Grit Capital Partners
Venture capitalNew York City · Pre-Seed–Seed · 1 people tracked
Also known as GRIT GROWTH MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Investment thesis
Grit focuses on applied AI companies that leverage data models and agentic interaction to transform specific industries. The firm targets commerce (including marketplaces, seller tools, logistics, and retail media), media (entertainment, streaming, creative development, and measurement), marketing technology (customer journeys, sales funnels, and creative strategy), and fintech (transparency, payments, lending, and insurance). The investment thesis emphasizes the applied layer of AI as the dominant driver of AI transformation, with the firm drawing on its team's experience as founder CEOs and operators.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 1, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from public directories
Founder mafia
3 people who came through Grit Capital Partners went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 27 of 40 portfolio companiesSaaS ×12AI & Machine Learning ×8Consumer ×8Marketing Tech ×8Fintech ×7Media & Entertainment ×7Enterprise Software ×5AdTech ×4
HQs:United States×23
Who they back
founder profiles across 19 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×63 founders×24+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 23 founders with education data
Columbia University ×3
Where their founders worked beforefrom 22 founders with career history
Millennial Media ×3White Ops ×3Chumby Industries ×2MP3.com ×2Neustar, Inc. ×2Vistaprint ×2
1 founders hold a PhD · 6 hold an MBA (of 23 with degree data)
Investments · 40 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12023 · 12021 · 12015 · 14 dated
Voice-activated digital medical alert service for elders that detects falls and monitors motion, air quality, and temperature.
Aloe Care develops a comprehensive platform for monitoring and coordinating care for independent older adults, addressing safety, communication, and care collaboration among family members and caregivers.
Digital HealthHardwareHealthtechIoTMedical Devices
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsCity LightLaerdal Million Lives FundOceans VenturesSpringbank
American Express is a financial services company that provides payment solutions, credit cards, and business services to customers and businesses since 1850.
ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York City, US
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsLombard OdierQuest Ventures
Antenna's Subscriber Views product measures how programming affects audience behavior and subscriber loyalty by tracking which shows drive sign-ups, retention, and engagement across streaming services.
Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Jonathan Carson(Founder)inRameez Tase(Founder)in
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsImagination CapitalWaverley CapitalHyperSK VenturesUTA VenturesLightShed Ventures+2 more
Averi offers a content strategy and planning tool called Strategy Map that automates content pillar mapping, competitive research, and topic clustering for brands building organic search visibility and citation authority.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSNYC, US
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
BACCH Labs develops 3D spatial audio software and filters that render existing stereo or surround content into spatial audio on standard stereo devices, headphones, and multi-speaker arrays.
ConsumerDeep TechSaaSGainesvile, US
James Mentz(Founder & CEO)Edgar Choueiri(Founder & CTO)Sam Caldwell(Founder & Tech Advisor / VP of Engineering)inRobert Mentz(Executive Officer)in
BoardGarrett Gleim(Director)Benjamin Andrew Hoover(Director)
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Betr is a real money gaming mobile app offering player-stat pick games, a social sportsbook, a social casino, and skill-based arcade games where users can win cash prizes.
ConsumerGamingSports Tech
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsAntiElizabeth Street VenturesFlorida FundersFlucas VenturesFuel Venture CapitalHarmony Partners+5 more
Bodeswell is a travel chronicle and personal blog documenting a family's extended journey across multiple countries since 2009.
Media & EntertainmentAlameda, US
Co-investorsArgon VenturesCleo Capital
Chptr turns the obituary data funeral homes already collect into televised and radio obituary announcements that air on local news stations for at least three consecutive days, along with slideshows, heirloom films, and social remembrance products.
ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSaaSNy, US
Rehan Choudhry(CEO)inJeff Tennery(Chief Commercial Officer)inJamie Henriod(COO)in
BoardMichael Flannery(Director)Oliver Libby(Director)Andrew Bebbington(Director)
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsCosmic Venture PartnersMu VenturesCityRock Venture PartnersGrit Capital SeedSugar Capital
DraftKings operates a multi-product gaming platform offering online sportsbooks, daily fantasy sports, and casino games to consumers across desktop, mobile apps, and retail locations.
