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645 Ventures

Venture capital

New York · Pre-Seed–Series B · 21 people tracked

Also known as 645 VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC

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Investment thesis

645 Ventures invests in exceptional founders at the earliest stages, seeking companies that are pre-product, pre-revenue, and pre-consensus. The firm evaluates founders against four traits: purity of motivation (authentic drive to solve a problem), an earned secret (non-obvious market insight from deep expertise or contrarian research), obsessive problem-solving focus, and non-consensus thinking. Beyond capital, the firm actively supports portfolio companies through go-to-market strategy, fundraising guidance, valuation and term negotiation help, and connecting founders with advisors, distribution partners, and other key stakeholders. It concentrates on several areas of deep domain experience across the technology landscape.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series B
Check
$1M – $5M
HQ
New York, New York, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2013
Last 12 months
9 investments
AUM
$550M
VC funds
5
Tracked investments
131

Team · 21 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Michael Liu· Associate

Founder mafia

3 people who came through 645 Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 53 of 131 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×27SaaS ×26Enterprise Software ×20Fintech ×10Consumer ×8Data & Infrastructure ×6Marketing Tech ×6Developer Tools ×5

HQs:United States×43United Kingdom×1Mexico×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 29 portfolio companies
24%
solo founders
7 of 29 mapped founding teams
32%
repeat founders
of 37 founders with career history
~4 yrs
old at investment
median across 9 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×72 founders×83 founders×104+ founders×4

Where their founders studiedfrom 35 founders with education data

Brown University ×2Harvard University ×2LeapYear ×2The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 37 founders with career history

Goldman Sachs ×3HelloSign ×3Apple ×2Dropbox ×2Oracle ×2Square ×2Uber ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×10500 Global ×2

10 hold an MBA (of 36 with degree data)

Investments · 131 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 52025 · 72024 · 52023 · 32022 · 12021 · 42020 · 22019 · 12016 · 129 dated

Fiscal Notefiscalnote.comin𝕏OTC: NOTE

FiscalNote provides AI-powered software that aggregates and interprets legislative and regulatory data to help organizations track and influence policy outcomes.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureGovTechSaaSWashington, US

Tim Hwang(Co-founder)inGerald Yao(Co-founder)Jonathan Chen(Co-founder)Paul Donnell(Chief Accounting Officer)Jon Slabaugh(CFO and Senior VP of Corporate Development)Richard Henderson(Executive Officer)

PartnerAaron Holiday· led

Co-investorsChaac VenturesConversion CapitalDorm RoomEastward Capital PartnersFitz Gate VenturesGPO Fund+11 more

Lunchbox Technologieslunchbox.ioin𝕏Oct 2020✓ verified

Lunchbox is a digital commerce platform for enterprise restaurants that unifies ordering, catering, loyalty, and marketing functions.

Enterprise SoftwareFoodTechRetail TechSaaSNew York, US

Nabeel Alamgir(Executive Chairman & Founder)Andrew Boryk(Founder)inJames Walker(CEO)

Board seatNnamdi Okike· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsPrimary Venture Partners1982 VenturesBeyond CapitalCoatue ManagementFrontline VenturesGala Capital Partners+2 more

UpsideHoMjoinupside.comin𝕏Oct 2024✓ verified

Upside provides end-to-end housing stabilization services for individuals experiencing housing instability within healthcare settings, serving health plans, employers, and their members across Medicaid, Medicare, and employer coverage.

Enterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSSocialWellness & FitnessFort Lauderdale, US

Jake(CEO)inPeter Badgley(Executive Officer, Director)inJacob Rothstein(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatAaron Holiday· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsEquitage Ventures, L.L.C.Flare Capital PartnersTechstars

Meridianmeridian-ai.comin✓ verified

Meridian is a CRM and data platform for venture capital and investment firms that centralizes deal history, automates workflow logging, and enriches records with a bundled database of 26 million company records and verified contacts.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Alex Sen(Founder & CEO)inAlex Zagoro(Chief Technology Officer)in

Co-investorsDniproAndreessen Horowitz

Clerqclerq.ioOct 2025 · $21M

Clerq is a payment platform that lets businesses accept guaranteed bank-account payments from customers in store or online, reducing card processing fees and chargeback risk.

