Differential Ventures
VC Fund
New York, United States
Differential Ventures is a VC fund in New York focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Differential Ventures invest in b2b tech startups with a unique advantage in data science and machine intelligence that will transform the way businesses operate. It is a seed-stage vc fund that invests in b2b data-oriented technology solutions.
- Total investments:
- 58
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 38%
- Fund size:
- $42M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Differential Ventures invests in
Stages Differential Ventures invests in
Countries Differential Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 6 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1.8M–$8M
- Pre-Seed
- $300k–$5.4M
- Series A
- $4M–$21M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 19 (33%)
- Artificial Intelligence 16 (28%)
- Machine Learning 11 (19%)
- Information Technology 11 (19%)
- SaaS 6 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 30 (52%)
- Series A 7 (12%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (10%)
- Funding Round 2 (3%)
- Grant 1 (2%)
Country
- United States 18 (31%)
- Canada 10 (17%)
- Israel 4 (7%)
- United Kingdom 2 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Daria Barkai
Administrative Officer
|
Administrative Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
David Magerman
Managing Partner and Co-Founder
|
Managing Partner and Co-Founder | Total investments: 15 | Find email | |
Melissa Demma
Associate
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Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Ned Berman
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Nicholas Adams
Managing Partner and Co-founder
|
Managing Partner and Co-founder | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polly—our patented AI—uses the trillions of available public online posts she monitors every day to accurately predict population trends. Polly can learn the behaviour and likely reaction of any target market and coach you to create advertising and messaging that gets the results you want. You can even tell Polly what goals you want to achieve andshe will tell you what it will take to get there!Polly can be used to actually predict future trends and test messages before releasing them to the public. Some of our most popular services include: • Predicting Sales Trends • Competitive Analysis • Measuring Advertising Effectiveness • Message Testing • Conjoint Analysis • Public Opinion Research | $3M / Seed / Sep 03, 2026 | ||
| Orchestra is a software development company that provides a unified control plane for data operations to simplify data workflows and improve operational efficiency. The platform helps data teams tackle challenges such as debugging, infrastructure maintenance, and the implementation of data orchestration and quality frameworks. The company aims toempower data teams by minimizing operational complexities, allowing them to focus on extracting value from data. Their solutions are tailored to support modern data-driven organizations in scaling AI and data operations effectively. | $3.3M / Seed / Sep 01, 2026 | ||
| Valence is a communication tool that delivers emotional feedback in real-time conversation, aiming to augment emotional perception across different neurotypes, languages, communication styles, and cultures. | $5M / Seed / Jun 23, 2026 | ||
| PostSig automates the post-signature contract management process, ensuring obligations are met, deadlines tracked, and performance optimized. Stay compliant, mitigate risks, and maximize contract value effortlessly — turning your contracts from static documents to strategic assets. | $4.1M / Seed / Sep 16, 2025 | ||
| Row64 is the world’s first Data Science Spreadsheet powered by a GPU data engine that runs 10x to 1,000x faster than traditional data software. Designed ground up for Business Analysts & Data Scientists, Row64 blends the simplicity of Excel with the Power of Python to accelerate your data pipeline. Row64 works interactively with billions ofrecords, delivers keynote quality storytelling tools and one-click Data Science recipes to spreadsheet users. | $4M / Seed / Jun 09, 2025 | ||
| User context management & metacognition for large language model applications. | $5.4M / Pre-Seed / Apr 11, 2025 | ||
| Circuit Mind builds Artificial Intelligence that completely automates the design of Electronics Circuit boards | Series A / Jul 01, 2024 | ||
| Circuit Mind builds Artificial Intelligence that completely automates the design of Electronics Circuit boards | $6.1M / Seed / Jul 01, 2024 | ||
| HATCH is the first of its kind Giving Intelligence Platform. An AI-powered portal for Fundraisers, Marketers and Volunteers to streamline and Maximize their impact. A new home for a new world of giving! HATCH unifies expanded-data to create the complete human profile and applies proprietary algorithms to recommend the most timely, personalized andeffective methods of outreach. For the first time, you’ll know what makes your donors, customers, and employees tick, click and give. | $3.1M / Seed / Apr 09, 2024 | ||
| Accounting for what's next. | $9M / Seed / Feb 13, 2024 | ||
| See all 58 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Differential Ventures invest in?
Differential Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 58 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Differential Ventures's check size?
Differential Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$8M at Seed, $300k–$5.4M at Pre-Seed and $4M–$21M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Differential Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Differential Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Differential Ventures?
The team at Differential Ventures includes Daria Barkai (Administrative Officer), David Magerman (Managing Partner and Co-Founder) and Melissa Demma (Associate), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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