# Accelerate New York Seed Fund

> Accelerate New York Seed Fund is a VC fund backing Health Care. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melville, United States
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accelerate-ny-seed-fund/about/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AccelerateNY
- Website: http://www.anyseedfund.com

Accelerate New York Seed Fund is a VC fund in Melville focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. Accelerate NY Seed Fund supports science and technology-based early stage ventures. Provide critical seed and pre-seed funding for early stage growth.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 10 | 45% |
| Biotechnology | 7 | 32% |
| Health Diagnostics | 5 | 23% |
| Medical | 3 | 14% |
| Software | 3 | 14% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 17 | 77% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 9% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peter Donnelly | Managing Director | 4 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cress Health | Cress Health develops disruptive technologies to enhance individual and organizational mental wellness. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Fuell | Fuell the unifying idea: to create an urban mobility solution for cities.which is the best application of electric powertrains. The founders combined their experience and competences to invent a new experience entirely focused in the urban rider's needs |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Qunnect | Qunnect is a spin-off venture from the Quantum Information Technology group at Stony Brook university that focusses on engineering novel quantum devices enabling future information networks and quantum computing using photons to communicate and atoms to store and process quantum information. In particular, Qunnect focuses on engineering novelquantum memories and quantum sources that will enable future information networks and quantum computing. | $800K | Seed | Jan 07, 2020 |  |
| CalmiGo | CalmiGo is a natural, portable, and drug-free solution provider. It is a drug-free device and it is used for immediate relief of moments of distress, anxiousness, and stress by regulating the users'​breathing patterns and senses, alleviating symptoms on the spot. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2020 |  |
| Goldilocks Therapeutics | Goldilocks Therapeutics develop preventatives treatments for acute kidney injury, polycystic kidney disease, and other kidney conditions. The company uses its proprietary mesoscale nanoparticles (MNPs) specifically target therapeutic payloads to the renal tubule epithelium. It was founded in 2018 and is based in Bedford, New York. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2020 |  |
| HashLynx | HashLynx will dramatically improve the efficiency and transparency of capital markets with our leading edge blockchain solutions and financial expertise. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2019 |  |
| Aspisafe Solutions | Aspisafe Solutions is a medical device company focused on developing feeding medical devices such as catheters, feeding tubes, nasogastric tubes, and nasogastric tube holders. Aspisafe Solutions' flagship product is a nasogastric tube that prevents stomach reflux that reduces the chances of pneumonia. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2019 |  |
| Toggle | How will we build the next generation of cities and infrastructure when key construction methods have remained unchanged for a generation? As the built environment grows larger and more complex Toggle is introducing industrial robotics and automation to critical construction methods and materials. Starting with rebar for reinforced concrete Toggleis reinventing the way we build our world. | $570K | Pre-Seed | Nov 10, 2018 |  |
| TargaGenix Inc. | was founded in 2013 to develop novel compounds that are effective on both drug-resistant tumors and cancer stem cells. In numerous preclinical models of cancer, including colon, pancreatic, prostate, breast and lung cancers the company’s lead product SBT-1214 has shown to completely eliminate the tumor. Additional studies have shown that SBT-1214is able to effectively down-regulate “stemness” gene expression and kill cancer stem cells. Additional chemical modifications and a novel fatty-acid based nanoemulsion formulation result in a drug that has improved pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics properties as well as reduced toxicity. | $100K | Seed | Sep 16, 2018 |  |
| Epivax Oncology | EpiVax Oncology is a provider of a clinical research and development platform intended to offer various type of precision cancer immunotherapies. The company's platform are based on optimal neo-epitopes selected through its proprietary and validated, in-silico, predictive algorithms, enabling clients to address the unmet medical needs that areinadequately addressed by current cancer therapeutic approaches. | $1.2M |  | Jun 12, 2018 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AJI Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aji-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Arizona Tech Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arizona-technology-investor-forum) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Belmond Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/belmond-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Empire Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/empire-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Techstars Chicago — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Farfetch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/farfetch) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Accelerate New York Seed Fund invest in?

Accelerate New York Seed Fund invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Health Diagnostics startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Accelerate New York Seed Fund?

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### Who are the partners at Accelerate New York Seed Fund?

The team at Accelerate New York Seed Fund includes Peter Donnelly (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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