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NY City most active VC
Pareto Capital
New York, NY
Building and investing in early-stage companies. We have made over 900 early-stage investments across all industries and around the globe. We have no external investors and only invest our own capita.
We execute on several investments per month, are often the first to back exceptional entrepreneurs, and build companies a few times a year with a talented team of operators.
Adapt Ventures
Miami, Florida, USA
We're an early-stage venture firm backing audacious-founders with bold visions. We invest at the pre-seed and seed stage, writing checks from $200k-$500k in an initial investment. We’re intentional about being collaborative, hence why we don’t lead rounds, nor take board seats.
Access new markets, and expand across existing ones, through our vetted network of confidants to expedite your process in reaching scale.
FJ Labs
19 W 24th St 10th floor, New York, NY 10010, USA
We focus on marketplaces and network effect businesses having invested in Alibaba, Coupang, Flexport, Delivery Hero, Shipbob, Properly, Wallapop, Rappi, and many more. We have amassed the world’s largest portfolio of marketplace startups and over 30 of our investments have become unicorns.
Insight Partners
New York
Insight Partners is a leading global software investor, specializing in growth-stage technology and software companies. With a focus on Fintech, Cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and Healthcare sectors, they have invested in over 750 companies worldwide, with 55 of them achieving successful IPOs. The firm's core belief centers around growth equating to opportunity.
Activate Capital
San Francisco, CA
Building platforms for a sustainable, resilient, adaptable future. Backing pioneers in industry. At our core, Activate believes in a future where energy and industry are clean, connected, intelligent, and sustainable. We partner with entrepreneurs who share our vision and have the audacity and persistence to make it real.
Everywhere
New York, USA
Everywhere is a founder collective and early stage venture fund investing in the future of money, health, and work. We invest $50-250k into pre-seed companies looking to raise between $500-$2M. We are happy to lead or partner with other investors. We are generalists at heart, but lean into three core areas: money, health, and work. We embrace first-time founders, and founders who may lack traction but have a distinct vision for a world that may not exist…yet.
First Star Ventures
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
We believe in investing with conviction in visionary, technical founders inventing the future, inventing a better future with frontier computing technology, such as AI/ML, decentralization, edge computing, and techbio. Drawing on our experience and network of strategic partners across industries and regions, we help hard computing tech startups think big and grow fast.
Groove Capital
Minnesota
Minnesota’s Most Active Early Stage Investing Community. Groove Capital is where entrepreneurs go to get their first institutional investment. By combining the power of an active angel network with a traditional venture fund, Groove accelerates the velocity to a startup’s first funding, while providing its investors with a platform and process to invest with confidence
Lerer Hippeau Ventures
New York, NY
Lerer Hippeau is an early-stage venture capital fund based in New York City. As founders and operators ourselves, we see returns in relationships. Singularly obsessed with finding founders before they’re famous. We back good people with great ideas who aren’t afraid to do hard things.
Looking Glass Capital
New York, NY
Looking Glass invests in and supports mission-driven founders building companies solving today's biggest challenges across the themes of healthier living; human capital (all forms of education, tools and platforms for SMBs, and products that facilitate access, identity, or self-expression); and sustainability and the environment.
Maccabee Ventures
New York, NY
Maccabee Ventures is an early stage VC that leverages the 70,000+ alumni, faculty and students of Yeshiva University. Maccabee Ventures seeks to invest in early-stage capital efficient tech startups in industries in which our GPs have decades of successful investment experience.
Investing across North America and Israel
We are NYC-based
Melitas Ventures
New York, NY
Melitas Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in early stage food & beverage companies through the entire value chain, focusing on better-for-you food & beverage products. We have the expertise to support entrepreneurs in building efficient supply chains, omnichannel distribution networks and successful teams.
New York Venture Partners
New York, NY
Family office with 40+ direct angel investments in only priced rounds. NO notes/SAFEs Opportunistic but NO fintech, bio/health, education or insurance. New York Venture Partners focuses on pre/seed startups with over 60 direct investments. We provide an ecosystem of financing, mentorship and strategic marketing consulting to the best entrepreneurs out there today.
