# Red Sea Ventures

> Red Sea Ventures is a VC fund in New York backing Software and Health Care. See 130 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 130
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 12%
- Fund size: $45M
- Last fund: Oct 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/red-sea-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/redseaventures
- Website: http://www.redseaventures.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/3663953082148

Red Sea Ventures is a VC fund in New York focused on Software and Health Care. Red Sea Ventures invests in early-stage technology-enabled companies that are building product offerings that have the potential to transform industries and consumer experiences for the better. They help and build companies with passionate founders creating solutions to big problems.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$7.2M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$3M |
| Series A | $5.5M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 16 | 12% |
| Health Care | 15 | 12% |
| E-Commerce | 12 | 9% |
| Internet | 10 | 8% |
| Information Technology | 9 | 7% |

162 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 54 | 42% |
| Series A | 34 | 26% |
| Pre-Seed | 11 | 8% |
| Series B | 8 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 5% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 80 | 62% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mathieu Ferel | Private Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mathieu-ferel |
| Paul Strachman | Partner | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-strachman |
| Scott Birnbaum | Founding Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-birnbaum |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elm Biosciences | Elm Biosciences is a skincare product manufacturing company that supplies cosmetics and dietary supplements. |  | Seed | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Jacob Bar | Jacob Bar is a food manufacturing company that specializes in clean‑ingredient, high‑protein snack bars. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2025 |  |
| Optiversal | Optiversal is a provider of AI, NLP, and GPT-3 powered content and merchandising solutions. The company accelerates the content creation process from ideation to publication by producing content suggestions trained on the product catalog. | $5.5M | Series A | May 20, 2025 |  |
| Elm | skincare brand | $2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 04, 2025 |  |
| Happy Howl | Happy Howl sells human-grade dog food that is rich in vitamins and minerals. They provide dog food that has been shown to relieve acute diarrhea, vomiting, and digestion issues, as well as help with weight management for all. Happy Howl's recipes contain no artificial preservatives, additives, meat fillers, or byproducts and are made from 100%locally sourced, human-grade ingredients. | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 01, 2025 |  |
| Dorsia | Dorsia is a members-only platform that offers reservations at in-demand restaurants in major cities. The platform utilizes technology to enhance experiences for both operators and members, ensuring smooth booking without stress. Dorsia operates in various cities, including Miami, Los Angeles, Dubai, and San Francisco, making it a versatile choicefor food enthusiasts. | $50.4M | Series A | Feb 14, 2025 |  |
| Reclip | Reclip is a social application that captures and shares real moments of the persons. It provides social media entertainment for the users of the app. Reclip is located in Los Angeles, California. | $2M | Seed | Jan 28, 2025 |  |
| Sightline Climate | Sightline Climate is a market intelligence platform that provides data-driven insights as well as tactical intelligence on climate change. | $5.5M | Seed | Jan 27, 2025 |  |
| Staircase Studios | Staircase Studios AI is a film, television, and gaming studio telling new, original stories, powered by AI | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jan 07, 2025 |  |
| Mesa | Our mission is to make homeownership more affordable and rewarding | $7.2M | Seed | Sep 24, 2024 |  |

10 of 130 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lerer Hippeau](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lerer-ventures) — VC Fund, 19 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Red Sea Ventures invest in?

Red Sea Ventures invests primarily in Software, Health Care and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 130 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 Red Sea Ventures's check size?

Red Sea Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$7.2M at Seed, $1M–$3M at Pre-Seed and $5.5M–$40M 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 Red Sea Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Red Sea Ventures?

Public channels for Red Sea Ventures 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 Red Sea Ventures?

The team at Red Sea Ventures includes Mathieu Ferel (Private Investor), Paul Strachman (Partner) and Scott Birnbaum (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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