# Swell Partners

> Swell Partners is a VC fund in New York backing FinTech and Hospitality. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Fund size: $3.3M
- Last fund: Aug 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/swellvc
- Website: http://www.swell.vc/

Swell Partners is a VC fund in New York focused on FinTech and Hospitality. Swell Partners their category agnostic investment strategy, invests in seed and series A stage companies.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Swell Partners. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Swell Partners. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/swell-partners?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 12% |
| Hospitality | 2 | 12% |
| Retail Technology | 2 | 12% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 12% |
| SaaS | 1 | 6% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 65% |
| Series A | 4 | 24% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jay Patil | Co-Founder and General Partner | 0 | — |
| Rusty Ralston | Co-Founder & General Partner | 2 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Askari Defense | Askari Defense creates affordable intelligent kinetic defenses for the era of robotic warfare. | $9M | Seed | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| Rybodyn | Rybodyn is a biotechnology research company that develops therapeutics to train the immune system to detect and eradicate cancer internally. | $10M | Seed | Mar 24, 2026 |  |
| Rybodyn | Rybodyn is a biotechnology research company that develops therapeutics to train the immune system to detect and eradicate cancer internally. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Jan 09, 2025 |  |
| ScienceIO | The data science company for healthcare | $8M | Seed | Oct 13, 2021 |  |
| Fiveable | Fiveable is a social network platform for education that offers students learning through content, community, and courses. Fiveable is on a mission to create educational equity through social learning. The student-centered platform includes a robust content library, engaging community spaces on Hours, and interactive experiences that connectstudents who are learning the same thing at the same time. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 20, 2021 |  |
| Northstar | At Northstar, we believe financial wellness starts with a single paycheck. We work with leading companies to provide 1-on-1 financial advisors and personal finance tools as an employee benefit. Northstar’s financial wellness program helps employees make the most of their total compensation, and helps companies support their teams at scale. Ouremployer customers include Zoom, Snap, NerdWallet, Superhuman, Virgin Orbit, and more. | $7.3M | Series A | Nov 17, 2020 |  |
| Crisp | Crisp leverages the power of the cloud to connect and analyze disparate retail data sources, providing the supply chain with real-time insights and trends. Food suppliers, retailers, distributors and brokers use Crisp's open-data platform to manage supply more efficiently, reduce waste and skyrocket profitability. | $12M | Series A | Jul 15, 2020 |  |
| Spring in Africa | Wallets Africa helps Africans and African-owned businesses send money, receive money, make card payments, and access overdrafts. | $1.3M | Seed | Jun 24, 2020 |  |
| Loft Orbital | Loft Orbital operates microsatellites and flies customer payloads as a service.Loft Orbital offers an end-to-end service that delivers missions to orbit on a standard microsatellite bus. The company handles all elements of a satellite campaign from end to end - booking, launching, and operating a satellite, as well as securing the necessarylicenses, insurance, and financing. | $13M | Series A | Nov 13, 2019 |  |
| Atomic Returns | Atomic is the first solution for retailers that focuses on the ROI of returns. | $100K | Seed | Jun 17, 2019 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Combine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/combine-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Designer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/designer-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Foundation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundation-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Swell Partners invest in?

Swell Partners invests primarily in FinTech, Hospitality and Retail Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### How do I contact Swell Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Swell Partners?

The team at Swell Partners includes Jay Patil (Co-Founder and General Partner) and Rusty Ralston (Co-Founder & General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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