FintechSaaSNew York, US

Truett Dwyer(Executive Officer, Director)Benjamin Markowitz(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAdam Nelson(Director)

Board seatNnamdi Okike· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCoalition OperatorsFikaFirstMark CapitalCommerce VenturesDash FundFika Ventures

Efficient Capital Labsecaplabs.cominSep 2024

ECL provides non-dilutive, revenue-based financing to SaaS and AI companies with recurring revenue, using AI-assisted underwriting to make cross-border funding decisions quickly.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSNew York, US

KAUSTAV DAS(Executive Officer, Director)inMANISH ARORA(Director)in

BoardSANDEEP PATIL(Director)in

Board seatAaron Holiday· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsEudemian VenturesEverywhere VenturesLorimer VenturesQED InvestorsTwo Culture CapitalThe Fund

Mandolinmandolin.cominJun 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

Mandolin provides AI agents that automate back-office workflows for specialty drug administration, including patient intake, benefits verification, prior authorizations, and revenue cycle management for infusion centers and clinical practices.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSan Francisco, US

Mary Kay Huse(Executive Officer, Director)Will Yin(CEO & Co-Founder)Rohit Rustagi(Co-Founder & COO)

BoardMike Fitzgerald(Director)inEric Tobias(Director)inScott D. Dorsey(Director)in

Board seatNnamdi Okike· per SEC Form D · $12M raise · filed Jun 2021

Co-investorsGreylock PartnersSignalFireSV AngelTimelessHigh AlphaMaverick Ventures

Negotiatus Corp.Aug 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Board seatNnamdi Okike· per SEC Form D · $30M raise · filed Aug 2021

Co-investorsRally Ventures Management, LlcStage Capital

ReflexAI, Inc.May 2024SEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Board seatNnamdi Okike· per SEC Form D · $7M raise · filed May 2024

RentSpreerentspree.cominAug 2022

RentSpree is a digital platform that simplifies the home rental process by streamlining tenant screening, applications, and rent payments for renters, agents, and landlords.

MarketplacesPropTechSaaSLos Angeles, US

Michael Lucarelli(CEO & Co-founder)Paul Sirisuphang(COO & Co-founder)Ekabutr Sirisuphang(Director)

Board seatNnamdi Okike· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsKube VCRally Ventures Management, LlcVesta VenturesAmplify.LAGreen Visor CapitalTenOneTen Ventures

Setpoint Technologies Inc.Mar 2024SEC filingmedium confidence

Austin, US

Benjamin Rubenstein(Executive Officer, Director)Stuart Wall(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Lam(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Dixon(Executive Officer)Danielle DePalma(Executive Officer)

BoardDavid Haber(Director)in

Board seatNnamdi Okike· per SEC Form D · $30M raise · filed Mar 2024

Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitz

SkydropXskydropx.comin𝕏Oct 2021

SkydropX provides shipping automation software for e-commerce and retail businesses in Mexico, handling label generation, tracking, delivery time estimation, and return management across the fulfillment process.

Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesSaaSMonterrey, MX

Tavo Zambrano(Founder/CEO)inArmando Solbes(Founder)inLuis Garza Sada(Executive Officer, Director)Arnoldo Collin(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardWeston WAMP(Director)

Board seatAaron Holiday· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsSierra VenturesY CombinatorFJ Labs

Uptiquptiq.aiin𝕏Feb 2025 · $25M

Uptiq builds pre-built, domain-trained AI agents that automate operational work in banking and lending—covering prospecting, onboarding, underwriting, credit decisioning, risk monitoring, and client engagement.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechMckinney, US

Snehal Fulzele(Executive Officer, Director)inGanapathi Palanipandian(Director)

BoardMichael Walsh(Director)

Board seatNnamdi Okike· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCota CapitalCurql Collective, LLCEPIC VENTURESEvolution VenturesHourglass Venture PartnersSilverton Partners+6 more

