Contour Venture Partners
Venture capitalNew York · Pre-Seed–Series A · 6 people tracked
Also known as Contour · Contour Asset Management Llc · CONTOUR MANAGEMENT LLC
Investment thesis
Contour Venture Partners invests at the seed stage in companies building innovative software solutions, concentrating on enterprise SaaS, vertical B2B SaaS, and financial services sectors, with a particular focus on the New York City technology ecosystem. The firm partners closely with entrepreneurs and management teams, often serving as the first institutional investor and taking an active operational, financial, and strategic advisory role as businesses scale.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 43 of 108 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×19SaaS ×19Enterprise Software ×17Fintech ×13Data & Infrastructure ×8B2B Marketplaces ×5Cybersecurity ×5Marketing Tech ×5
HQs:United States×41United Kingdom×1Israel×1Mexico×1
Investments · 108 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 22024 · 22022 · 22021 · 32019 · 12018 · 62017 · 22015 · 119 dated
Datadog is a cloud-based monitoring and security platform that provides observability, analytics, and protection for infrastructure, applications, and data across enterprises.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureNew York, US
Olivier Pomel(Founder & CEO)inAlexis Le-Quoc(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Amit Agarwal(Executive Officer)Murat Bicer(Director)Dev Ittycheria(Director)Shardul Shah(Director)
Boston, US
Board seatMatt Gorin· per SEC Form D · $6.7M raise · filed Aug 2022
New York, US
Howard Katzenberg(Executive Officer, Director)Ankur Patel(Executive Officer)Alexander Jia(Executive Officer)Matt Gorin(Director)
Board seatMatt Gorin· per SEC Form D · $6.8M raise · filed Jul 2021
LeagueApps provides a mobile app and management platform for youth sports organizations to handle team scheduling, communication, registration, payments, and facility operations.
B2B MarketplacesSaaSSports TechNew York, US
Paramdeep Singh(Director)Jeremy Goldberg(President)Brian Litvack(Chief Executive Officer)Matthew Gorin(Director)Steve Parker(Chief Technical Officer)
Board seatMatthew Gorin· per SEC Form D
Scripta offers an AI-powered prescription navigation platform for health plan sponsors that helps members and doctors find lower-cost medication alternatives while providing transparent pricing analysis.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtech
Board seatBob Greene· per SEC Form D · $16.7M raise · filed Feb 2025
Brooklyn, US
Vidyut Jain(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPriyanka Mitra(Director)Shomik Ghosh(Director)Samir Kumar(Director)
Board seatOwen Davis· per SEC Form D · $3M raise · filed Jul 2024
ARIX combines robotics and data analytics to inspect and manage critical industrial assets.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnergyIoTRoboticsJackson, US
Dianna Liu(President and CEO)
Product management software acquired by Pendo (February 2026).
Lehi, US
Darin Petty(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Tyler Ferguson(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew Anderton(Executive Officer, Director)
Movable Ink provides marketing software that uses automation and artificial intelligence to personalize customer engagements across channels for brands.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSWaltham, US
Ken MacAskill(Executive Officer)Gregory Leibon(Executive Officer, Director)James Glover(Executive Officer, Director)
Contently is a platform and content management service that helps brands create and distribute editorial content at scale.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSNew York City, US
Shane Snow(Executive Officer)Joshua Breinlinger(Director)Joseph Coleman(Executive Officer, Director)David Goldberg(Director)Paul Flanagan(Director)
BoardEric Paley(Director)
Acquired by Optifino; life insurance distribution.
San Diego, US
Brandon Chi(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph Swift(Executive Officer, Director)Amitesh Pratap(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMatt Scalise(Director)Nick Schroer(Director)
Degreed provides an enterprise learning experience platform that helps organizations collect, understand, and develop workforce skills through AI-driven learning experiences.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
David Blake(CEO)Chris McCarthy(Director)
BoardBrandon Tidwell(Director)
Crowdsourced earnings and economic estimate platform
Felix is a remittance service that enables users to send money from the United States to Latin America (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Dominican Republic) via WhatsApp, with funds delivered to bank accounts, mobile wallets, or cash pickup locations.
