Sumant Mandal

Sumant Mandal

Managing Director and Co-Founder atThe HiveLA

Sumant Mandal is Managing Director and co-founder of The Hive and March Capital Partners. He has incubated over 25 companies and leads investments in cloud, IoT, AI/ML, and network infrastructure.

What Sumant can write

Writes checks of$1M to $3M
Comes in atPre-seed, SeedCan lead the round
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Career

  1. Clearstone Venture Partners · Managing Director
  2. March Capital Partners · Managing Director and co-founder
  3. The Hive · Managing Director and co-founder
    Now
  4. March Capital · Co-Founder & Managing Partner
    2014-null

Companies founded

The HiveMarch Capital PartnersMarch CapitalThe Fabric

Investments named in public bios

BillDeskUniphoreNileAvathonXageTogether AI

Focus

cloud computingiotai/mlnetwork infrastructureindian marketBlockchain

Education

Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, M.B.A.Michigan State University, B.S. in Electrical Engineering

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Questions

Who is Sumant Mandal?

Sumant Mandal is Managing Director and co-founder of The Hive and March Capital Partners. He has incubated over 25 companies and leads investments in cloud, IoT, AI/ML, and network infrastructure.

How much does Sumant Mandal invest?

Sumant Mandal invests through The Hive, which writes checks of $1M to $3M at pre-seed, seed.

How do I pitch Sumant Mandal?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Sumant in the subject. A warm intro from a founder The Hive backed works better.

What did Sumant Mandal do before The Hive?

Managing Director at Clearstone Venture Partners; Managing Director and co-founder at March Capital Partners; Co-Founder & Managing Partner at March Capital.

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