# Trace Cohen

> Trace Cohen is a seed investor at New York Venture Partners backing Software. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [New York Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-york-venture-partners)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tracecohen
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Trace_Cohen
- Website: http://www.nyvp.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tracecohen

Trace Cohen is a serial entrepreneur in NYC and is the President and Co-Founder of Launch.It, a new self-publishing platform for PR professionals, agencies and brands to launch and socialize everything new.Prior to that Trace was an SVP at iFluencePR where he “created understanding for a complex world.” He specializes in strategic PR for techcompanies looking to develop their communications, branding and outreach strategies to connect with their communities and costumers with transparency. Trace is a graduate of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University with a double major in Entrepreneurship and Marketing. He is one of the original Co-Founders and former CMO of Brand-Yourself.com, which helped students and young professionals manage their reputation and personal brands online.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 55% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 36% |
| Internet | 2 | 18% |
| Pet | 1 | 9% |
| SaaS | 1 | 9% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 45% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 27% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 55% |
| Denmark | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Minerva | Minerva is a developer of a process sharing platform used to help capture and share dynamic workflows for any website. Its product allows users to create clickable instructions on properties they don't own and also supports native experiences through their software development kit (SDK) and browser extension that enable businesses to createdocumentation easily and efficiently.Minerva was founded in 2019 and is based in Brooklyn, New York. | $4M | Seed | Dec 02, 2020 |  |
| Uizard | Uizard is an online collaborative design tool for non-designers. Our main customers are startup founders, managers in enterprises, consultants, engineering teams that need a solution to easily and quickly design and test product ideas such as mobile apps, websites, and desktop software. Our unique AI-powered design assistant helps customers turnideas into reality effortlessly. | $2.8M | Seed | Sep 09, 2019 |  |
| Journey Live | Journey is a simple meditation practice designed for the modern world, providing on-demand and live-streamed meditation courses.Journey was created to share meditation in a way that all people could relate to, wherever they are in life. It has created a simple yet powerful technique that could appeal to a large-scale audience, changing a lot ofpeople’s lives. It takes a step beyond meditation by introducing six simple yet powerful Life Lessons.Founded in 2015 by Stephen Sokoler, Journey Meditation is headquartered in New York. |  | Seed | Jun 08, 2018 |  |
| Uizard | Uizard is an online collaborative design tool for non-designers. Our main customers are startup founders, managers in enterprises, consultants, engineering teams that need a solution to easily and quickly design and test product ideas such as mobile apps, websites, and desktop software. Our unique AI-powered design assistant helps customers turnideas into reality effortlessly. | $800K | Seed | May 21, 2018 |  |
| Uizard | Uizard is an online collaborative design tool for non-designers. Our main customers are startup founders, managers in enterprises, consultants, engineering teams that need a solution to easily and quickly design and test product ideas such as mobile apps, websites, and desktop software. Our unique AI-powered design assistant helps customers turnideas into reality effortlessly. | $800K | Pre-Seed | May 21, 2018 |  |
| Fi | Fi is a provider of next Generation of Smart Dog Collars. | $3M | Seed | Dec 01, 2017 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Scribble Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scribble-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [byFounders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/byfounders) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [37 Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/37-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Array Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/array-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Courtside Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/courtside-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LDV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ldv-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About New York Venture Partners

VC Fund · New York, United States

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.

2 contacts available at New York Venture Partners.

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

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## FAQ

### What does Trace Cohen invest in?

Trace Cohen invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Trace Cohen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Trace Cohen closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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