# Larry Summers, Board Member

> Larry Summers, Board Member. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/larry-summers (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Surrey, US · Angel

# Larry Summers

Board Member at [Nikesh Arora](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nikesh-arora)

Latest rounds

- **Gusto** Round · $90M Nov 2016

Backs *HR Tech* *Fintech*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 1 last Nov 2016
- **Filings:** - with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 3 +1 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them
- **On filings** No filing names them
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Nikesh Arora
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date.

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## The firm

[**Nikesh Arora** VC firm · IN **3** cheques in 12 months **22** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nikesh-arora)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 1
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $90M
- **Active:** 2016

2016

- [Gusto](https://millionrounds.com/company/gusto) *Round* **$90M** Nov 2016 Joined · +103 investors

By stage

- Round **1**

What they backed

HR Tech **1** Fintech **1**

Alongside

- [Aaron Levie *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-levie)
- Aaron Patzer *1*
- [Adam Nash *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adam-nash)
- [Alex Bard *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alex-bard)
- [Alexis Ohanian *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexis-ohanian)
- [Ali Rowghani *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ali-rowghani)
- [Altimeter Capital Management *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altimeter-capital)
- [Andrew Chen *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrew-chen)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Also at Nikesh Arora

- [**Maneesh Arora** CEO & Co-Founder *19 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/maneesh-arora)
- [**Sachin Bansal** Chairman *11 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/sachin-bansal)
- [**Paul Singh** Managing Partner *7 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/paul-singh-3)
- [**Nikesh Arora** Chairman CEO *6 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/nikesh-arora)
- [**Sandeep Tandon** Partner *5 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/sandeep-tandon)
- [**Shaun Arora** Chief Executive Officer *5 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/shaun-arora-2)
- [**Josh Silverman** CEO *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-silverman)
- [**Jitendra Gupta** Founder & CEO *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jitendra-gupta)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [All-In](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/all-in) · 11 Apr 2025 · 2h 2m The Great Tariff Debate with David Sacks, Larry Summers, and Ezra Klein With [Larry Summers](https://millionrounds.com/person/larry-summers) Mentions [David Sacks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-sacks) About this episode (0:00) Bestie intros! (0:58) Reacting to Trump targeting China and postponing all other reciprocal tariffs (21:21) Measures for success of tariffs, debating the impact of letting China into the WTO (46:14) Is the US being exploited on trade? Was free trade a mistake? (1:02:01) Recession… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 12 Jun 2023 · 40 min 20VC: Larry Summers on How to Manage Inflation; Should We Increase Rates Even Higher, Why We Need To Change The US Tax System, Why Europe is a Museum, China is a Jail and Bitcoin is an Experiment & How a Trump Win Would Hurt the US Economy With [Larry Summers](https://millionrounds.com/person/larry-summers) Mentions [Harvard University](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harvard-university)[Sarah Cannon](https://millionrounds.com/person/sarah-cannon) About this episode Larry Summers is the Former Treasury Secretary and one of America's leading economists. In addition to serving as 71st Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration, Dr. Summers served as Director of the White House National Economic Council in the Obama Administration, as President… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 19 Dec 2016 · 35 min 20VC: Learnings From Mary Meeker & Larry Summers, Missing Out On Uber & The Changing World of VC with Canvas Partner, Rebecca Lynn With [Larry Summers](https://millionrounds.com/person/larry-summers)[Mary Meeker](https://millionrounds.com/person/mary-meeker)[Rebecca Lynn](https://millionrounds.com/person/rebecca-lynn-2) About this episode Rebecca Lynn is a Partner @ Canvas, where she focusses on Fintech, Digital Health, SaaS and mobile. Rebecca led an early stage investment in Lending Club, which was the largest US technology IPO of 2014 and the 4th largest Internet IPO since 2001. She has also led investments in the likes of Check… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Larry Summers in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 5 Feb 2020 · 1h 30m E32: "Angel" podcast: Season 4 Premiere! Sarah Cannon, Partner at Index Ventures, shares insights on investing in the future of work, underrated emerging startup markets, going from the Obama Administration to Venture Capital, increasing upward mobili With [Sarah Cannon](https://millionrounds.com/person/sarah-cannon) Mentions [CapitalG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capitalg)[Danny Rimer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/danny-rimer)[Larry Summers](https://millionrounds.com/person/larry-summers) About this episode 0:01 Jason intros Season 4 of Angel & Index Ventures' Sarah Cannon 3:22 How did working for the Obama administration lead Sarah into Venture Capital? 4:56 Picking a fight with Larry Summers as an intern 15:42 Choosing Harvard's MBA program over Stanford's 18:26 Getting into VC 20:27 Working at… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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