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Stride Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($500K+ Checks)

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Stride Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in SaaS, Developer Tools, Fintech. The firm typically writes $500K+ checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K+
Portfolio
5 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
SaaS, Developer Tools, Fintech, Consumer, Enterprise, Other
HQ
New York, NY
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-08

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K+

Portfolio

5+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Stride Ventures focuses on B2B SaaS and data analytics companies with scalable business models and significant industry impact.

How Stride Ventures invests

Stride Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, Developer Tools, Fintech, Consumer, Enterprise. It does not invest in Hardware.

Stride Ventures typically writes checks of $500K+ per investment.

Stride Ventures has backed 5 companies in our records, including MobiKwik, Sugar Cosmetics, Pine Labs.

Partners & Team

JL

Jessica Lee

Partner

B2B SaaS
Data Analytics
NT

NSF TIP

Directorate

accelerating critical and emerging technologies
expanding the geography of American innovation
building a competition-ready workforce

The NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (NSF TIP) seeks to engage all Americans in accelerating critical and emerging technologies to advance U.S. competitiveness.

SG

Start2 Group

Managed and Operated By

Managed and Operated by Start2 Group

I

info

info@stride ventures

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Developer Tools
Fintech
Consumer
Enterprise
Other

Does Not Invest In

Hardware

Portfolio Companies (5)

Other

MO

MobiKwik

Fintech·Debt financing

A digital financial services platform offering mobile wallets and payment solutions.

SU

Sugar Cosmetics

Consumer Goods·Debt financing

A cosmetics brand offering a range of beauty products.

PI

Pine Labs

Fintech·Debt financing

A merchant platform company that provides financing and last-mile retail transaction technology.

SP

Spinny

Automotive·Debt financing

An online platform for buying and selling used cars.

IN

Infra.Market

Construction Tech·Debt financing

A B2B online procurement marketplace for real estate and construction materials.

How to pitch Stride Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Developer Tools, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K+ check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jessica Lee, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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