New York Venture Partners — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.0M Checks)
New York Venture Partners is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in Consumer. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 50 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 50 companies on record
- Partners
- 4 listed
- AUM
- $500M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Consumer
Last verified: 2026-10-27
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $1.0M
$500M
50+ companies
4 partners
Investment Thesis
Early-stage venture firm backing consumer internet and media-enabled startups, often at very early stages. The firm is a fit when product growth is tied to content, audience, or network effects.
How New York Venture Partners invests
New York Venture Partners is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Consumer.
New York Venture Partners typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $500M in assets under management. Our records include 1 fund raised by the firm.
New York Venture Partners has backed 50 companies in our records, including Authorea, Comixology, Fi.
Partners & Team
David Rose
Founder and General Partner
Brian has over 40 years experience in entrepreneurship with a focus on technology. Considered one of the pioneers of science and technology strategic communications, he founded Technology Solutions, Inc. with his wife in 1983. Currently, he is the chairman of the New York Angels. He is author of the book, “What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know.”
At Peel Away Labs, I lead a team of dedicated professionals who share my vision and values. I oversee the product development, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing of our innovative bed sheets, which are used by hospitals, nursing homes, hotels, and homes around the world. I am constantly looking for ways to improve our products, expand our market, and increase our customer satisfaction.
Trace Cohen has sourced, diligenced and invested in 30+ startups. He has an MBA at Columbia Business School and is a serial entrepreneur in NYC and founder of three companies - SPOT (app), Launch.it and Brandyourself.com (acq). He graduated from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University with a double major in Entrepreneurship and Marketing.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
Fund III
Recent Activity
Raised Fund III ($200M)
2023 · fund records
Portfolio Companies (50)
Other
Authorea
Comixology
Fi
Hank
Otherside ai
Rising America
SecFi
Setjam
StrongDM
Super Local
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as David Rose, Founder and General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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