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Story Ventures

VC
New York, NY

Story Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in AI / ML, Other, Fintech. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 39 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.0M
Portfolio
39 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
AUM
$25M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Other, Fintech, Developer Tools, SaaS
HQ
New York, NY

Last verified: 2026-07-08

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

AUM

$25M

Portfolio

39+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Investing in technology that enhances human potential through AI and future-of-work innovations.

How Story Ventures invests

Story Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, Fintech, Developer Tools, SaaS. It does not invest in Hardware.

Story Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $25M in assets under management.

Story Ventures has backed 39 companies in our records, including Dobot, PitchMe, Particle Health.

Partners & Team

JY

Jake Yormak

Managing Partner

WS

Weronika Stefańczyk

Executive Assistant

BY

Brian Yormak

Managing Partner

hardware & software integration
mobility / transportation
logistics
data capture and processing
J“

Jacob “Jake” Yormak

Managing Partner, Founder

technically complex data-stack companies
hardware-plus-software
data capture
data infrastructure
machine intelligence

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Other
Fintech
Developer Tools
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Hardware

Portfolio Companies (39)

Other

DO

Dobot

AI/FinTech
PI

PitchMe

Future of Work
PA

Particle Health

Data Processing
MO

Motorq

Data Processing
PR

Prism Data

Data Processing
VI

viaPhoton

Sensory Systems
AE

Aether

Sensory Systems
NE

NewtonX

Machine Intelligence
IN

Inspiren

Sensory Systems
FR

Freightwaves

Data Processing
How to pitch Story Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Other, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jake Yormak, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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