# Garnet Heraman

> Garnet Heraman is a seed investor at Aperture Venture Capital backing FinTech. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Aperture Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aperture-venture-capital)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garnetsheraman
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/GarnetHeraman
- Website: http://www.gshventure.com

Garnet Heraman is a seed investor at Aperture Venture Capital in Los Angeles focused on FinTech and InsurTech. Garnet S. Heraman is a seasoned entrepreneur, investor and advisor with 20+ years experience in fundraising, venture creation, business strategy and brand development. A builder by nature, his gift is forging founder vision into investor value at all stages of the venture cycle.Mr. Heraman is a founder of Anvil Venture Partners, which providescapital and consulting services to help startups accelerate from seed to scaling. Previously, he was a founder of Aegis Investment Partners, which provides mezzanine capital for corporate ventures. He advises numerous companies including:StrongArm Technologies, Inc.MetroButlerClearGrid EnergyOatMeals Franchising LLC The Fourth Corner Credit UnionBiba VenturesMr. Heraman also is co-owner of karinadresses.com, an ecommerce company that sells US-made lifestyle apparel. Karina Dresses has been featured in Good Morning America, xoJane.com and Travel+ Leisure Magazine, and in 2014 was named a finalist for the Martha Stewart American Made Award.Earlier, he founded & exited two Web 1.0 ventures: VentureVortex, a startup services platform merged with Aegis; UVentures, the first vertical exchange for university tech transfer, acquired by UTEK.Mr. Heraman and his ventures have been covered in The Wall Street Journal Online, Institutional Investor, Business Week Online, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur, Red Herring and Crain’s New York.He is/has been involved with several non-profit organizations, including TiE New York (https://ny.tie.org/), where he was a founding board member from 1999-2001; The CORO Foundation, which chose him for their prestigious Leadership New York Program (2000-1) and; The Columbia University Alumni Association.Mr.Heraman is deeply interested in meditation practices, fitness, food & wine, travel, art, industrial & graphic design, sacred music traditions, architecture and zombies. Despite his fascination with the slow-moving & mindless, he doesn't much care for politics & politicians. Go figure.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 40% |
| InsurTech | 2 | 40% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 20% |
| Property Insurance | 1 | 20% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Payment Labs | Payment Labs empowers startups and SMBs with enterprise grade tools and resources to make payments. | $3.3M | Seed | Aug 26, 2025 | https://paymentlabs.io |
| Deep Vector | Our advanced platform automates document workflows, allowing companies to extract, structure, and analyze data with speed and accuracy. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 08, 2025 | https://www.deepvector.com |
| Conduiit | Conduiit is a cloud-based FinTech platform that provides a one-stop shop for increasing profitability in film and TV productions. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Nov 30, 2023 | https://conduiit.app |
| Surround Insurance | Surround Insurance is an InsurTech company that offers property and casualty insurance products for young urban professionals. The company was founded in 2018 by Jonathon Grayson and Kate Terry and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. | $2.5M | Seed | Nov 21, 2022 | https://www.surroundinsurance.com/ |

4 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cameron Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cameron-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capital Eleven](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-eleven) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Collide Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collide-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- ESPMX — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fiat Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fiat-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Insurtech NY](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insurtechny) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Aperture Venture Capital

VC Fund · Philadelphia, United States

Aperture Venture Capital is VC for the Multicultural Mainstream. We back diverse founders leveraging financial innovation to help individuals and businesses thrive.

2 contacts available at Aperture Venture Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Garnet Heraman | Co-founder, Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garnet-heraman |
| William Crowder | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-crowder |

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## FAQ

### What does Garnet Heraman invest in?

Garnet Heraman invests primarily in FinTech, InsurTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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.

### How do I contact Garnet Heraman?

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### When did Garnet Heraman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Garnet Heraman closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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