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The Venture Collective (TVC)

VC
New York, NYWebsite

The Venture Collective (TVC) is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Consumer, Other. The firm typically writes $25K–$300K checks and has 13 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$25K – $300K

AUM

$150M

Portfolio

13+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on early-stage disruptive consumer companies, particularly in e-commerce and retail innovation.

How The Venture Collective (TVC) invests

The Venture Collective (TVC) is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Consumer, Other. It does not invest in Fintech.

The Venture Collective (TVC) typically writes checks of $25K–$300K per investment, backed by approximately $150M in assets under management.

The Venture Collective (TVC) has backed 13 companies in our records, including Thinx, Daily Harvest, Fonoa.

Meet the Team

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Stephanie Sarelakos

Partner

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Gina Shekerdemian

Partner

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Nicholas Shekerdemian

Managing Partner

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Stephanie Sarelakos

Partner

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Cat Middleton

General Partner

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Cat Middleton

General Partner

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Gina Shekerdemian

Partner

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Nicholas Shekerdemian

Managing Partner

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Emma Lloyd

Partner

FinTech
B2B SaaS
RegTech
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Chris Ghadban

Principal

Principal, Alix Ventures. Strategy & Innovation, AstraZeneca. MS, Bioengineering, Tufts University.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Consumer
Other

Does Not Invest In

Fintech

Portfolio Companies (13)

Other

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Thinx

Retail
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Daily Harvest

Consumer Internet
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Fonoa

RegTech
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Zivver

B2B SaaS
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How to pitch The Venture Collective (TVC)
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Consumer, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $25K – $300K check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Stephanie Sarelakos, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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