NYC Seed
NYC Seed is a Seed fund in New York writing $200K checks into Developer Tools, Enterprise, infrastructure-software and applied-machine-learning.
- Stages
- Seed
- Sectors
- Developer Tools, Enterprise, infrastructure-software, applied-machine-learning
- Check size
- $200K
- Invests in
- New York
- Actively investing
- Yes
- Founded
- 2008
Thesis
NYC Seed is an early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City, dedicated to fostering technological innovation within the region. The firm's investment thesis centers on supporting New York City-based technology startups with high growth potential, primarily focusing on software and internet-based businesses. They deliberately avoid hardware, life sciences, consumer packaged goods, or clean-energy physical infrastructure, concentrating instead on developer tools, infrastructure software, and applied machine learning. Operating with a hybrid public-private mandate, NYC Seed embeds an economic development mission to seed local New York technology jobs. They invest up to $200,000 per company at the seed stage to help launch initial products. Their approach is technical and founder-first, informed by Davis's background in software engineering and early internet infrastructure.
Common questions
Does NYC Seed invest at the Seed stage?
Yes. NYC Seed lists Seed among the stages it invests in.
What check size does NYC Seed write?
NYC Seed writes $200K checks.
Where does NYC Seed invest?
NYC Seed invests in New York.