ACTIVATE VENTURE PARTNERS
ACTIVATE VENTURE PARTNERS is a Pre-seed, Seed and Series A fund in the US and Canada writing $100K–$5M checks into AI, Enterprise, Healthcare, healthcare-tech, retail-e-commerce, cosmetics-fashion and iot-wearables.
- Stages
- Pre-seed, Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- AI, Enterprise, Healthcare, healthcare-tech, retail-e-commerce, cosmetics-fashion, iot-wearables
- Check size
- $100K–$5M
- Invests in
- US-wide, Canada
- Founded
- 1999
- Assets under management
- $200M
- Website
- activatevp.com
Thesis
Activate Venture Partners, formerly Milestone Venture Partners, is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 1999 and based in New York City. The firm focuses on customer-driven and sales-focused entrepreneurs with domain experience and a capital-efficient mindset. Activate Venture Partners selects capital-efficient businesses that can make considerable progress toward business objectives with first-round financing of $5 million or less. The firm's investment thesis focuses on early-stage investments in digital media, software, and IT startups with disruptive potential. They target companies with innovative solutions and scalable business models, offering both financial investment and strategic support to drive growth and help startups achieve significant market success. They position themselves as a value-adding lead investor during a company's first institutional equity round. AUM is $200M.
Common questions
Does ACTIVATE VENTURE PARTNERS invest at the Pre-seed stage?
Yes. ACTIVATE VENTURE PARTNERS lists Pre-seed, Seed and Series A among the stages it invests in.
What check size does ACTIVATE VENTURE PARTNERS write?
ACTIVATE VENTURE PARTNERS writes $100K–$5M checks.
Where does ACTIVATE VENTURE PARTNERS invest?
ACTIVATE VENTURE PARTNERS invests in the US and Canada.