Newark Venture Partners
Newark, NJ
we back bold founders building the next generation of enterprise software. As a founder, the seed-stage investor you pick really matters. It is not a transaction but a relationship nurtured over years. nvp capital understands what it takes to build a business because we have done it ourselves… with the successes and scars to prove it.
Primary Venture Partners
New York, NY
We’re a Seed-stage venture capital firm responsible for backing NYC’s most promising founders. With the largest Portfolio Impact team of any NYC Seed investor, our talent, finance, go-to-market, and network resources drive measurable results and empower portfolio companies to thrive from Seed to Series A and beyond.
RiverPark Ventures
New York, NY
Early stage- $500k average first check. RiverPark Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund manager, founded by entrepreneurs to invest in entrepreneurs. We focus on high-growth, disruptive businesses with innovative products and services that have a proven business model in sectors where we believe the upside is enormous.Additionally, as operators, we understand the challenges of building a business, and we work with our companies to add value by applying our insight from two decades of first-hand execution and investment experience along with a deep and wide network of relationships.RiverPark Ventures is part of the RiverPark Funds group.
RTP Seed
New York, NY
We are two partners investing in early stage startups out of RTP Seed, a new $30mm fund. RTP Global is here today because of a bold bet. We’re a team of early stage investors. But we’re also a team of former founders, start-up operators, engineers, and data and computer scientists.
Social Starts
New York, NY
Social Starts is a venture capital partnership with a uniquely data-driven approach. We focus on companies that leverage social and mobile technologies with a particular emphasis on the emerging science and technology of health and happiness. Social Starts has been named a top fund under $100M since 2013 and is consistently rated as one of the most active early-stage funds worldwide.
Tectonic Ventures
Other
Tectonic Ventures partners with authentic entrepreneurs solving meaningful problems across the Enterprise landscape through technology-enabled solutions that have lasting value in the networks, data, and platforms they create. We are building a new type of venture firm necessary for the increasing time that founders need to be ready for their Series A round.
We become trusted advisors and collaborators, nurturing teams as they scale and develop world-class execution. We invest and partner with entrepreneurs from inception to seed stage. We provide experience, an expansive network, and, as entrepreneurs ourselves, the right mindset to help founders realize their vision. Remarkable founders have a vision that will shift the future.
Learn more: www.tectonicventures.com
Tournon Ventures
New York, NY
We specialize in supporting innovative products, technologies and services in regulated industries like healthcare and renewable energy.
That might mean investing in angel and seed rounds for startups, offering advisory services on commercial strategy to growing companies, or doing project development for multi-national corporations.
Whatever the engagement, our team brings an extensive network, business acumen, content expertise, and a willingness to roll up our sleeves to make deals happen.
Trail Mix Ventures (TMV)
New York, NY
We back early stage founders transforming legacy industries. We invest across the country. Checks begin at 1 million. We lead and co-lead rounds. Our core categories: Tech-enabled sustainable solutions, The Care Economy (health, pet, elder, personal) and The Future of Work.
Work-Bench
New York, NY
We’re your go-to Seed investor in the trenches supporting you to close enterprise deals and scale your go-to-market effort with our unmatched New York City hustle.. Work-Bench is an enterprise-focused venture fund based in New York City. We validate Fortune 500 IT pain points through our extensive corporate network and invest in the most promising companies addressing these challenges.
Zigg Capital
New York, NY
Zigg is a sector-focused fund in the real estate, construction and retail sectors and is somewhat stage agnostic, investing across all seed rounds and select series As and Bs. We are based in NYC but invest globally. We prefer to lead rounds, but are often flexible. Investments over the last decade include seed/series A investments in: Procore, Warby Parker, Matterport, Kasa, Juniper Square, Openspace.ai, Snapdocs and VTS.
