Symmetrical Ventures
VC Fund
New York, United States
Symmetrical Ventures is a VC fund in New York focused on Software and Financial Services. Symmetrical Ventures was founded in late 2015, with the vision of partnering with creative innovators who are looking to transform traditional business models through disruptive technology. Symmetrical Ventures is a privately-held investment firm, focused on placing investments in early stage startups.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 15%
Last updated:
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Industries Symmetrical Ventures invests in
SoftwareFinancial ServicesFinTechAnalyticsE-Commerce
Stages Symmetrical Ventures invests in
Venture - Series UnknownSeries ASeedSeries B
Countries Symmetrical Ventures invests in
United States
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Paul Audet
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Adi Levanon
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Lloyd Lapidus
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (23%)
- Financial Services 3 (23%)
- FinTech 2 (15%)
- Analytics 2 (15%)
- E-Commerce 2 (15%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 5 (38%)
- Series A 4 (31%)
- Seed 2 (15%)
- Series B 1 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Paul Audet
Managing Member and Co-Founder
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Managing Member and Co-Founder | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Adi Levanon
Venture Partner
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Venture Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Lloyd Lapidus
Principle
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Principle | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bark uses AI to detect and proactively alert parents to issues their children face, such as cyberbullying, suicidal ideation, and school shooting threats. By only showing parents potential problems on their children's social media, text messaging, and email accounts, Bark's approach saves parents valuable time and helps build trustbetween parent and child.Bark Technologies was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. | $26M / Series B / Mar 01, 2020 | ||
| Alloy is a developer of an identity verification platform used to check frauds and make identity management effective and simple for banks and financial institutions. Alloy is an API for regulated companies to collect and manage customer data from many different sources. It also engages in helping financial institutions and FinTech companies solveidentity and compliance problems. The service allows banks and FinTechs to make better risk and identify decisions, using a single API and dashboard to manage AML, fraud, KYC, and more.The company also offers an API to help financial services companies access various aggregated identity databases and a dashboard through which to organize and analyze customer onboarding data. It also helps to improve customer conversion through the compliance funnel, reduce risk and fraud, and speed up previously manual back-office processes.Alloy was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York. | $12M / Series A / Sep 17, 2019 | ||
| FinTech Studios was founded in 2014 by Jim Tousignant, previously co-founder and President of Multex, a leading online research and financial information platform that went public in 1999 and achieved a market cap of $1.5 billion. FinTech Studios' AI-based apps, big-data analytics and collaboration tools discover and analyze relevantcontent from millions of online sources and proprietary databases with powerful AI-based search technology, providing the most timely and relevant market intelligence and insight for investors, financial professionals and business executives. | $5.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 16, 2019 | ||
| Alloy is a developer of an identity verification platform used to check frauds and make identity management effective and simple for banks and financial institutions. Alloy is an API for regulated companies to collect and manage customer data from many different sources. It also engages in helping financial institutions and FinTech companies solveidentity and compliance problems. The service allows banks and FinTechs to make better risk and identify decisions, using a single API and dashboard to manage AML, fraud, KYC, and more.The company also offers an API to help financial services companies access various aggregated identity databases and a dashboard through which to organize and analyze customer onboarding data. It also helps to improve customer conversion through the compliance funnel, reduce risk and fraud, and speed up previously manual back-office processes.Alloy was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York. | Series A / Jul 31, 2019 | ||
| Bark uses AI to detect and proactively alert parents to issues their children face, such as cyberbullying, suicidal ideation, and school shooting threats. By only showing parents potential problems on their children's social media, text messaging, and email accounts, Bark's approach saves parents valuable time and helps build trustbetween parent and child.Bark Technologies was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. | $9M / Series A / Aug 29, 2018 | ||
| Sober Grid is digital health company focused on the chronic disease management of substance use disorders (SUD). Covering all chemical dependencies including but not limited to opioid use disorder (OUD), Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), and Cocaine Use Disorder. The application has been adopted in over 170 countries and has been used over 20 milliontimes. The solution was developed in partnership with researchers from Harvard Medical School and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine with support from the National Institutes of Health. Researchers at UPenn Perelman School of Medicine found that the use of the Sober Grid app correlated with lower relapse rates. At its core the app uses a unique community based approach for chronic disease management. While including proven concepts such as the use of contingency management when giving app members in app badges as rewards for their sobriety achievements. The apps large user base and strong engagement metrics help provide large data sets that enable the Sober Grid predictive analytics to help predict an impending relapse risk. Depending on risk level a coach reaches out and delivers an intervention. Improving the overall heath outcomes by reducing relapse rates with the combined use of AI and human connection. - -Sober Grid Mobile App is a geo-social software application for iOS/Android smartphones. Sober Grid provides users with a GPS locator interface, direct messaging and newsfeed functionalities, certified and cost effective coaching with both regularly scheduled and crisis driven on demand access 24/7, daily educational and inspirational literature, daily quests for users to complete and maintain a consistent habit of focusing on getting healthier, and social supports in a single platform. Sober Grid allows users to find other sober people nearby: in their neighborhood, in an airport, on a cruise ship, and traveling for business or pleasure. Sober Grid provides an instant social network for sober people in recovery, a group that numbers more than 23 million in the United States alone. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2018 | ||
| Gameflip is an innovation focused technology company creating the commerce engine for the gaming Metaverse enabling all ecosystem participants including gamers, creators, brands, and developers to connect, safely conduct commerce and mutually share the benefits. Led by serial entrepreneurs and veterans in the technology and gaming industries, theteam specializes in building safe, secure and highly scalable platforms for transacting digital assets (NFTs), digital goods and services.Since launching in 2015, its 6 million loyal community members have safely transacted over $120M on the Gameflip Platform. By combining its simple and intuitive platform with blockchain technology that delivers transparent ownership and playable NFTs, Gameflip is making NFTs accessible and safe for the mainstream.The Gameflip Platform utilizes environmentally friendly and sustainable technology that captures the benefits of blockchain technology without all of its complexities. Transactions within the Gameflip Platform are fully secure using fiat or cryptocurrencies, do not require mining or gas fees and have built-in regulatory compliance.Gameflip is located in the San Jose Bay Area and is backed by savvy gaming investors including Bullpen Capital, GoAhead Ventures, Lightbank and PlayNext. | $5M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 02, 2017 | ||
| Sarah Flint is an American luxury brand dedicated to quality and attention to detail. The company specializes in offering silhouettes, flats, sandals, pumps, and boots for women via their online and offline stores. Sarah Flint’s shoes are made with fit and function in mind for women who are out in the world with places to be and things toaccomplish.Sarah Flint was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY, United States | $2.5M / Series A / Dec 19, 2016 | ||
| True Link is a diversified financial services firm dedicated to protecting and increasing our customers' independence and quality of life. True Link provides greater independence and autonomy to people who are at financial risk when engaging with the world. | $3.6M / Seed / Nov 21, 2016 | ||
| Bark uses AI to detect and proactively alert parents to issues their children face, such as cyberbullying, suicidal ideation, and school shooting threats. By only showing parents potential problems on their children's social media, text messaging, and email accounts, Bark's approach saves parents valuable time and helps build trustbetween parent and child.Bark Technologies was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. | $1.4M / Seed / Aug 12, 2016 | ||
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FAQ
What does Symmetrical Ventures invest in?
Symmetrical Ventures invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Series A stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Symmetrical Ventures?
The team at Symmetrical Ventures includes Paul Audet (Managing Member and Co-Founder), Adi Levanon (Venture Partner) and Lloyd Lapidus (Principle). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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