New York Fashion Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$2.0M Checks)
New York Fashion Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, Consumer. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 7 listed
- AUM
- $2M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Consumer
- HQ
- New York, NY
Last verified: 2026-05-18
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $2.0M
$2M
1+ companies
7 partners
Investment Thesis
Dedicated to investing in early-stage luxury fashion and consumer brands with a focus on metropolitan markets.
How New York Fashion Ventures invests
New York Fashion Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Consumer.
New York Fashion Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $2M in assets under management.
New York Fashion Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including Metropolitan Luxe.
Partners & Team
Jessica Ford
Partner
Scott Stankiewicz
Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
Metropolitan Luxe
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Eric Schmalzbauer, Partner.
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