Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)
AcceleratorNew York · Pre-Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
An NYC accelerator with broader venture activity, offering intensive Manhattan cohorts (≈1% acceptance), 1,000+ mentors, daily in-person mentor/investor access, and ERA Global U.S. market support.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's website
Jonathan Axelrod, a serial music‑tech founder (MusicGremlin—Time all‑time top gadget; Music123—sold to Guitar Center), led 29 accelerator cohorts and is on New York State’s Innovation Venture Capital Fund advisory committee.
Murat Aktihanoglu, a technical operator-turned-investor who founded a free 2007 meetup that grew NYC’s startup core, reviews ~1,500 biannual applicants selecting ~1% for mentorability and launched an early climate fund.
What they invest in
from 34 of 292 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×15SaaS ×15Enterprise Software ×14Fintech ×7Healthtech ×6Consumer ×5HR Tech ×3AdTech ×2
HQs:United States×22
Investments · showing 200 of 292
founders shown can be your intro path10clear provides secure document management and compliance solutions for financial statements, with enterprise-grade security, encryption, and access controls.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Implicit is an AI-powered knowledge platform that aggregates technical content from manuals, tickets, and procedures to provide cited answers to both human workers and AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Flume Health provides AI-powered solutions for healthcare insurance operations, including tools for claims processing, care management, underwriting, and regulatory compliance automation.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechInsurTech
Basepair is a SaaS platform for analyzing and storing genomic data in the cloud, designed for research scientists and bioinformaticians.
BiotechCloud ComputingSaaSNew York, US
AMIT SINHA(Executive Officer, Director)
Castellum provides AI-powered AML/KYC compliance automation for banks, credit unions, fintechs, and digital asset firms to identify financial crime risk and reduce false positives.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Peter Piatetsky(Founder & CEO)Lee Roggenkamp(Chief Technology Officer)Marissa Venuto(Chief Operating Officer)
CoolrAI is an AI-powered SaaS platform that analyzes cooler and freezer images to provide commercial intelligence for Food & Beverage brands and distributors.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS
New York, US
Byran Dai(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardBrian Hecht(Director)Jason Green(Director)
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) invest at?
- Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)'s typical check size?
- Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) typically writes checks of $100K – $2M.
- What sectors does Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) focus on?
- Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS.
- Where is Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) located?
- Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) is headquartered in New York, US.
- Does Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) lead rounds?
- Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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