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Geek Ventures

Venture capitalActively deployingoperating company · company profile

New York · Pre-Seed–Seed · 7 people tracked

Also known as GEEK VENTURES, LLC

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Investment thesis

Geek Ventures focuses on supporting visionary immigrant founders building companies in the United States, aiming to level the playing field through both capital and connections. Founded by immigrants who have navigated the challenges of arriving in a new country and building a network from scratch, the firm invests at the pre-seed and seed stages with first checks of $200k-$800k. It seeks to free founders to concentrate on building exceptional businesses while it provides support drawn from shared immigrant experience.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
Check
$200K – $800K
HQ
New York, New York, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2021
Last 12 months
3 investments
Private fund assets
$45.2M
VC funds
14
Tracked investments
91

Team · 7 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Sviata Luhovets· Associate

What they invest in

from 57 of 91 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×37SaaS ×23Enterprise Software ×17Data & Infrastructure ×6Consumer ×5Creator Economy ×5Developer Tools ×5Future of Work ×5

HQs:United States×30Poland×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 25 portfolio companies
40%
solo founders
10 of 25 mapped founding teams
75%
repeat founders
of 16 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×102 founders×113 founders×4

Where their founders studiedfrom 17 founders with education data

University of Southern California ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Techstars ×3Y Combinator ×3

Investments · 91 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 32025 · 12024 · 12023 · 22021 · 22016 · 12014 · 111 dated

Flowlieflowlie.comin𝕏✓ verified

Quill (operated by Flowlie Technologies) provides a managed back-office function that unifies finance, HR, compliance, capital planning, and board preparation for startup founders.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS

Kaben Clauson(Co-Founder & CEO)Ian Cohen(Co-Founder & CEO)Rick Gordon(Co-Founder & CEO)Adam Stepanovic(Co-Founder & CEO)Philip Odelfelt(Co-Founder & CEO)Vlad Cazacu(Founder)in

Co-investorsBaseLayer VenturesBright Pixel CapitalEPIC VENTURESGlasswing VenturesSage Venture PartnersSQUADRA VENTURES+4 more

#mademebuyitmademebuyit.io

BongdaWap is a Vietnamese-language football data website that provides live match results, scores, and betting odds for hundreds of leagues worldwide.

ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSports Tech

Co-investorsXRC

Arise
Arvistarvist.aiin𝕏Jul 2025 · $4M

Arvist provides an AI platform for warehouse operations that integrates with existing systems to automate claims management, detect errors, and improve supply chain efficiency.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareIoTLogistics & Supply ChainWilmington, US

Nilay Parikh(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardWerner Stapela(Director)

Co-investorsChicago Early Growth Ventures (CEGV)Iron PrairieKOMPAS VCNew Leaf InvestRackhouse Venture Management LpTechstars+9 more

Basebase.clubin𝕏

Base is a membership community that organizes curated in-person gatherings—small "Circles" of eight and larger "Experiences" such as socials, art tours, and expert-led events—for accomplished, curious adults primarily aged 35 to 70.

ConsumerMarketplacesSocial

Co-investorsConnetic VenturesTetradAdditionAltimeter CapitalAndreessen HorowitzCapitalG+8 more

Blendid
Bowltonbowlton.comin

Bowlton makes an automated cooking machine that prepares salads, soups, and hot bowls—up to 300 dishes per hour—along with software for inventory management, kitchen workflow control, and real-time analytics.

FoodTechHardwareRobotics

Brandlinks

Turnkey solution helping national retailers discover, source, and purchase from emerging e-commerce brands.

Bridgit
Caremazecaremaze.aiin

Caremaze generates discharge task lists for care teams, assigning tasks to the right people and highlighting urgent items so responsibilities are clear and nothing is missed.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech

Caveo

Marketplace to find coaches and mentors for senior-level executives.

