97212 Ventures
Venture capitalNew York · Pre-Seed–Series A · 8 people tracked
Investment thesis
97212 Ventures invests at the earliest stages in Israeli-founded startups seeking to enter the U.S. market via New York City. The firm partners closely with founders from zero to one, helping them reach early traction, access smart follow-on capital, and shorten the path to product-market fit. It offers deep access to the NYC tech scene through senior advisors, design partners, potential customers, and channel partners. A signature offering is building and operating a GTM board of senior executives to accelerate U.S. expansion, giving portfolio companies an 'NYC network in a box' to cut time to market and secure meaningful early wins.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 13 of 24 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×9SaaS ×8Developer Tools ×2Enterprise Software ×2Fintech ×2Sales Tech ×2Biotech ×1Construction Tech ×1
HQs:United States×5Israel×1
Investments · 24 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 12 dated
Permit.io provides a full-stack authorization framework that lets developers add access control and Identity Access Management to their products, with low-code tools for the rest of the organization.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
San Francisco, US
Harshwardhansinh Zala(Executive Officer, Director)Urvashi Kikani(Director)
Board seatVamsi Sistla· per SEC Form D · $1.3M raise · filed Sep 2025
Aktivate provides a sports management software platform for scholastic athletics programs, used by athletic directors, coaches, athletic trainers, and state athletic associations to manage eligibility, physicals, registration, finances, fundraising, and injury tracking.
EdTechSaaSSports TechNew York, US
Dhruv Singh(Executive Officer, Director)Yechezkel Kutscher(Executive Officer, Director)Shane Emmons(Executive Officer)Robert Cohen(Director)Micah Green(Chief Business Officer)
BoardRon Ostroff(Director)
Cloud-based platform for construction companies to supervise workflows and worker safety on site.
BiltOn provides site operations, safety, and compliance management software for construction owners and general contractors.
Construction Tech
CauseMatch is a peer-to-peer and crowdfunding platform for nonprofits, built to grow their donor base and increase online fundraising per donor.
FintechImpact & Social GoodSaaS
Joseph Bornstein(Founder & CEO)
Tool for integrating production-ready AI copilots into any product quickly.
Relationship support platform offering personalized expert guidance and research-backed tools for couples.
SymbolicMind develops CPU-native AI that uses symbolic rather than matrix computation to reduce training and inference energy consumption and costs by over 100x in reasoning workloads.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductors
CopilotKit provides an open-source framework and protocol (AG-UI) for developers to build and embed AI agents with rich, interactive user interfaces directly into applications, including web, Slack, and Teams.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSIssaquah, US
Atai Barkai(CEO)
TrialKit is a legal discovery platform that converts case materials—documents, video, body cam footage, phone extractions, audio, and handwritten notes—into an organized, searchable record with answers traced back to their source.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaSClifton, US
Ariel Deshe(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Eliaz Shapira(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardGil Ben-Artzy(Director)
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.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does 97212 Ventures invest at?
- 97212 Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is 97212 Ventures's typical check size?
- 97212 Ventures typically writes checks of $150K – $500K.
- What sectors does 97212 Ventures focus on?
- 97212 Ventures focuses on Consumer, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Media & Entertainment, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is 97212 Ventures located?
- 97212 Ventures is headquartered in New York, US.
- Does 97212 Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, 97212 Ventures leads investment rounds.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamHas New York Replaced Silicon Valley for Israeli Founders? ft. Eyal Bino of 97212 Ventures
IsraelTech · Eyal Bino
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Co-investors · 1
ffVC is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm based in New York that invests across emerging industries.
Firms observed investing alongside 97212 Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with 97212 Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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