Velocity Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm
Velocity Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm investing in Climate / Energy, Food / AgTech, Consumer. The firm has 12 portfolio companies in our records.
- Portfolio
- 12 companies on record
- Partners
- 10 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Climate / Energy, Food / AgTech, Consumer, Developer Tools
- Check size
- Not in our records
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-10-26
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
12+ companies
10 partners
Investment Thesis
Sector-focused travel and hospitality investor backing startups that power the recovery and reinvention of travel. Its singular focus makes it well aligned to consumer travel value propositions and booking, pricing, or rebate innovations.
How Velocity Ventures invests
Velocity Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Climate / Energy, Food / AgTech, Consumer, Developer Tools.
Velocity Ventures has backed 12 companies in our records, including CarbonClick, ZUZU Hospitality, Tablevibe.
Partners & Team
Christopher Derasmo
Manager
Greg Alderfer
Senior Vice President
Greg Alderfer
Vice President
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (12)
Other
CarbonClick
Carbon-offsetting platform that helps travelers add offsets to purchases
ZUZU Hospitality
SaaS platform helping independent hotels manage revenue and online distribution
Tablevibe
Online ordering and review-management system for F&B operators
Feast
Procurement and inventory management marketplace for F&B businesses
Journee
Travel booking platform that curates surprise trips
Hyper
Autonomous robotic pizza-store unit for F&B brand operators
Vorsee
Listed by Velocity Ventures as a portfolio company
ZYTLYN
Big-data and machine-learning platform for predictive insights on travel demand
BYHOURS
Booking platform for hotel microstays, used for short hotel bookings
Aigens
Middleware platform for digital ordering, payments, and CRM for food & beverage operators
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Climate / Energy, Food / AgTech, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Michael Mortimer, Senior Vice President.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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