Channel99channel99.com

Channel99 builds marketing technology to optimize B2B marketing spend and collaboration between finance and marketing teams.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSKentfield, US

Christopher Golec(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRobert A. Spinner(Director)in

Co-investorsJackson Square VenturesMSIVNorwest Venture PartnersRidge VenturesGTMfund

Clavetryclave.ai

Clave provides an AI assistant for multi-location restaurant operators that consolidates POS, labor, and other operational data, letting users chat with their data, receive automated reports, and take actions like adjusting pricing and rescheduling shifts.

AI & Machine LearningFoodTechSaaS

Co-investorsTetrad

Coached
Colors Aicolors-ai.com
Competeracompetera.netin𝕏

Competera provides an AI-based pricing platform for retailers to set and optimize product prices.

AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS

Co-investorsFlyer One VenturesGranada FundsICU VenturesStratMindsVerras Capital LP

Creso

Multi-cuisine machines able to prepare salads and hot meals with the efficiency of 10 line cooks working together.

Cytroniccytronic.aiin𝕏Jul 2026 · $13.5M

Cytronic operates robot-automated fulfillment centers that run order fulfillment as software with no human handling, aimed at DTC brands frustrated with traditional 3PLs.

E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics

Kevin(Founder)Kevin Gibbon(Founder)inScott Moen(Founder)

Co-investorsFailup VenturesSpacecadet VenturesAlumni VenturesMana VenturesRice CapitalScript Capital+1 more

Debbiejoindebbie.com𝕏

Debbie is a financial platform that rewards users for saving, making on-time payments, and smart spending rather than incentivizing consumption.

ConsumerFintechMiami, US

Rachel Lauren(Executive Officer, Director)Frida Leobowitz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Frida Leibowitz(Founder)

Co-investorsGreen Egg VenturesOne Way VenturesOutside VC

Decilegroupdecilegroup.comin

Decile Group offers an AI-powered SaaS platform and services for running venture capital firms, covering dealflow, capital calls, limited partner portals, and back-office operations.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Adeo Ressi(Founder)in

Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersJavelin Venture Partners

Document Crunch
Dratadrata.comin𝕏

Drata offers a compliance automation platform that centralizes controls and evidence, continuously monitors controls, and tracks remediation so teams can maintain audit readiness across multiple frameworks.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Diego, US

Adam Markowitz(Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder)inDaniel Marashlian(Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder)inTroy Markowitz(Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder)Tim Jackson(Director)William Griffith(Director)

BoardOren Yunger(Director)

Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Alkeon InnovationBallistic VenturesBasis Set VenturesComcast VenturesConverge+11 more

Dynamiqgetdynamiq.aiin𝕏

Dynamiq is a platform for building, testing, deploying, and maintaining generative AI and LLM applications within a company's own infrastructure or VPC, with features including observability, fine-tuning, guardrails, and RAG-based data integration.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Co-investorsDiaspora VenturesTA Ventures

EVEjoineve.ai

Eve is an autonomous AI sales agent that connects to a company's existing tools (CRM, inbox, calendar, messengers) to prospect, run personalized outreach, follow up, and book qualified meetings, with all outbound messages drafted for user approval.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech

Co-investorsDOMiNO VenturesSilicon Gardens

Exa Laboratoriesexalaboratories.comin𝕏

Exa Laboratories designs AI chips (XPUs) optimized for machine learning inference and training with reduced energy consumption.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsSan Francisco, US

Co-investorsOUTBOUND CAPITALTranspose Platform ManagementWave Ventures

Filmustagefilmustage.comin𝕏Apr 2021

Filmustage is an AI tool that automates film script breakdowns by tagging elements such as cast, props, locations, VFX, and wardrobe, and links mentions across a script.

AI & Machine LearningMedia & EntertainmentSaaSMiddletown, US

Egor Dubrovskiy(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsFlyer One Ventures

Food Readyfoodready.aiin𝕏

FoodReady provides AI-native food safety, quality, inventory, and traceability software combined with food safety consulting, including a HACCP/PCP plan builder, operational checklists, batch and inventory tracking, and supplier document management.

