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Ground Up Ventures

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Ground Up Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, Enterprise, SaaS. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 24 portfolio companies in our records.

Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.0M

Portfolio

24+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-stage investor backing founders from the ground up, with a focus on pre-seed and seed.

How Ground Up Ventures invests

Ground Up Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Enterprise, SaaS, Consumer, Food / AgTech.

Ground Up Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment.

Ground Up Ventures has backed 24 companies in our records, including Array, Tovala, Alloy.

Meet the Team

DS

David Stark

Founding Partner

AF

Allie Feuerstein

Portfolio Development Director

SS

Shira Stein

Executive Assistant

CM

Cory Moelis

Founding Partner

JO

Jordan Odinsky

Partner

NV

Venture Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Enterprise
SaaS
Consumer
Food / AgTech
Fintech
Developer Tools
Real Estate
Marketplace

Portfolio Companies (24)

How to pitch Ground Up Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Enterprise, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as David Stark, Founding Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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