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Newark Venture Partners — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

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Newark Venture Partners is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Newark, NJ investing in SaaS, Fintech, AI / ML. The firm has 16 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
16 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors
SaaS, Fintech, AI / ML, Enterprise, Consumer, Other, Developer Tools, Healthcare
HQ
Newark, NJ
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, Series A

Portfolio

16+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Enterprise-focused seed investor backing software founders, including fintech infrastructure and workflow automation companies.

How Newark Venture Partners invests

Newark Venture Partners is a vc firm based in Newark, NJ. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on SaaS, Fintech, AI / ML, Enterprise, Consumer.

Newark Venture Partners has backed 16 companies in our records, including Hyr Inc. (CIK 0001728170), StrongArm Technologies, Barkly Pets.

Partners & Team

DK

Don Katz

Founder & Managing Partner

Enterprise Software
B2B SaaS
Fintech

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Fintech
AI / ML
Enterprise
Consumer
Other
Developer Tools
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (16)

Other

HY

Hyr Inc. (CIK 0001728170)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Newark Venture Partners

ST

StrongArm Technologies

Industrial technology / wearables·Early investment; specific round not stated·Newark Venture Partners Fund I

Develops wearable and data technologies intended to reduce workplace injuries and improve industrial-worker productivity.

BA

Barkly Pets

Consumer services / pet technology·Seed, $605,000 round

Provides on-demand dog-walking services through a technology platform.

VE

Veritonic

Advertising technology / audio analytics·Seed, $3.5 million round

Provides audio-marketing analytics and measurement software.

RI

Riskcast Solutions

Construction technology / enterprise software·Pre-seed, $600,000 round·NVP Labs / NVP direct investment arm

Provides construction-management software for recording job-site data, tracking productivity, and managing costs.

OR

Orbita

Health technology / conversational AI·Series A, $9 million round

Develops conversational AI, voice, and chatbot solutions for healthcare and life-sciences organizations.

WE

Wellsheet

Health technology / healthcare software·Series A, $3.8 million round

Provides software that improves electronic-health-record workflows and helps health systems manage clinical information.

PO

Podsights

Advertising technology / audio·Seed-stage financing, $4 million round in January 2021

Provides podcast advertising measurement and analytics software.

HA

Handspring Health

Healthcare / behavioral health·Seed, $6.2 million round

Provides virtual and in-person behavioral healthcare for children and families.

PA

Pair Team

Healthcare / care infrastructure·Early financing and Series A participation

Uses technology and care teams to support primary-care delivery for Medicaid and underserved populations.

How to pitch Newark Venture Partners
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Fintech, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Don Katz, Founder & Managing Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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