AI & Machine LearningFoodTechSaaSChicago, US

Gerald Galloway(Executive Officer, Director)David Seddon(Director)

BoardWilliam Metz(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAPA Venture PartnersScOp Venture CapitalSUPPLY CHANGE CAPITAL

FoodShield

B2B SaaS that digitizes and automates food safety management and compliance.

Getsaturdaygetsaturday.com

Getsaturday operates a website under FOMO Ventures, Inc. built around helping people find social connections.

Getsensategetsensate.comin𝕏

Sensate is a non-electrical wellness device and companion app that uses low-frequency vibration ("Somacoustics") and synchronized soundscapes placed on the chest to stimulate the vagus nerve and reduce stress, anxiety, and improve sleep.

HardwareMental HealthWellness & Fitness

Co-investorsExpert DOJOKern Venture GroupMoai CapitalUnlock Venture Partners37 AngelsDangerous Ventures

Gocharliegocharlie.ai

Co-investorsEmerging VenturesHawke VenturesIU Ventures

Gradualgradual.com

Gradual is a white-labeled community and virtual events platform that brings content, courses, discussions, messaging, and event hosting into one environment.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

Graigrai.fmin

Grai is developing tools focused on listening and responding through music.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerMedia & EntertainmentWarsaw, PL

Dzmitry Kamarouski(Founder)Ilya Liasun(Founder)

Harmony

Automates workflows by recording how you work once across any tool on repeat, combining screen recording with automation capabilities.

Insenseinsense.proin𝕏Nov 2016

Insense is a platform for creating and scaling user-generated content (UGC) and influencer marketing campaigns, offering a self-service creator marketplace and managed services for end-to-end campaign management.

Creator EconomyMarketing TechSaaSPalo Alto, US

Noureddine Tayebi(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAndrew Kau(Director)Hing Wong(Director)

Co-investorsFlyer One VenturesTrestle Partners

InsightPlatform
Joinskyejoinskye.comin𝕏Acquired

Sounding Board provides leadership development and coaching programs delivered through software that lets organizations build, manage, track, and measure internal and external coaching, including a proprietary coach-matching algorithm.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaS

Lori Mazan(Co-founder & Chief Coaching Officer)

Jomejome.comin𝕏

Jome is a platform that helps homebuyers find, compare, and purchase new construction homes across multiple communities and builders.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketplacesPropTechRetail TechBrooklyn, US

Dan Hnatkovskyy(Founder)in

Co-investorsFlyer One VenturesForefront VenturePragmatechRoosh VenturesSID Venture PartnersTechstars+1 more

Lincodelincode.aiin𝕏

Lincode builds LIVIS, an AI-based visual inspection system for manufacturing quality control that lets factory teams train and deploy computer vision models for surface defect detection, assembly verification, and anomaly detection through a no-code interface.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics

Rajesh Iyengar(CEO)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesArka Venture LabsBasecamp FundExpert DOJOAugment Ventures

Mantik
mbuembue.aiinSep 2024 · $1.8Macquired by Bluebeam

mbue provides AI-powered tools for commercial contractors to review construction drawings and generate compliant submittals, reducing manual review time and project risk.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechWest Lake Hills, US

Co-investors2045 VenturesSpatial CapitalTechstarsEverywhere VenturesFactorial Capital

MDisruptmdisrupt.comin𝕏

MDisrupt is an on-demand marketplace connecting healthcare and biotech companies with vetted clinical and scientific experts for services such as data labeling and model evaluation for healthcare AI, fractional operators, expert 1:1 consultation calls, and full team building.

