# Velvet Sea Ventures

> Velvet Sea Ventures is a VC fund in Dover backing Software and Fitness. See 33 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dover, United States
- Total investments: 33
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 36%
- Last fund: Jul 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/velvet-sea-ventures
- Website: https://velvetseavc.com/

Velvet Sea Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs turn their visions into reality. With more than 80 years of combined experience as founders and venture investors and more than $2.2 billion invested, the firm provides seed-to-growth stage capital investments coupled with strategic support across all sectors. Velvet Seaspartners’ past investments include such notable companies as Twitter (TWTR), Square (SQ), SpaceX, Snap Inc. (SNAP), Facebook (FB), Pinterest (PINS), Domo (DOMO), Buzzfeed, Namely, Eaze, Braze, and Map Anything (CRM).

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $14M–$15M |
| Series A | $7.6M–$100M |
| Series B | $15M–$65M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 24% |
| Fitness | 3 | 9% |
| Blockchain | 3 | 9% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 9% |
| Marketplace | 3 | 9% |

53 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 16 | 48% |
| Series B | 5 | 15% |
| Seed | 3 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 19 | 58% |
| Israel | 2 | 6% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Lazerow | Co-founder and Managing Partner | 51 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-lazerow |
| Audrey DiMarzo | General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audrey-dimarzo |
| John Giampetroni | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-a-giampetroni |
| Kass Lazerow | Co-Founder & Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kass-lazerow |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GammaTime | GammaTime uses predictive AI and audience testing to ensure that each piece of content increases viewer engagement and happiness. | $14M | Seed | Oct 23, 2025 |  |
| Splash Sports | Splash Sports is a platform for real-money gaming that allows friends and groups to play in skill-based activities and modernizes the sports pool industry. Splash Sports, which is now in private beta, offers a much-needed substitute to conventional betting options. | $14.5M | Series B | Oct 08, 2025 |  |
| Arketa | Sutra makes it easy for fitness instructors to build an online business. They can host live classes, sell on-demand video and workout content, and build memberships all on their own website. | $15M | Series A | Jun 06, 2025 |  |
| Connect The Dots | Connect The Dots is a network intelligence platform that uses AI to map and manage career-long professional relationships. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 24, 2024 |  |
| Healthie | Healthie offers infrastructure for next generation digital health organizations that offer virtual-first care. Our API-first and fully brandable suite of solutions - EMR, coaching platform, scheduling software, and patient engagement - enable healthcare builders to launch and scale best-in-class experiences for their members and quickly scale aprovider network. Our organizations deliver holistic care in verticals like behavioral health, women's health, pediatrics and caregiving, and health coaching. We also offer a built-in marketplace of business and clinical integrations used by our organizations. Healthie is HIPAA Compliant and SOC-2 Certified. | $23M | Series B | Oct 15, 2024 |  |
| KarmaCheck | KarmaCheck is a software company that provides technology-based solutions for background checks, credentialing, and compliance. With an API-first platform, a mobile-friendly candidate experience, and rapid customer service response times, KarmaCheck delivers accurate background checks faster. | $45M | Series B | Jun 27, 2024 |  |
| Etched | Etched.ai designing specialized chips for language model inference. | $120M | Series A | Jun 25, 2024 |  |
| Gynger | Gynger is a cash flow management solution with embedded financing that gives B2B technology vendors the power to offer flexible payment terms to customers while securing up front payment.With Gynger, finance leaders can leverage a combination of actionable insights and capital to optimize day-to-day cash flows, accelerate deal flows, mitigaterisk, and execute long term strategic vision with ease.In 2024, Gynger announced its $20 Million Series A funding by world-class investors including Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI-focused venture fund), Velvet Sea Ventures, BAG Ventures, Deciens, Vine Ventures, Upper90, Quiet Capital and m]x[v Capital.Gynger was founded in 2021 by serial entrepreneur Mark Ghermezian, who co-founded Braze (BRZE) and served as its first CEO, pioneering a new category that led to the company's IPO in November 2021. Based in New York, Gynger has been recognized as one of Built In's 2026 Best Places to Work. | $20M | Series A | Jun 20, 2024 |  |
| LeoLabs | LeoLabs is an aerospace company that supplies and provides low Earth orbit mapping and space situational awareness services. The company's software platform offers an open API and provides the basis for a new generation of SSA and traffic safety services. LeoLabs was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | $29M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 12, 2024 |  |
| Splash Sports | Splash Sports is a platform for real-money gaming that allows friends and groups to play in skill-based activities and modernizes the sports pool industry. Splash Sports, which is now in private beta, offers a much-needed substitute to conventional betting options. | $14.1M | Series A | Jan 31, 2024 |  |

10 of 33 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Inspired Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inspired-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Norwest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norwest-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Velvet Sea Ventures invest in?

Velvet Sea Ventures invests primarily in Software, Fitness and Blockchain startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 33 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 Velvet Sea Ventures's check size?

Velvet Sea Ventures typically joins rounds of $14M–$15M at Seed, $7.6M–$100M at Series A and $15M–$65M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Velvet Sea Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Velvet Sea Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Velvet Sea Ventures?

The team at Velvet Sea Ventures includes Michael Lazerow (Co-founder and Managing Partner), Audrey DiMarzo (General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer) and John Giampetroni (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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