 2023 | |
| Series B | $40M | May 2022 | |
| Series B | $40M | Jan 2022 | |
| Series A | — | Jan 2022 | |
| Series B | $32M | Jun 2021 | |
| Series A | $11.5M | Feb 2021 | |
| Series B | $50M | Jan 2021 | |
| Series A | $21M | — | |
| Series A | $10M | — | |
| Seed | $7.4M | — | |
| Series B | $50M | — | |
| Growth | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
BoxGroup8 shared
Thrive Capital7 shared
Tiger Global Management, LLC4 shared
Acrew Capital4 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners4 shared
Industry Ventures3 shared
GGV Capital3 shared
Stanford's StartX Fund3 shared
Gilead Sciences3 shared
Xfund3 shared
Bold Capital Partners3 shared
World Innovation Lab3 shared
Ribbit Capital3 shared
Khosla Ventures3 shared
Sequoia Capital3 shared
Scribble Ventures3 shared
Imaginary Ventures3 shared
Copper3 shared
Conviction Partners3 shared
BDT & MSD Partners3 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026