Alpaca VC — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$1.5M Checks)
Alpaca VC is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$1.5M checks and has 4 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 4 companies on record
- Partners
- 5 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, AI / ML
- HQ
- New York, NY
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-10-01
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $1.5M
4+ companies
5 partners
Investment Thesis
Early-stage investor at the intersection of the physical and digital world, including commerce and retail technology. The firm has backed fashion-commerce companies and generally supports pre-seed and seed startups.
How Alpaca VC invests
Alpaca VC is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML.
Alpaca VC typically writes checks of $500K–$1.5M per investment.
Alpaca VC has backed 4 companies in our records, including Soil Connect, Corigin, Coral Capital Solutions.
Partners & Team
Ryan Freedman is a Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Alpaca. He leads the firm and its investment strategy, forging the path for the integration of innovative overlays within traditional real estate investing. He plays a key role on the Investment Committee and the Board, leveraging his twenty-year’s experience in real estate and technology.
Peter Weiss is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Alpaca Real Estate. He is responsible for the Firm’s investment strategy, capital markets, asset management, portfolio management and is a member of the Investment Committee and the Board of Directors of ARE. Mr. Weiss has over a dozen years of institutional real estate experience investing in traditional and adjacent property sectors, throughout major markets in the U.S. and across the risk spectrum.
Daniel Carr is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Alpaca Real Estate. He is responsible for the Firm’s investment strategy, capital markets, asset management, portfolio management and is a member of the Investment Committee and the Board of Directors of ARE. Mr. Carr has over a dozen years of institutional real estate experience investing in traditional and adjacent property sectors, throughout major markets in the U.S. and across the risk spectrum.
Daniel Fetner is a Co-Founder and Partner of Alpaca Real Estate. He supports all aspects of the business with a special emphasis on marketing, fundraising, product strategy & innovation. Mr. Fetner serves on the Investment Committee and the Board of Directors of Alpaca Real Estate, bringing over fifteen years of experience spanning real estate, finance, entrepreneurship, and venture capital.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (4)
Other
Soil Connect
Corigin
Coral Capital Solutions
SwiftConnect
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $1.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ryan Freedman, Co-Founder.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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