# Grit Capital Partners

> Grit Capital Partners is a VC fund in New York backing Software and FinTech. See 30 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 30
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 30%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grit-capital-partners/
- Website: http://www.grit.vc/home/

Grit Capital Partners is a VC fund in New York focused on Software and FinTech. Grit Capital Partners invests in high potential entrepreneurs who seek to disrupt industries with technology and data, and are on a path to change the world. The combination of a powerful idea, an addressable market, and a world class team provides significant advantage when combined with their powerful network of entrepreneurs, executives, andtechnology veterans at the top of their game.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 20% |
| FinTech | 4 | 13% |
| Internet | 4 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 13% |
| Gaming | 3 | 10% |

73 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 13% |
| Series A | 4 | 13% |
| Series B | 3 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 7% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paul Palmieri | Managing General Partner / Founder | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-palmieri |
| Jesse Leikin | Entrepreneur In Residence | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jesse-leikin |
| Matthew Bellows | General Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-bellows |
| Mike Flannery | General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-flannery |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BRANDRANK.AI | BRANDRANK.AI help Brands continuously monitor and strengthen positioning using generative AI. | $3M | Seed | Jul 28, 2026 |  |
| Monark Markets | Monark Markets is an institutional-grade technology infrastructure, legal framework, and network connecting brokerages, advisors and custodians to private market securities. Monark owns and operates a broker dealer subsidiary and exempt reporting advisor subsidiary. | $8.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 18, 2026 |  |
| Kira | Kira is a unified API platform for organizations to execute payrolls, remittances, wallets, and cross-border payments. | $6.7M | Seed | Aug 25, 2025 |  |
| Averi | Averi is an AI-powered marketing management platform that combines proprietary AI models for marketing strategy and content creation.Design modern strategy, analyze massive amounts of data, create endless content from ads and social posts to blogs and whitepapers, build perfect-fit teams of marketing experts, and manage your entire growthoperation in one seamless experience. | $3M | Seed | May 27, 2025 |  |
| Monark Markets | Monark Markets is an institutional-grade technology infrastructure, legal framework, and network connecting brokerages, advisors and custodians to private market securities. Monark owns and operates a broker dealer subsidiary and exempt reporting advisor subsidiary. | $2.2M | Seed | Oct 22, 2024 |  |
| Speechlab, Inc. | Speechlab is building the category defining platform for speech-to-speech translation for professional creators, over the top media, and online education. The company was incubated at Andrew Ng's AI Fund. Its team have deep experience at building and commercializing new speech technologies. | $2.9M | Pre-Seed | Jun 19, 2024 |  |
| Chptr | Chptr is a mobile-first platform for memorialization that collects, shares, and preserves memories of a loved one's life for future generations. is a collection of recollections brought together to describe a loved one's entire life narrative. | $1.5M | Seed | Nov 09, 2023 |  |
| Chptr | Chptr is a mobile-first platform for memorialization that collects, shares, and preserves memories of a loved one's life for future generations. is a collection of recollections brought together to describe a loved one's entire life narrative. | $1.5M | Seed | Nov 09, 2023 |  |
| Porter | Porter is a big data and analytics company for health care and consumer products. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida, | $5.4M |  | Jan 04, 2023 |  |
| Porter | Porter is a big data and analytics company for health care and consumer products. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida, | $5.4M | Seed | Jan 04, 2023 |  |

10 of 30 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Scale Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scale-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Singularity Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/singularity-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Accel Starters](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel-starters) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Allen & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allen-and-company) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blockchange Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchange-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Grit Capital Partners invest in?

Grit Capital Partners invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 30 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 Grit Capital Partners?

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

The team at Grit Capital Partners includes Paul Palmieri (Managing General Partner / Founder), Jesse Leikin (Entrepreneur In Residence) and Matthew Bellows (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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