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Haymaker Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

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New York, NYWebsite

Haymaker Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Fintech, Marketplace, Other. The firm has 34 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
34 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
AUM
$500M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Fintech, Marketplace, Other, SaaS, Enterprise, Healthcare
HQ
New York, NY
Check size
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-24

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

34+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-stage investor with interest in fintech and commerce-enabled software. Suitable for founders building transaction-heavy, operationally complex products.

How Haymaker Ventures invests

Haymaker Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, Marketplace, Other, SaaS, Enterprise.

Haymaker Ventures manages approximately $500M in assets. Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.

Haymaker Ventures has backed 34 companies in our records, including Ondeck, Sofi, Avant.

Partners & Team

PU

Phin Upham

Managing Partner

OB

Olivia Baribeau

Principal

AB

Ari Bloom

Founder and GP

Fintech
Commerce
JD

Jennifer Dashek

Finance Director

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Marketplace
Other
SaaS
Enterprise
Healthcare

Funds

Haymaker Ventures II

$150M2021
actively investing

Haymaker Ventures I

$100M2019
fully deployed

Portfolio Companies (34)

Other

ON

Ondeck

SO

Sofi

AV

Avant

AM

Amount

GU

Gusto

TR

Trumid

CO

Coru

AV

Avidxchange

SP

Spacex

PA

Palantir

How to pitch Haymaker Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Marketplace, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Phin Upham, Managing Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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