John D. Brennan

Founder & General Partner at Sumeru Equity Partners

📍 Berkeley, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 16 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2021
VC🌍 United States
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Board Member
Feb 2021
Loopio is a Toronto-based RFP response software provider that helps companies streamline their process for RFPs, DDQs, and Security Questionnaires. With Loopio, teams can respond faster, improve response quality, and win more business. Loopio is one of Canada’s fastest-growing tech startups. It ranked twice as one of the fastest-growing companies on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ list and was selected twice as one of LinkedIn’s Top Startups in Canada. Visit www.loopio.com to learn more.
Board Member
Jul 2020
Firstup is the world’s first intelligent communication platform. More than 40 percent of Fortune 100 companies use our platform to connect with their people, design and deliver personalized communications, and gain engagement insights throughout the employee journey. With Firstup, employers can view engagement data in real time, by organization, department, or employee. That helps leaders better understand their workforce, make informed decisions, and provide better experiences from hire to retire. Companies like Amazon, Tesco, Ford, and Hilton use Firstup every day to improve outcomes for their employees. Learn more at firstup.io
Board Member
May 2014
ForeFlight was founded in 2007 by aviation entrepreneurs who set out to build elegant, high-performing flight planning and flight bag apps for pilots. ForeFlight Mobile, the company’s flagship product, improves situational awareness, increases productivity, and simplifies decision making for pilots and flight crews all over the world. ForeFlight is used by all segments of aviation, including general, business, commercial, and military aviation. Learn more at www.foreflight.com.
Board Member
May 2014
ForeFlight was founded in 2007 by aviation entrepreneurs who set out to build elegant, high-performing flight planning and flight bag apps for pilots. ForeFlight Mobile, the company’s flagship product, improves situational awareness, increases productivity, and simplifies decision making for pilots and flight crews all over the world. ForeFlight is used by all segments of aviation, including general, business, commercial, and military aviation. Learn more at www.foreflight.com.
Board Member
Oct 2010
Talend, a Qlik company, is a global leader in data integration and data management, is taking the work out of working with data. Organizations of all sizes in every industry are struggling to deliver on the potential value of data. Talend combines enterprise-grade data integration, quality, governance, and application and API integration in an end-to-end platform to unify data across any cloud, hybrid, or multi-cloud environment. Innovations like the Talend Trust Score™, which instantly quantifies the reliability of any dataset, remove barriers to becoming data driven. With Talend’s no-code and low-code solutions, data experts and business users alike can actively collaborate to discover, transform, govern, and share data across the organization. Over 7,250 customers rely on Talend’s complete, flexible, and trusted platform for modern data management that drives real business value. Top analyst firms and industry media consistently recognize Talend as a leader in data management software. For more information, please visit www.talend.com and follow us on Twitter: @Talend
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2021
Board Member
Feb 2021
Loopio is a Toronto-based RFP response software provider that helps companies streamline their process for RFPs, DDQs, and Security Questionnaires. With Loopio, teams can respond faster, improve response quality, and win more business. Loopio is one of Canada’s fastest-growing tech startups. It ranked twice as one of the fastest-growing companies on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ list and was selected twice as one of LinkedIn’s Top Startups in Canada. Visit www.loopio.com to learn more.
2020
Board Member
Jul 2020
Firstup is the world’s first intelligent communication platform. More than 40 percent of Fortune 100 companies use our platform to connect with their people, design and deliver personalized communications, and gain engagement insights throughout the employee journey. With Firstup, employers can view engagement data in real time, by organization, department, or employee. That helps leaders better understand their workforce, make informed decisions, and provide better experiences from hire to retire. Companies like Amazon, Tesco, Ford, and Hilton use Firstup every day to improve outcomes for their employees. Learn more at firstup.io
2018
Board Member
May 2018
Criteria is a talent success company that helps organizations make more objective, evidence-based talent decisions that both reduce bias and drive outcomes. Our world-leading tools include a comprehensive suite of rigorously validated assessments and decision-making tools that highlight the potential in every job candidate while providing an experience that candidates love. We take a scientific approach to every product we build by rigorously validating for results, ensuring transparency, and designing a human-focused solution that drives best practice hiring. Our enduring mission is to create a fairer, more robust and more efficient talent selection process. One that reduces the risk of bias and gives everyone an equal opportunity to prove their worth and value.
2016
Board Member
May 2016
Buildium is the only property management solution that helps real estate professionals win new business from property owners and community associations seeking services. Backed by expert advice and relentless support, Buildium enables you to outperform across all facets of your business with intuitive software that balances power, simplicity, and ease of use. Buildium services customers in more than 50 countries, totaling over 2 million residential units under management.
2015
Managing Director
Jan 2015
Sumeru Equity Partners is a technology-focused private equity firm that invests $50-$250 million in leading mid-market software, technology enabled services, and hardware companies with a focus on growth. Sumeru was founded by an experienced team from Silver Lake Sumeru with significant first-hand operating experience. Our strategy and operating experience enables us to take a flexible approach to deal types and investment structures including growth funding, founder transitions, buyouts, take-privates, recapitalizations, and corporate divestitures. Sumeru’s engagement model centers on partnering with management teams and investing in go-to-market, product, and operations to drive growth and strategic positioning.
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