# New York Venture Partners

> New York Venture Partners is a VC fund in New York backing Software and SaaS. See 75 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 75
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/11027196
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/NYVenture
- Website: http://www.nyvp.com

New York Venture Partners is a seed stage venture capital firm dedicated to the entrepreneur. New York Venture Partners provide an ecosystem of financing, mentorship and strategic marketing consulting to the best entrepreneurs out there today.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $325k–$4M |
| Pre-Seed | $750k–$2M |
| Series A | $1.2M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 26 | 35% |
| SaaS | 8 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 11% |
| Internet | 5 | 7% |
| Mobile | 4 | 5% |

127 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 51 | 68% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 7% |
| Series A | 4 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 5% |
| Angel | 2 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 58 | 77% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |
| Denmark | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brian S. Cohen | Founding Partner | 46 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-cohen-2 |
| Trace Cohen | Founding Partner | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trace-cohen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dstlry | DSTLRY is the next-generation comics publisher and it redefines creator-owned comic books for consumers everywhere. | $5M | Seed | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| nMachine | nMachine is a low-code solution that lets companies rapidly create powerful operations platforms for their engineers, who need to safely operate their complex, programmable, cloud native infrastructure every day. In other words, we are building programmable platforms (i.e programmable PaaS’s) for the modern programmable infrastructure era. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Oct 05, 2022 |  |
| Hank | Caregiving tools designed just for you. Hank saves you time by scheduling and fulfilling essential tasks on your behalf. | $7M | Seed | Jun 28, 2022 |  |
| Marqii | Marqii’s automated system removes the daily pain points associated with updating content across consumer-facing platforms. Marqii revolutionizes the way restaurants, bars, coffee shops and dispensaries publish their menus, location data, and specials to potential customers. This process creates consistent and accurate content which leads to anincrease in unbranded local search. | $4.1M | Seed | Mar 08, 2022 |  |
| Popchew | The internet's golden arches will be built with pixels, of bricks. | $3.6M | Seed | Mar 04, 2022 |  |
| Kidas | Today's online threats go beyond viruses and hackers. The most dangerous risks are hiding in live conversations: harassment, grooming, scams, and hate speech. ProtectMe by Kidas is the missing layer of protection for young gamers. Kidas protects over 900,000 gamers every day, delivering real-time protection where families and schools need itmost.Kidas partners with online security providers, Internet service providers and Esports organization to help them protect their users when they game. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 11, 2021 |  |
| Kreatures of habit | Kreatures of Habit provides a positive platform of exercise, nutrition, and wellbeing tools through Habitual Rituals. Chernow's remedy to incorporating that first good routine into your daily life is plant-based, gluten-free, superfood-laced porridge. | $2.2M | Seed | Aug 26, 2021 |  |
| Upstream App | Upstream is the best place to grow your professional community. | $2.8M | Seed | May 19, 2021 |  |
| Cast Corporation | Customer-facing Casts explain financial and revenue data to users and convince them to take high-value actions. |  |  | Mar 16, 2021 |  |
| Cast Corporation | Customer-facing Casts explain financial and revenue data to users and convince them to take high-value actions. |  | Seed | Mar 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 75 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does New York Venture Partners invest in?

New York Venture Partners invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 75 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 New York Venture Partners's check size?

New York Venture Partners typically joins rounds of $325k–$4M at Seed, $750k–$2M at Pre-Seed and $1.2M–$12M 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 New York Venture Partners participates in.

### How do I contact New York Venture Partners?

Public channels for New York Venture Partners include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at New York Venture Partners?

The team at New York Venture Partners includes Brian S. Cohen (Founding Partner) and Trace Cohen (Founding Partner). 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 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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