Paul Palmieri
Managing General Partner / Founder @ Grit Capital Partners
Baltimore, United States
Paul Palmieri is a seed investor at Grit Capital Partners in Baltimore focused on Mobile and Big Data. Paul Palmieri is Managing Partner and co-founder of Grit Capital Partners, and has a focus on investments using applied AI to transform commerce, media, and martech. Paul is a zero-to-public unicorn-founder/CEO and serial entrepreneur turned 10-year student of venture investing. Prior to founding Grit Capital Partners, he leaned into venturein roles at New Enterprise Associates and BlueRun Ventures before assembling the partnership and patiently delivering two top-decile pilot funds and over $1B in exit EV. He co-founded Millennial Media (Unicorn, IPO) in the mobile transition, and Incremental, an AI company in this cycle, where he serves as Executive Chairman. Earlier in his career, he led mobile data for Verizon Wireless from $30M-$4B, and led teams and an industry to define the app economy, and bring advertising technology to life. He is widely recognized for this leadership. He has led the firm’s investments in more than a dozen companies. Paul currently serves on the boards of portfolio companies Niche and Incremental. Paul is former Global Chairman of the MMA (Mobile Marketing Association) and served on the board of the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau). He has been a national judge for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year program, and is a winner of the award in the technology category. Paul is a graduate of Mount St. Mary’s University and splits time between New York City and Maryland. Mr. Palmieri is a graduate of Mount St. Mary’s University, where he is a Trustee Emeritus, and founder of the Palmieri Center for Entrepreneurship.
- Total investments:
- 17
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 29%
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Industries Paul Palmieri invests in
Stages Paul Palmieri invests in
Countries Paul Palmieri invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $250k–$5.4M
- Pre-Seed
- $2.5M–$2.9M
- Series B
- $2M–$16M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 4 (24%)
- Big Data 3 (18%)
- Analytics 3 (18%)
- Health Care 3 (18%)
- Internet 2 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (35%)
- Series B 3 (18%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (12%)
- Funding Round 2 (12%)
- Angel 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| BRANDRANK.AI help Brands continuously monitor and strengthen positioning using generative AI. | $3M / Seed / Jul 28, 2026 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| lockr is the first consumer-focused platform for identity, consent and data. The value exchange of the Internet – trading user data for subsidized access to digital content – was originally negotiated without consumers at the table. the impending deaths of the cookie and the device ID present a unique opportunity to redefine this model andincorporate consumer choice and consent into the equation.lockr is building the means for this revolution: a universal digital identity solution for tomorrow’s consumer that is congruent with the Internet economy. | $2.5M / Pre-Seed / Dec 25, 2022 | ||
| Niche.com is a platform that enables users to discover and research U.S. colleges, schools, neighborhoods, and companies. The company rigorously analyzes public data sets and millions of reviews to produce comprehensive rankings, report cards, and profiles for every K-12 school, college, neighborhood, and large employer. | $2M / Series B / Feb 07, 2019 | ||
| Jackpocket is creating a more convenient, fun, and responsible way to play the lottery. The first licensed third-party lottery app in the United States, Jackpocket offers players an easy, secure way to order official state lottery tickets, such as Powerball, Mega Millions, from their phone. Lottery players use Jackpocket to place ticket orders fortheir favorite games, check lottery results, join lottery pools with other Jackpocket players, and turn on Autoplay so they never miss a drawing. Jackpocket is available in Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, and Washington, D.C. with many new markets on the horizon. | $16.4M / Series B / Oct 30, 2018 | ||
| Zeel delivers Massage On Demand:registered: - top-quality massages from licensed, vetted massage therapists to homes, hotels, workplaces, and events in as little as an hour, or up to a month in advance. With Zeel, customers enjoy a massage in the comfort, convenience, safety, and privacy of the place and time of their choosing, 7 days a week, 365days a year, with start times as early as 8 am and as late as 10:30 pm. Services by app for iPhone or Android . Our first service offering is Massage On Demand:registered:. Zeel has been offering Massage On Demand since December 2012, launching the app on April 2, 2013. Massage On Demand:registered: is disrupting the $15B US and $80B global massage market.The Zeel app allows customers to get massage at their home, hotel, workplace or event in as little as an hour, or up to a month in advance. They choose between a soothing Swedish and invigorating deep tissue massage. Customers pay a set price (including tax & tip), charged to their credit card on file. All therapists are fully vetted in person, licensed in their state of practice, insured (minimum of $1M), background-checked and trained by the Zeel team to reach the highest levels of customer service and experience. In September 2013, Zeel launched Massage Zeelot, the first-ever same-day, on-demand massage subscription service. Customers receive at least one in-home, on-demand Zeel Massage per month at a preferred rate, along with a free professional-grade massage table, theirs to keep. | Series B / Apr 01, 2018 | ||
| Niche.com is a platform that enables users to discover and research U.S. colleges, schools, neighborhoods, and companies. The company rigorously analyzes public data sets and millions of reviews to produce comprehensive rankings, report cards, and profiles for every K-12 school, college, neighborhood, and large employer. | $6.6M / Series B / Feb 07, 2018 | ||
| The workforce is changing dramatically and Artichoke is the business platform to empower this next generation of independent workers.Artichoke gives the independent professional the tools to keep schedules full with revenue producing appointments instead of time wasting administrative tasks.Artichoke is a post revenue SaaS company whichcombines fintech, client data, and marketing automation to empower entrepreneurs in appointment based businesses to set up shop and start earning quickly. | $100K / Angel / Sep 24, 2015 | ||
| Moonlighting is a mobile, on-demand application that allows people to earn extra money and get tasks done instantly. It creates a virtual marketplace for individuals and small businesses, enabling communication between those needing a task done and those capable of fulfilling the need.It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered inCharlottesville, Virginia. | $1.4M / Seed / Jun 12, 2015 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Grit Capital Partners
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.
Grit Capital Partners Contacts
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Paul Palmieri
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Jesse Leikin
Entrepreneur In Residence
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Matthew Bellows
General Partner
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Mike Flannery
General Partner
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FAQ
What does Paul Palmieri invest in?
Paul Palmieri invests primarily in Mobile, Big Data and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Paul Palmieri invest in?
Paul Palmieri typically joins rounds of $250k–$5.4M at Seed, $2.5M–$2.9M at Pre-Seed and $2M–$16M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Paul Palmieri's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Paul Palmieri took part in.
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When did Paul Palmieri last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Paul Palmieri closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 17 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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