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Listen Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Listen Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, Food / AgTech, Consumer. The firm has 15 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
15 companies on record
Partners
6 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, Food / AgTech, Consumer, Healthcare, Developer Tools
HQ
New York, NY
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-18

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Portfolio

15+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Consumer-specialist fund that backs the brands and enabling infrastructure behind shifts in how people discover, buy, and use products.

How Listen Ventures invests

Listen Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Food / AgTech, Consumer, Healthcare, Developer Tools.

Listen Ventures has backed 15 companies in our records, including Delta Beverage, Listen Up (A), LP (CIK 0001877465), Listen Up (B), LP (CIK 0001894068).

Partners & Team

JC

Jeff Cantalupo

Managing Partner

RD

Rick Desai

Managing Partner

EW

Ellen Wilcox

Partner

JR

Jeff Raider

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Consumer Brands
Commerce
SD

Shawn Dennis

Venture Partner

BF

Brentos Fernandez

Creative Director

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Food / AgTech
Consumer
Healthcare
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (15)

Other

DE

Delta Beverage

LI

Listen Up (A), LP (CIK 0001877465)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Listen Ventures

LI

Listen Up (B), LP (CIK 0001894068)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Listen Ventures

RA

RateGravity, Inc. (CIK 0001685735)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Listen Ventures

FA

Factor

Food / meal delivery·Seed

Delivers fresh, prepared meals focused on health, convenience, and specialized diets.

CA

Catch Co.

Consumer goods / sporting goods / e-commerce·Series B or later follow-on

Builds fishing brands, products, content, and shopping experiences, including Mystery Tackle Box and Karl’s Bait & Tackle.

DA

Dame

Sexual wellness / femtech·Seed·Listen Ventures III

Develops sexual-wellness products and serves as a women-focused sexual-health platform.

MI

Mine’d

Mental health / wellness technology·Seed·Listen Ventures III

Provides an emotional-wellness platform connecting consumers with mental-health experts and community.

RI

Rise Gardens

Consumer hardware / food technology / agriculture·Series A·Listen Ventures III

Makes smart indoor hydroponic gardening systems.

TH

The Cumin Club

Food / meal delivery·Seed·Listen Ventures III

Delivers chef-curated, regional Indian meal kits that can be prepared in about five minutes.

How to pitch Listen Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Food / AgTech, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jeff Cantalupo, Managing Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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