# Azafran Capital Partners

> Azafran Capital Partners is a VC fund in New York backing Software and PaaS. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Oct 2018
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/azafran-capital-partners/
- Website: http://azafrancapitalpartners.com/

Azafran Capital Partners is a New York City-based Deep Transformational Technologies Venture Fund. Azafran Fund II invests in post-seed companies utilizing disruptive voice, acoustics/sensory, and imagery technologies embedded with augmented AI /ML in the health, wellness and enterprise markets.Azafran invests in companies that have putseed capital to good use while demonstrating vision and entrepreneurial leadership, with clear product-market fit and strong traction.We are in the midst of the most rapid acceleration of technology the world has experienced, maybe ever. Social distancing has only accentuated trends that were already well underway such as machine learning and technology moving to the edge. This is a moment when the modalities of voice, acoustics/sensory and imagery have been elevated to mission critical. From healthcare to customer care, entrepreneurs across the globe are developing groundbreaking solutions and technologies. As proven entrepreneurs and investors, we invest early in innovative teams solving challenging problems disrupting large markets with deep technology, embedded in end to end solutions. In 2020 our research team tracked $27B of transactions in our defined market, up from $23B in 2019, $9B in 2018 and $4B in 2017 @ 75% CAGR.The Azafran Capital team is hands on, with deep domain expertise and great networks, with many years experience having worked together across multiple enterprises. We have built many companies large and small, we are operators, having been through the full lifecycle time and time again, from raising capital, to hiring and firing, and all aspects of management which we bring to bear every day for our portfolio companies.Azafran is Spanish for “Saffron” which is known to be the most valuable spice in the world. At one time Saffron was more valuable than gold, used as currency and was viewed as possessing transformational value. Our name Azafran reminds us of our international scope and our mission to find founders who are developing transformational technology and seeking to build extraordinary companies.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| PaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Audio | 1 | 20% |
| Mobile | 1 | 20% |
| Retail | 1 | 20% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 80% |
| Australia | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Nikic | Associate | 0 | — |
| Jakov Novakovic | Analyst | 0 | — |
| James Kenefick | Co-founder, Managing Partner | 0 | — |
| Jerry Garcia | Director of IR, Chief of Staff | 0 | — |
| Kristina Boras | Analyst | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| tagSpace | tagSpace provides customers a no-code solution for location-based Augmented Reality. Our target markets are Music Festivals, Big Events and City Experiences. Our product helps people in any situation where a map does not; guiding them through large, open and possibly crowded spaces, whilst overlaying real-time information such as queue times ateach location. This creates a canvas in which promotional marketing can thrive.We believe this is a massive opportunity since we can promote Big Brands and Local Businesses to people in a way that is engaging and immersive, at the same time as giving those end-users real value.Our platform is backed with a custom CMS with a full suite of analytics. tagSpace technology is 100% proprietary and backed by several international patents. | $413K | Seed | Oct 10, 2018 | https://tagspace.com/ |
| Yobe | Voice technologies continue to be plagued by issues stemming from background noise including other voices (i.e. errors in voice commands) and access/security using voice ID. Yobe’s innovative, patented approach to the Cocktail Party Problem is exponentially more effective than comparable technologies. Yobe uses Artificial Intelligence toidentify unique voice biometrics within a noisy intake signal to identify and track individual voices. A byproduct of this capacity is that the signal of interest (the target person talking) can be enhanced for a better listening experience, speaker identification, or enables significantly improved performance for automatic speech recognition (ASR). To date, there is no other real-time technology that can manage all these capabilities in a single on-the-edge (on device, non-internet dependent) software solution that is agnostic to microphone inputs and form factor. | $1.8M | Seed | May 08, 2018 | http://yobe-inc.com |
| Aspinity | Aspinity offers neuromorphic all-analog integrated circuit technology that can replicate the functionality of digital signal processors. It reduces the system power requirements for always-on sensing applications.Their vision is that battery life does not have to stand in the way.It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. | $570K | Seed | Jan 01, 2018 | http://www.aspinity.com/ |
| Aterian | Aterian is a consumer product platform that offers data and automation tools for brands. The company builds, acquires, and partners with brands, harnessing proprietary software and an agile supply chain to create top-selling consumer products. Aterian was founded in 2014 with offices in America, Canada, Poland, Israel, China, and the Philippines,and remote employees in France, Australia, Croatia |  | Series B | Jun 25, 2017 | https://www.aterian.io |
| ArmorText | ArmorText provides secure text messaging for mobile enterprises to boost collaboration, ensure security, and help meet compliance standards. It enables regulated industries to maximize the potential of cloud computing and storage for collaboration by eliminating the possibility of data-mining, bulk-hacks, invoicing scams and third-party access thatbypasses a customer’s legal counsel via subpoenas. | $376K | Convertible Note | Mar 10, 2017 | https://armortext.com/ |

5 of 5 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Azafran Capital Partners invest in?

Azafran Capital Partners invests primarily in Software, PaaS and Audio startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Azafran Capital Partners?

The team at Azafran Capital Partners includes Daniel Nikic (Associate), Jakov Novakovic (Analyst) and James Kenefick (Co-founder, Managing Partner), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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