Chris Saum is an accomplished business development professional with a background in geochemicals and geology, making him well-suited to work with early-stage B2B SaaS companies. He serves as the Director of Business Development at Active Capital, a venture firm that invests in pre-seed and seed stage startups leveraging cloud computing, AI, ML, and Web3 to build the next frontier of business software. Prior to his work at Active Capital, Saum was a Partner at RealCo and Co-Founder of MUD Geochemical, Inc. He also worked as a Mudlogging Geologist at Schlumberger. Saum studied Geography and earned his Bachelor of Arts from The University of Texas at Austin. He invests in remote teams and emerging tech hubs across the US and beyond.