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Invisible Hand Ventures

VC
New York, NY

Invisible Hand Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Marketplace, Fintech. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$1.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
3 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Marketplace, Fintech
HQ
New York, NY
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-06-18

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in early-stage fintech and two-sided marketplace startups globally, particularly those innovating in infrastructure and automation.

How Invisible Hand Ventures invests

Invisible Hand Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Marketplace, Fintech. It does not invest in Biotech, Hardware.

Invisible Hand Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment.

Invisible Hand Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Whatnot, Loop.

Partners & Team

JR

James Riddle

Managing Partner

Marketplaces
Fintech
LB

Leonard Balzer

Partner

Early-stage Startups
Sustainability
Consumer & Retail
NG

Norbert Gerhard Neef

General Partner

Corporate Law
Structured Finance
M&A
Sustainable / Positive Impact Ventures

Industry Focus

Invests In

Marketplace
Fintech

Does Not Invest In

Biotech
Hardware

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

WH

Whatnot

Marketplaces
LO

Loop

Fintech
How to pitch Invisible Hand Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Marketplace, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as James Riddle, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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