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Community Development Venture Capital Alliance — Seed VC Firm

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New York, New YorkWebsite

Community Development Venture Capital Alliance is a Seed venture capital firm based in New York, New York investing in Consumer, Food / AgTech, Healthcare. The firm has 13 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
13 companies on record
Partners
6 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Consumer, Food / AgTech, Healthcare, SaaS, Enterprise
HQ
New York, New York
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-29

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Portfolio

13+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investment Thesis

CDVCA is an impact-oriented capital network that can support early consumer brands with community and economic development impact. It is less thesis-specific than dedicated CPG funds, but can be relevant for socially grounded consumer businesses.

How Community Development Venture Capital Alliance invests

Community Development Venture Capital Alliance is a vc firm based in New York, New York. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Consumer, Food / AgTech, Healthcare, SaaS, Enterprise.

Community Development Venture Capital Alliance has backed 13 companies in our records, including Onigilly, Beyond Organic, International Display Systems.

Partners & Team

JG

Jillian Gerstley

Vice President

EL

Emmanuel Loubriel

Senior Program Manager

UP

Unnamed Partner

Network

Impact
Community development
KT

Kerwin Tesdell

President

AH

Alexandria Harris

Senior Vice President

EV

Ernesto Villarini

Vice President

Industry Focus

Invests In

Consumer
Food / AgTech
Healthcare
SaaS
Enterprise

Portfolio Companies (13)

Other

ON

Onigilly

BE

Beyond Organic

IN

International Display Systems

CA

Carbice

BL

BlueTrace

88

88 Acres

Coastal Ventures V

Seed-to-growth food company making allergen-friendly granola, seed butters, and bars

JU

Just Date

OS

OS BENEFiTS

CU

Custom Foods Of America

IN

Informuta

biotech / healthcare diagnostics·seed

AI-powered infectious disease diagnostics company focused on antibiotic resistance and hospital-acquired infections

How to pitch Community Development Venture Capital Alliance
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Consumer, Food / AgTech, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jillian Gerstley, Vice President.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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