VividlyJan 2025

Tomball, US

Board seatNnamdi Okike· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCentana PartnersCostanoa VenturesFermion

Abacus

PartnerAaron Holiday· led

Accend
Acclaim
Agency
Airfold
Alexalex.comin𝕏

Alex is a recruitment automation platform that conducts candidate screening, interviews, and scoring using standardized questions and objective criteria.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Aaron Wang(Founder)inJohn Rytel(Founder)in

Co-investorsPeak XV PartnersY Combinator1984 Ventures Management, LlcHOF CapitalUncorrelated Ventures

Alice
All Hands AIall-hands.devin𝕏

All Hands develops OpenHands, an open-source, model-agnostic platform for building and running AI coding agents, providing the interface, automation, and control layer to scale from a single local agent to an organization-wide system.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Robert Brennan(CEO)Graham Neubig(Chief Scientist)Xingyao Wang(Chief AI Officer)Ben Solari(CRO)

Co-investorsBetaworksFujitsu VenturesPillar VCMenloMenlo Ventures

Alma Security
Andrenaandrena.comin𝕏

Andrena is a wireless Internet service provider that delivers high-speed connectivity to multi-tenant buildings and households using wireless technology beamed to building roofs, then distributed wirelessly to units.

CleantechCloud ComputingNew Jersey, US

Neil Chatterjee(Founder)James Smits(Founder)in

Co-investorsAfore CapitalBollinger Investment GroupCalm VenturesCastle Island VenturesChaos VenturesChapter One+7 more

AptDecoaptdeco.comin𝕏Dec 2021

AptDeco is an online marketplace where users buy and sell used furniture with integrated delivery services.

Circular EconomyConsumerE-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesNew York City, US

Reham Fagiri(Founder/CEO)inKalam Dennis(Founder)inkalam dennis(Founder)in

BoardBrett Topche(Director)in

Co-investorsComcast VenturesFJ LabsGreat Oaks Venture CapitalHearstLabRed & Blue VenturesSandalphon Capital+2 more

Apty
Arborjoinarbor.comin𝕏Feb 2026 · $6.3M

Arbor provides a platform that helps households access renewable electricity at lower costs while reducing energy-related complexity.

ConsumerEnergySaaS

Co-investorsCity LightFirst Round CapitalFJ LabsLowercarbon CapitalObvious VenturesThird Sphere+3 more

Arborarbor.coinFeb 2026 · $6.3M

Arbor develops power systems intended to provide reliable, emissions-free baseload power at large scale.

CleantechClimate TechEnergyLos Angeles, US

Brad Hartwig(Founder)in

Co-investorsCantos VenturesCongruent VenturesGigascale CapitalVoyager PartnersChaac VenturesComma Capital+2 more

Arbortryarbor.cominFeb 2026 · $6.3M

Arbor is an AI platform that turns an organization's video footage — webinars, interviews, and events — into a suite of repurposed content including clips, social posts, blog articles, email sequences, and pull quotes, with automatic brand templates and voice controls.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsFoundersEdgeChaac VenturesComma CapitalLOWERCARBONNext Play Ventures

Aryeo
Athena Intelligence
Attentionattention.cominOct 2025 · $14M

Attention provides AI-powered sales tools for revenue teams, automating CRM data entry and providing real-time sales coaching to improve call outcomes and rep productivity.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech

Anis Bennaceur(Founder)inMatthias Wickenburg(Founder)in

Co-investorsAglae VenturesAlvenEniac VenturesRTP GlobalFrstLiquid Ventures

Attention
BeFreed
BeSpoke
Besxar Space
BetterView Marketplacebetterview.comin𝕏

Betterview provides a property intelligence platform that combines high-resolution aerial imagery with AI to detect roof condition, property perils, and risk factors, and integrates 2,500+ external data points with insurers' internal policy data.

