Sugam Sarin is a Partner on the Investment Team at Point72 Ventures, responsible for evaluating and executing investments in the fintech space. 

Prior to joining Point72 Ventures, Sugam was a Senior Associate at Amex Ventures, where he focused on early-stage investments in Fintech and Enterprise Software. Prior to that, he was an Investment Banking Analyst at Citigroup in their Financial Institutions Group covering the financial services and fintech industries.  

I love understanding founder-market fit.

Learning why founders are obsessed with solving a particular problem and what gives them that unique edge fascinates me. Building a big business is a long and difficult journey; understanding how and why it began can help inform some of the most crucial decisions.   

Seize the day.

Every day is a new day and I’m constantly striving to be a better version of myself. Time is a precious commodity and a finite resource – might as well make the most of it! 

This is a great business for curious people.

You get to meet with passionate and incredibly knowledgeable people every day who are pushing the envelope with new ideas and ways of thinking. There’s always a new rabbit hole to go down if you want to keep learning.  

Small talk cheat sheet:

Sports (specifically the Pittsburgh Steelers and why they are the greatest franchise in NFL history), cooking, and I always appreciate a good recommendation—documentaries, books, tv shows, movies, podcasts.