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Episode 304: Brett Martin – Co-Founder of Kumospace and General Partner at Charge Ventures

Episode #304 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Brett Martin, Co-Founder of Kumospace and General Partner at Charge Ventures.

Kumospace is a venture backed virtual office space platform that provides immersive and interactive virtual spaces for hosting team meetings, and social gatherings.  

Charge Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York that invests in pre-seed / seed early stage tech ventures.

In this episode of our podcast, we cover:

  • The details on Brett’s advice around raising capital which is a process that he calls FOMO Fundraising.
  • Brett’s background story which includes a variety of pursuits across investment banking, sailing, VICE Media, starting a band, being a Fulbright Scholar, and how he ultimately ended up in the tech industry as an investor.
  • The story of Sonar Media, the first ambient social networking company and lots of lessons learned from building this company.
  • All the details about Kumospace and how their platform is solving the challenges of remote work, collaboration, and culture.
  • Brett’s experience as an investor with Charge Ventures, plus the details on what they are targeting for investments.
  • The difference between figuring product-market fit for enterprise versus consumer products.
  • And so much more.