AHG Lab
Makati, Philippines
At AHG Lab, we believe visionary ideas deserve a clear path to success. That's why we offer a comprehensive suite of Studio Strategies designed to empower entrepreneurs at every step of their journey. We understand the unique challenges startups face, and our strategies provide the essential support and resources you need to navigate the landscape.
Bayes Ventures
New York, NY
We invest at seed and pre-seed nationally. Our focal areas are: Digital health startups in the United States; B2B startups primarily in the Northeastern United States; Hard tech startups in the United States (primarily research driven and often thematic). We also invest in seed and Series A B2B software companies (ie. digital health, fintech, real estate tech, enterprise infrastructure) nationally out of RTP Ventures.
BBG Ventures
New York, NY
BBG Ventures is an early-stage fund leading investments in women & diverse founders who are uniquely qualified to build for our polycultural future - we were one of the first funds to bet on overlooked founders in 2014. We believe the next generation of breakout companies will be built by underestimated founders solving big problems for the 99%. We’re here to give them that first, crucial investment.
Betaworks
New York, NY
Betaworks is thematic by design, we immerse ourselves in irruption-phase technologies and work with founders and our community to understand new user behavior. We invest at pre-seed and seed stage and our typical check size ranges from $250,000 to $750,000. We also go deep into new categories through Camp, our cohort-based investment and product development program.
Blue 9 Capital
New York, NY
Family office in NYC that invests in early stage companies. Blue 9 Capital is a New York City-based family office that invests in private companies through direct equity and fund investments.
For over 30 years, we have supported founders and management teams with capital and value-added insights. Blue 9’s flexible investment mandate includes buyouts, growth, and venture capital across a range of sectors.
BOLDstart Ventures
New York, NY
For Bold Technical Founders Building the Future. Day one lead partner for technical enterprise founders. Before you build your team, before you write your first line of code, before you even take your first check—that’s when boldstart gets to work. We collaborate with technical founders well before company creation, lead pre-product rounds at Inception, and rally our early adopter network to help turn bold ideas into category-creating iconic companies.
From AI-native infrastructure, security, apps, and models, we back the builders reimagining how businesses operate.
We’ve been in the trenches with Snyk, Clay, Protect AI, CrewAI, Tessl, Stealth (robotics model), Stealth (bio model) and so many more from Inception.
Bowery Capital
New York, NY
Early-stage venture capital investors focused on helping our founders build the next generation of B2B market leaders. Partnering with and investing in like-minded founders, equally passionate about modernizing business through technology. We specialize in go-to-market strategy and early talent acquisition centrally focused on the revenue lines of a company.
BoxGroup
New York, NY
Best first conversation. Before there is a company, there is a conversation - we want to be that first conversation. Investing in dreams at the earliest stage with companies like Ramp, Plaid, Clay, Cursor, Ro and many more. Investing up to $1M, we want to be your first commitment. We don't believe in sharp elbows and invest alongside other investors.
Brooklyn Bridge Ventures
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the first VC fund founded in Brooklyn, NY, is the most accessible early stage partner for startups in NYC. Brooklyn Bridge Ventures is the first VC fund founded in Brooklyn, NY. We foster and online and offline community open to founders and innovative professionals of all backgrounds. As of May 2023, BBV is no longer making new investments.
Cloquet Capital Partners
New York, NY
Cloquet Capital Partners is an early and growth stage venture capital firm headquartered in New Canaan, CT. Burt McGillivray founded Cloquet in 2003 through a spinout of Bank One Equity Partners. We target technology companies with well-identified market opportunities that have begun to generate revenue. Our primary geographic focus is the Greater NYC Metro area.
Communitas Capital
New York, NY
Early-stage VC focused on Seed-Series B investments in fintech, crypto, marketplaces and gig economy, and alt-data. We partner with entrepreneurs who share our passion for industry-changing ideas. We roll up our sleeves to help exciting companies reach their potential. We believe it is fundamentally unfair for only the ultra-rich to be able to invest in emerging and disruptive companies.
