# Jeffrey Silverman

> Jeffrey Silverman is a seed investor at Laconia (New York) backing SaaS and Software. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Laconia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laconia)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreyleesilverman/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jsilverman22
- Website: https://x.com/jsilverman22
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeffreylsilverman

Jeffrey Silverman is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Laconia. An operator at his core, Jeffrey’s career has been focused on building and scaling early stage media and technology companies. Prior to founding Laconia, Jeffrey was the CEO and President of Integrated Color Solutions (ICS). During his tenure, ICS raised over $25 million in multiplerounds of financing from private equity investors and strategic alliances. Jeffrey also held several senior-level positions at DoubleClick, where he helped facilitate the successful sale of the Media Division to its competitor L90, which was later acquired by IAC. He entered the investing world by founding Laconia Ventures, the precursor to Laconia today, through which he built a portfolio of 20+ early stage companies. He is a graduate of Tulane University and attended Columbia University’s Executive Education Program. The social butterfly of the team, Jeffrey has yet to meet a nonprofit that he’s not a part of - from Project Morry to Civics Unplugged to Friends of the Lake, the list keeps growing. He credits his enviable athleticism to coaching all 3 of his kids and their friends in baseball, basketball, softball, flag football, and soccer, earning him the title of “Funcle”. As the first Gen Z representative in his 50s, he wears his title proudly.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 4 | 25% |
| Software | 4 | 25% |
| Advertising | 4 | 25% |
| Mobile | 3 | 19% |
| Analytics | 3 | 19% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 44% |
| Series A | 3 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 19% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 69% |
| Israel | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Merri | Merri is revolutionizing how events are designed, planned, and booked in the digital age. We are streamlining the historically non-digital live events industry through a first-of-its-kind interactive 3D platform. Our integrated workflows and collaboration tools bring venues, vendors, and event hosts onto a single platform, creating the onlycentralized platform for information, processes, and tools across the entire events ecosystem. We believe that planning an event shouldn't take away from the joy of whatever it is you're celebrating. Whether a wedding, non-profit gala, annual meeting, or a brand activation, Merri streamlines all of the decision making that goes into planning a flawless event — from the venue, to the menu. |  | Seed | Jun 01, 2021 |  |
| xtraCHEF | xtraCHEF is a cloud-based restaurant management platform that gives finance and operations teams the tools and insights to improve productivity and profits. By digitizing your invoices with xtraCHEF, your restaurant can unlock data and insights to drive better decision making...from recipe and inventory management to more informed purchasing andvendor negotiations. You can even earn cash back in the form of manufacturer rebates. | $7.5M | Series A | May 30, 2019 |  |
| xtraCHEF | xtraCHEF is a cloud-based restaurant management platform that gives finance and operations teams the tools and insights to improve productivity and profits. By digitizing your invoices with xtraCHEF, your restaurant can unlock data and insights to drive better decision making...from recipe and inventory management to more informed purchasing andvendor negotiations. You can even earn cash back in the form of manufacturer rebates. | $3M | Seed | Mar 26, 2018 |  |
| Lolleez | Lolleez organic throat soothing pops for kids will be available this Summer. Add your email address to Their list and you’ll be the first to know when and where to get some. |  |  | Mar 01, 2017 |  |
| Mine Hill Distillery | Mine Hill Distillery Their vision is a commitment to craftsmanship and authenticity. They will only sell what They make from start to finish. They honor the determination and Yankee Ingenuity of the Industrial Revolution to make things once again in Roxbury. They support our Community of local craftsmen, farmers, artists and other businesses byour efforts. They are proud to say on our label Distilled and Bottled by Mine Hill Distillery. |  |  | Mar 01, 2017 |  |
| Rumble | Rumble offers boxing-inspired fitness classes for a full-body strength and conditioning workouts crafted around specially designed water-filled, teardrop-style boxing bags. Rumble incorporates the best principles of the sweet science of boxing and strength training, all to help you develop that lean, strong, and confident fighter's physique.Rumble is HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training), strength training, metabolic conditioning (METCON), and uppercut throwing cardio in one clean class. |  |  | Feb 01, 2017 |  |
| Rumble | Rumble offers boxing-inspired fitness classes for a full-body strength and conditioning workouts crafted around specially designed water-filled, teardrop-style boxing bags. Rumble incorporates the best principles of the sweet science of boxing and strength training, all to help you develop that lean, strong, and confident fighter's physique.Rumble is HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training), strength training, metabolic conditioning (METCON), and uppercut throwing cardio in one clean class. |  |  | Aug 01, 2016 |  |
| TripleLift | TripleLift builds technology to make ads that empower rather than interrupt. Leveraging pioneering computer vision technology, TripleLift creates ads that blend in with the user experience as people consume content within television, walled gardens and the open web. | $10.5M | Series B | Jun 11, 2015 |  |
| Furious Corp | Furious Corp offers media companies that sells advertising broader and deeper visibility into their advertising business and to provide the tools to optimize sales, operational efficiency, and productivity of businesses. PROPHET connects the disparate systems and data that powers its users’ ad businesses and works hand in hand with them to enableunified yield optimization across all channels, formats, and clients to continually optimize their advertising portfolio.PROPHET is a horizontal SaaS platform which automates the ingestion and normalization of its users’ data into a common structure, providing them with visuals giving visibility into inventories, sales, and audiences. The company offers its users with pre-deployment planning to post-deployment training and support services. Training and support is divided into two categories namely, virtual and in-person learning. Virtual learning offers the advantages of live instructions without the expense and time associated with travel. In-person instructor lead classroom style learning.Furious Corp is an Israel-based company that was founded in 2014 by Hillel Rom and Ashley Swartz. |  | Seed | May 20, 2015 |  |
| TripleLift | TripleLift builds technology to make ads that empower rather than interrupt. Leveraging pioneering computer vision technology, TripleLift creates ads that blend in with the user experience as people consume content within television, walled gardens and the open web. | $4M | Series A | Mar 05, 2014 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Inovia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inovia-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [NextView Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nextview-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [True Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Liberty City Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liberty-city-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ValueStream Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valuestream-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ben Franklin Technology Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-franklin-technology-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Laconia

VC Fund · New York, United States

Laconia leads investments in seed-stage B2B companies digitizing legacy industries.

5 contacts available at Laconia.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Lee | Managing Director, LVAM | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-lee-f739 |
| Geri Kirilova | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geri-kirilova |
| Jeffrey Silverman | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-silverman |
| Allison Esposito Medina | Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allison-esposito |
| David Arcara | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-arcara |

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## FAQ

### What does Jeffrey Silverman invest in?

Jeffrey Silverman invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Advertising startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jeffrey Silverman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jeffrey Silverman closed in Jun 2021. Shizune tracks 16 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?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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