TQ

TQ Ventures

VC
New York, NYWebsite

TQ Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, Fintech, Consumer. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 120 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$3.0M
Portfolio
120 companies on record
Partners
12 listed
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Other, Fintech, Consumer, AI / ML, Enterprise, SaaS, Healthcare
HQ
New York, NY
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-04-14

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Portfolio

120+ companies

Team

12 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2026Investments in last 12 months: 16

Investment Thesis

Early-stage fund investing in software and internet platforms with strong network effects and modern work/creator use cases.

How TQ Ventures invests

TQ Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, Fintech, Consumer, AI / ML, Enterprise.

TQ Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.

Investing since at least 2018, TQ Ventures has backed 120 companies in our records, including Linq, Railway, Operating Intelligence. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2026, with 16 investments logged over the last 12 months.

Partners & Team

ER

Elisabeth Rülke

Investment Team

JI

Jana Iris

Investment Team

SS

Sal Spina

Investment Team

HV

Harshil Vejendla

Investment Team

AG

Anna Gomez

Infrastructure

OB

Olivia Bastianich

Infrastructure

FT

Finbarr Timbers

Operating Executive

EG

Elliot Graebert

Operating Executive

SD

Sara Du

Venture Partner

AM

Andrew Marks

Investment Team

ST

Schuster Tanger

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

software
creator economy
platforms
LT

Lydia Tomayko

Infrastructure

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech
Consumer
AI / ML
Enterprise
SaaS
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (120)

2026

LI

Linq

AI·Dev/Infra

Linq makes agents and apps conversational — one API for iMessage, RCS, SMS, FaceTime, and voice.

RA

Railway

AI·Dev/Infra

Railway is the new inevitable way to run and distribute any software, anywhere.

2025

OP

Operating Intelligence

Other

Operations intelligence platform.

MI

Mindra

AI

Tech platform (details limited).

AD

Adam

Enterprise AI
AU

Augmodo

AI·Vertical

Augmodo is building the spatial AI platform for retail that allows you to track every product in every store in real time.

ME

Mercura

Vertical AI
TU

Turf

Consumer Tech
AI

AIVideo

Vertical AI
AR

Architect

Vertical AI
How to pitch TQ Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Elisabeth Rülke, Investment Team.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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