Corigin Ventures
New York, NY
Corigin is a private real estate investment firm. We apply a conscious and dynamic approach to our business by making purposeful decisions that take all stakeholders into consideration. With deep roots in the industry, we seek to constantly innovate and evolve through changing markets, while staying true to our core values.
Counterview Capital
New York, NY
Counterview Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on investments in pre-seed and seed stage technology companies. We are looking to partner with creative and unconventional thinkers building innovative products that will nudge the world. We have a counter view towards venture, and we are seeking founders with a counter view towards the status quo.
Eniac Ventures
New York, NY
We lead seed rounds in bold founders who use code to create transformational companies. Armed with over 80 years of combined experience building our own companies, we are your active partners and roll up our sleeves to work for you. Providing capital is just the first step, when we lead your seed round, you get full access to the four general partners and the Eniac Platform.
Exponential Capital
New York, NY
Early stage NYC/Toronto based venture fund focused on positive social impact. Our team of investors, renowned scientists and industry leaders are focused on revolutionizing precision medicine, patient care and therapeutic breakthroughs. We are passionate about pioneering improved healthcare outcomes and advancing research to meaningfully transform the most pressing health challenges of our time.
FF Venture Capital
New York, NY
We seek founders who create new technologies or build upon the expanding capabilities of technology to develop new markets, change behaviors, and solve important problems. We look for new ideas and business models before they become established themes. We seek game changers, and believe the best companies define their own categories.
FinTech Collective
New York, NY
Our ambition is to create the future of financial services, bringing transparency and choice to developed markets and financial connectivity and socio-economic mobility to developing markets. FinTech Collective is a sector-focused early-stage venture capital firm, based in New York City and investing globally.
First Round Capital
New York, NY
Your first money in is one thing. But so are your first hires, your first product and your first customers. We’ve helped Notion, Roblox, Uber, Square, Verkada, Together and 500 others tackle these firsts and more. We’re called First Round for a reason. Your first money in is one thing. But so are your first hires, your first product and your first customers. We’ve helped Notion, Roblox, Uber, Square, Verkada, Together and 500 others tackle these firsts and more.
Founder Collective
New York, NY
Our mission is to build the most aligned VC fund for Founders at the seed stage. Founder Collective was founded in 2009 and are committed to building the most founder aligned seed fund. We invest in pre-series A startups, both participate in and lead rounds, and look for founders tackling compelling use cases.
Genacast Ventures
New York, NY
Fellow founders with a passion for technology. Genacast Ventures is a leading venture capital firm in the Northeast investing in the most promising B2B technology startups at the seed-stage. Our DNA as technology founders and operators gives us unique insight into the challenges faced by new companies.
Human Ventures
New York, NY
Human Ventures is an early-stage venture fund investing in ambitious founders who are innovating around the future of human needs. We define the Human Needs Economy as products and services that solve problems in the categories of health and wellness (digital health, mental health, nutrition), the future of work (career, re-skilling, talent assessment), and community (family, parenting, aging). Contact Us at
human@human.vc
IA Ventures
New York, NY
IA Ventures is a seed stage venture capital firm investing in software businesses ahead of product-market fit. IA Ventures invests in seed to early-stage companies in software, AI, and financial services sectors, focusing on North America, particularly in New York, San Francisco, and Toronto.
Indicator Ventures
New York, NY
We believe the best part of a story is yet to be told, which is why we invest in transformational companies at the earliest stage. We invest in technology that makes life (digital health), work (enterprise tech), and wealth building (fintech) easier. 60% of our portfolio is B2B, 20% is B2C and 20% is hybrid.
K50 Ventures
New York, NY
Pre-seed capital for purpose-driven companies.
K50 Ventures invests in mission-driven founders making work and life better for the "99% economy". We are thesis-driven, geographic agnostic, mostly consumer-oriented, and focused on the categories in housing, health & wellness, education, finances, and future of work.
We invest $50K - $200K as a lead or part of a syndicate with other investors in the Pre-seed and Seed financing rounds. As the company grows, we invest much larger checks on behalf of our LPs.
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