AI & Machine LearningInsurTechMobility & TransportationPropTechSan Francisco, US

Dave TobiasDavid Lyman

PartnerAaron Holiday· led

Co-investors500 GlobalManchesterStory Group, LLC

BigEyebigeye.comin𝕏

Bigeye is a data observability platform that monitors and improves the reliability of datasets and pipelines for data engineering teams.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareDaly City, US

Kyle Kirwan(Co-founder)Egor Gryaznov(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsCoatue ManagementRackhouse Venture Management LpSequoia CapitalCostanoa VenturesIn-Q-Tel

Causelycausely.ioin𝕏

Causely builds autonomous reliability software that helps engineering teams prevent incidents and reduce troubleshooting time in cloud-native environments.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Dr. Shmuel Kliger(Founder)

Co-investors2.12 AngelsGlasswing VenturesTau VenturesAmity Ventures

Condor
Cotiss
Crescendo Health
Cube Dev
Datadatacenterfrontier.comin𝕏

Data Center Frontier is an online media outlet publishing news, analysis, webinars, and video coverage about the data center industry, including topics such as AI infrastructure, power, cooling, and construction.

Data & InfrastructureMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsAngeles Equity

DeepSourcedeepsource.comin𝕏

DeepSource provides developer tools for code quality and security.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Sanket Saurav(Co-founder & CEO)inJai Pradeesh(Co-founder, President)in

Co-investorsFundersClubEssence Venture CapitalHack VCY Combinator

Diagonal
ECL
Ederaedera.devinFeb 2025 · $15M

Edera builds products focused on secure computing.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper Tools

Alex Zenla(Founder)in

Co-investorsEniac VenturesFPVGenerationshipM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Mantis CapitalRosecliff Ventures+2 more

Edera
Edge
Ellisellis.ai

Ellis is a platform for private credit fund managers that ingests, structures, validates, and reconciles data from disparate sources such as loan tapes, general ledgers, and fund admin reports.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Co-investorsWilshire Lane CapitalFirst Round CapitalKhosla VenturesSlow Ventures

Ellisellis.comin𝕏

Ellis is a modern immigration law firm that combines legal services with a software platform to manage U.S. immigration and visa processes for companies.

HR TechLegalTechSaaSNew York City, US

Co-investorsAdapt VenturesV1 VCFirst Round CapitalKhosla VenturesSlow Ventures

EngineEarsengineears.com𝕏

EngineEars is a platform that connects musicians with recording studios and engineers for booking and collaboration, while also providing music distribution and direct-to-fan sales tools.

B2B MarketplacesCreator EconomySaaSLos Angeles, US

Luke Sorenson(Founder)in

Co-investorsDrive CapitalSlauson & Co.

Firestorm
Fly Labs

PartnerAaron Holiday· led

Forterraforterra.comin𝕏Nov 2025 · $238M

Forterra develops autonomous weapons, sensors, and battlefield systems using distributed control networks for defense operations.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRobotics

Alberto Lacaze(Chairman of the Board and President)Joseph Putney(Chief Technology Officer)

Co-investorsCRESCENT COVE CAPITALEnlightenment CapitalGlynn Capital ManagementNightDragonSalesforce VenturesSoftBank Vision Fund+8 more

General Analysis
Geniallygenially.comin𝕏

Genially is a platform for creating interactive and animated content, with built-in AI tools for content generation.

Creator EconomyEdTechSaaS

Luis García Díez(Founder)in

Co-investorsBrighteye VenturesOwl Ventures

Geniallygenial.lyin𝕏

Genially is a content creation platform for building interactive presentations, courses, quizzes and games, with built-in AI agents, templates, and LMS integration via SCORM and LTI.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS

Luis García Díez(Founder)in

Co-investorsAthos CapitalCiveta InvestmentMarket One CapitalJME VenturesOwl Ventures

Gimlet Labs

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Exits · 1

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

Fiscal NoteOTC: NOTE

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has 645 Ventures made?
645 Ventures has 114 tracked investments, including 7 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does 645 Ventures invest at?
645 Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
What is 645 Ventures's typical check size?
645 Ventures typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
What sectors does 645 Ventures focus on?
645 Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech.
Where is 645 Ventures located?
645 Ventures is headquartered in New York, US.
Does 645 Ventures lead rounds?
Yes, 645 Ventures leads investment rounds.
Who does 645 Ventures co-invest with?
645 Ventures most often shares deals with Y Combinator, 500 Global, Booz Allen Ventures, among 219 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

448th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Nnamdi Okike, 645 Ventures

1Mby1M Roundtables · Nnamdi Okike

Nnamdi Okike on Building 645 Ventures, Bias in Fundraising, and Being a Boston Sports Fan in New ...