B2B MarketplacesDigital HealthHealthtech

Co-investorsBDev VenturesMindshift CapitalStone Mountain VenturesThe Venture CollectiveZane Venture Fund37 Angels

Mediarymediary.tech
MidFunnelmidfunnel.com

Co-investorsRed Bike Capital

Mighty Networksmightynetworks.comin𝕏

Mighty Networks builds a platform for community management, courses, and events that helps community leaders and entrepreneurs build engaged member bases and generate revenue.

Creator EconomySaaSPalo Alto, US

Gina Bianchini(CEO & Co-Founder)Tim Herby(Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder)Thomas Aaron(Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder)inDAVID GALE(PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

BoardNANCY BERGLASS(Director)

Co-investorsCowboy VenturesFloodgateFounder CollectiveGreat Oaks Venture CapitalOwl VenturesWonder Ventures+4 more

Moveworks
Moxie
Nomad Datanomad-data.cominFeb 2021

Nomad Data offers an AI-driven platform that lets organizations query large volumes of business documents and datasets to surface answers, and connects users to a network of over 5,300 external data providers.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareNew York, US

Brad Schneider(CEO)Justin Manikas(VP Partnerships & Co-founder)

Co-investorsFlair VenturesStruck CapitalTenOneTen VenturesBloomberg Beta

Notion
Notynoty.ai

Noty.ai is an AI meeting assistant that transcribes and summarizes meetings in real time, then detects tasks, deadlines, and assignees to generate and track to-do lists.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS

Orbcomm
Ouraouraring.com

Oura Ring is a wearable smart ring that collects and analyzes 50+ personal health metrics to provide insights on sleep, fitness, and wellness for individual users.

HardwareHealthtechWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US

Ashley Colley(Founder)Virpi Tuomivaara(Founder)Tom Hale(CEO)in

Co-investors125 VenturesA-Rod CorpAble PartnersAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundBold Capital Partners+24 more

Performicaperformica.com

Chen Shashar(Founder)in

Co-investorsBowery Capital

Piramidalpiramidal.aiin

Piramidal bridges in-vivo and in-silico intelligence for neuroscience research and clinical applications.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesNew York City, US

Dimitris Fotis Sakellariou(Founder)inKris Pahuja(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorLIONHEART VENTURESAdverb Venturesfutureland venturesRitual Capital

Pooldaypoolday.ai

Poolday.ai builds Creator-3, an AI video production agent that generates finished, fully editable video projects from existing footage or a text prompt using a multi-agent system that orchestrates over 100 generative models.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsDaphni

PromptLayerpromptlayer.comin𝕏

PromptLayer provides a prompt content management system, evaluation harness, and observability tools for teams building large language model applications.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Co-investorsScOp Venture CapitalVerissimo VenturesStellation Capital

Qibusqibus.comin

Qibus builds remote-driving technology for vehicle fleets, including drive-by-wire retrofit hardware, teleoperation software, driving stations, and move orchestration, so a fleet's own trained drivers can operate cars from remote stations.

HardwareLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & Transportation

Quintess AIquintess.ai

Quintess is a voice-first AI troubleshooting agent that helps fleet and field maintenance technicians diagnose complex equipment faults using their manuals, schematics, parts catalogs, and maintenance history.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Zach Esmili(Founder & CEO)Zacharie Esmili(Founder)

Co-investorsIncisive VenturesThe Council

Realty Mogul

Online marketplace to find, compare, and buy new construction homes.

Reolon

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IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Geek Ventures made?
Geek Ventures has 91 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Geek Ventures invest at?
Geek Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What is Geek Ventures's typical check size?
Geek Ventures typically writes checks of $200K – $800K.
What sectors does Geek Ventures focus on?
Geek Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Impact & Social Good, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Geek Ventures located?
Geek Ventures is headquartered in New York, US.
Does Geek Ventures lead rounds?
Geek Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Geek Ventures co-invest with?
Geek Ventures most often shares deals with Flyer One Ventures, Expert DOJO, Techstars, among 129 tracked co-investors.

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