B2B MarketplacesFintech
Brooklyn, US
Alexander Gillett(Executive Officer, Director)Arthur Gillett(Executive Officer, Director)Richard Heitzmann(Director)
BoardMatt Gorin(Director)
Alteryx is a platform that automates data preparation, connection, and analysis using a no-code interface.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Andy MacMillan(Chief Executive Officer)Jon Pexton(Chief Financial Officer)Nali Giliana(Chief Strategy Officer and Chief of Staff)Jill Bone(Chief People Officer)Steven Birdsall(Chief Revenue Officer)Chris Lal(Chief Legal Officer)
Naples, US
Craig Welch(Executive Officer, Promoter, Director)John Rodefeld(Mr. Rodefeld is the Chief Operating Officer of the Issuer.)Mark Stein(Mr. Stein is the Secretary of the Issuer.)
BoardMatt Gorin(Director)
LendingFront provides an embedded platform that helps banks, payment companies, and software firms cross-sell financial products to small business customers through real-time data and behavioral insights.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Machinery Partner facilitates the sourcing, financing, and management of heavy equipment for business customers.
B2B MarketplacesFintechBoston, US
Serves 700+ major brands; Contour led the seed round.
Narmi provides digital banking technology and tools to community banks and credit unions, enabling them to compete with larger financial institutions.
FintechSaaSNew York City, US
Nikhil Lakhanpal(Co-Founder and Co-President)Chris Griffin(Co-Founder and Co-President)Sean Gray(COO & President)
BoardJill Castilla(CEO & President)
Octane operates a technology-enabled lending marketplace and in-house lender (Roadrunner Financial) that provides point-of-sale financing for lifestyle purchases in markets such as powersports vehicles, outdoor power equipment, and RVs.
FintechMarketplacesNew York, US
Mark Davidson(Executive Officer)Jesse Beyroutey(Director)Steven Fernald(Executive Officer, Director)Maria Aveledo(Executive Officer)Jason Guss(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Molnar(Executive Officer)
OnDeck provides term loans and lines of credit to small businesses in the United States through a fast, digital application process.
Fintech
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 · 3
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioDatadogNASDAQ: DDOGCovracq. by OptifinoFieldlensacq. by WeWork
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesSmartAsset · job-boards.greenhouse.io · Jul 15, 2026
WAVE · tipranks.com · Jun 29, 2026
TireTutor · businesswest.com · Jun 19, 2026
IPO: AYX · news.bloomberglaw.com · Nov 6, 2025
Shelf Inc. · bizjournals.com · Oct 23, 2025
SkopeNow · skopenow.com · Apr 22, 2025
SafeBase · safebase.io · Feb 11, 2025
Fund performance · per public LP disclosures · 7
as of Mar 2025| Fund | Vintage | Committed | Net IRR | TVPI | DPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contour Venture Partners V-A, LPLPs: Empire State Development – New York Ventures | 2023 | — | — | 0.57x | 0.00x |
| Contour Opportunity Fund III, LPLPs: Empire State Development – New York Ventures | 2021 | — | — | 0.88x | 0.00x |
| Contour Opportunity Fund II, LPLPs: Empire State Development – New York Ventures | 2019 | — | — | 1.35x | 0.08x |
| Contour Venture Partners IV-A, LPLPs: Empire State Development – New York Ventures | 2018 | — | — | 0.89x | 0.00x |
| Contour Opportunity Fund, LPLPs: Empire State Development – New York Ventures | 2015 | — | — | 5.48x | 3.50x |
| Contour Venture Partners III-A, LPLPs: Empire State Development – New York Ventures | 2014 | — | — | 1.91x | 0.48x |
| Contour Venture Partners II-A, LPLPs: Empire State Development – New York Ventures | 2011 | — | — | 4.75x | 1.27x |
Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Contour Venture Partners invest at?
- Contour Venture Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Contour Venture Partners's typical check size?
- Contour Venture Partners typically writes checks of $500K – $2M.
- What sectors does Contour Venture Partners focus on?
- Contour Venture Partners focuses on B2B Marketplaces, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
- Where is Contour Venture Partners located?
- Contour Venture Partners is headquartered in New York, US.
- Does Contour Venture Partners lead rounds?
- Yes, Contour Venture Partners leads investment rounds.
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