Something Ventured Podcast · Nnamdi Okike

Watch CNBC's full interview with 645 Ventures' Nnamdi Okike

Nnamdi Okike · cnbc.com

645 Ventures' Nnamdi Okike on investing in tech's 'behavioral change economy'

CNBC Television · Nnamdi Okike

448th 1Mby1M Roundtable June 27, 2019: With Nnamdi Okike, 645 Ventures

1Mby1M Roundtables · Nnamdi Okike

Fireside Chat: 645 Ventures Co-Founder Aaron Holiday

Aaron Holiday · vimeo.com

Co-investors · 68

Andreessen Horowitz

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$500K – $50M
FJ Labs

FJ Labs is an early-stage investment firm specializing in marketplaces and network-effect businesses, taking an angel-style co-investment approach alongside institutional venture funds worldwide.

$100K – $3M
Chaac Ventures

Chaac Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that backs founders connected to the Princeton University tech and innovation ecosystem, leveraging that global network to help portfolio companies grow.

$250K – $1M
CRV (Charles River Ventures)

CRV is a venture capital firm that backs founders at the seed and Series A stages, focusing on those with deep conviction and unique insights.

$250K – $5M
Eniac Ventures

Eniac Ventures partners with early-stage founders, backing companies from 0 to 1.

Both backed · 2
$1.2M
QED Investors

QED Investors is a venture capital firm focused on financial services, founded by former Capital One executives to back founders bringing transparency and fairness to fintech.

$30K – $25M
Costanoa Ventures

Costanoa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs a select group of founders solving large, difficult problems, positioning itself as a long-term, operationally engaged partner from a company's earliest days through later milestones.

Both backed · 2
BigEyeVividly
$500K – $8M
Rally Ventures Management, Llc

Rally Ventures is an investment firm focused on business technology companies, backing a select group of high-potential startups to help them grow market impact and value.

Both backed · 2
RentSpreeNegotiatus Corp.
$100K – $4M
Craft Ventures

Craft Ventures is a venture capital firm run by a team of former founders, operators, and investors who partner closely with founders to help build and scale technology companies.

Both backed · 1
$50K – $50M
Greylock Partners

Greylock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building companies from inception. Its partners make only one or two new investments per year to focus deeply on each partnership.

Both backed · 1
$100K – $200M
Insight Partners

Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.

Both backed · 1
Shift5
$120M – $350M
Everywhere Ventures

Everywhere Ventures is an early-stage venture firm, backed by a community of founders and operators as LPs, that writes early checks (including pre-seed) into startups across many sectors and geographies.

Both backed · 1
$250K
56 more co-investors

Spark CapitalGreat Oaks Venture CapitalTiger Global ManagementSusa VenturesLiquid VenturesSierra VenturesTrinity VenturesPrimary Venture PartnersHigh AlphaDecibel PartnersOwl VenturesSilverton PartnersFlare Capital PartnersAmity VenturesEvolution Equity PartnersMarket One Capital3VCGrace Beauty CapitalCantos VenturesPrimo VenturesCurql Collective, LLCRedpoint VenturesBain Capital VenturesSapphire VenturesOffline VenturesUpHonest CapitalFreestyle CapitalStride VCFoundryDN CapitalBase10 PartnersAccompliceGaingelsLeft Lane CapitalAlleyCorpTeamworthy VenturesFlourish VenturesAnorak VenturesBaruch Future VenturesSummit PartnersExpansive VenturesEndeavor CatalystGutter CapitalThirty Five Ventures (35V)Vera EquityContour Venture PartnersSoftBank CapitalANIMO VenturesPage One VenturesLiveOak VenturesProof GroupBain Capital CryptoA*Infinite CapitalMetaplanetLearnLaunch Fund Accelerator

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