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Differential Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.5M Checks)

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Differential Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.5M checks and has 42 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.5M
Portfolio
42 companies on record
Partners
3 listed
AUM
$65M
Stage
Seed
Sectors
SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools
HQ
New York, NY

Last verified: 2026-05-22

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.5M

AUM

$65M

Portfolio

42+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Differential Ventures backs early-stage startups using AI/ML to solve enterprise pain-points, particularly in data-heavy solutions.

How Differential Ventures invests

Differential Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools.

Differential Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.5M per investment, backed by approximately $65M in assets under management.

Differential Ventures has backed 42 companies in our records, including NewtonX, Agolo, Cyolo.

Partners & Team

DM

David Magerman

Managing Partner

TD

Tom Driscoll

Principal

NA

Nick Adams

Managing Partner

AI/ML
B2B SaaS
Enterprise Software

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (42)

Other

NE

NewtonX

Enterprise Software
AG

Agolo

AI/ML
CY

Cyolo

CY

Cyvers

AB

AB

AG

Agnostiq

AK

Aktus

AR

Armilla

AS

Ask Polly

BA

Bazze

How to pitch Differential Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.5M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as David Magerman, Managing Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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