FintechGamingMarketplacesSector AgnosticSports TechBoston, US
Paul Liberman(Executive Officer, Director)inTige Savage(Co-founder)inMatt Kalish(Founder)inJanet Holian(Executive Officer)inTimothy Dent(Executive Officer)Alan Wayne Ellingson(Executive Officer)
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsAccompliceACME CapitalAtento CapitalAurumBoston Seed CapitalChamaeleon+14 more
HUMAN is a cybersecurity company focused on detecting and stopping automated bot attacks and digital fraud.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBrooklyn, US
Tamer Hassan(Co-founder)inMichael Tiffany(Co-founder)inDan Kaminsky(Co-founder)Ash Kalb(Co-founder)in
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersDCVC (Data Collective)Evolution VC PartnersGula Tech AdventuresNightDragonVertex Ventures+2 more
IFundWomen (IFW by Honeycomb Credit) is a funding marketplace for women-led businesses, offering access to capital through online fundraising, small business grants from corporate partners, business coaching, and an entrepreneur community.
FemTechFintechImpact & Social GoodMarketplacesMontclair, US
Karen Cahn(Executive Officer, Director)inDivya Gugnami(Director)Anjali Kumar(Director)Carolyn Spencer(Executive Officer)
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsDream VCOceans Ventures
Incremental provides a measurement and optimization platform for commerce media that uses causal modeling to determine which sales were actually driven by advertising, down to the campaign and SKU level.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechBaltimore, US
Jesse Leikin(Founder)in
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Jackpocket is a licensed third-party lottery courier app that enables users to order official state lottery tickets via smartphone.
ConsumerFintechMarketplacesNew York, US
Peter J. Sullivan, III(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAdam Rothstein(Director)
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investors7GC & CoBullpen CapitalCerity Partners VenturesConductive VenturesDarco CapitalDCM Ventures+13 more
KIRA provides decentralized infrastructure for app development, offering customizable compute resources (CPU, GPU, disk, RAM) and native staking capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3
Co-investorsAngelONE CapitalBlack DragonD1 VenturesBlockchange VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Infrastructure platform enabling non-fintech enterprises to launch AI-powered and stablecoin-based embedded financial products.
Layo is a platform for building, deploying, and measuring AI apps that let brands appear inside AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Lockr helps enterprises monetize and manage their first-party data in an ethical manner by providing integration capabilities that prioritize transparency over intermediary gains.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech
Keith(Founder)Ryan(VP of Business Development)
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Advertising technology company providing privacy, addressability, and identity solutions for consumers and media publishers through universal digital identity.
Loupe Art operates a streaming platform for visual art, offering curated original artist content and ambient art and music channels across connected TVs, web, and commercial spaces.
AdTechConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSaaSAtlanta, US
Cameron Clayton(Director)Michele Tobin(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Mike Flannery(Director)
BoardMarisa Warren(Director)
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsGOAL VenturesPhoenix Capital VenturesSound Media VenturesALIAVIA Ventures
Luxlock provides omnichannel experience management software built for premium and luxury brands, embedding high-touch sales, service, and experiential marketing methodologies into digital-first D2C commerce workflows.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceRetail TechSaaS
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Boston, US
Ian Randall(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardRoderick Randall(Director)Carmichael Roberts(Director)inRod Randall(Director)inChristian Garcia(Director)in
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesMaterial ImpactMoai CapitalStage 1 Ventures
End-to-end mortgage servicing technology company leveraging data to ensure legal and regulatory compliance in real time.
Automated Mortgage Systems, Inc. provides mortgage servicing technology and platforms for financial services firms.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechLegalTechSaaS
Peter Presland-Byrne(Co-founder)John Ardy(Co-founder)inJim Kee(Co-founder)James Hendrick(Co-founder)in
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Monark builds infrastructure for private markets, providing brokerages, advisory platforms, and clearing firms with the technology to offer alternative investments such as pre-IPO equity, private credit, and real estate.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US
Ben Haber(Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder/Board Member)inPaul Davis(Chief Product Officer, Co-Founder/Board Member)inDan Bulka(General Counsel)inAlona Kornberg(Chief Compliance Officer)in
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsCommerce VenturesGaruda VenturesNight Capital
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Niche Direct Admissions is a college admission platform that allows high school seniors to receive automatic acceptance and scholarship offers from participating colleges based on their Niche profile information, eliminating the need for traditional applications and essays.
ConsumerEdTechMarketplaces
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsBlueTree Venture CapitalGraph VenturesRadian Capital
Care coordination technology and services platform for healthcare payers and providers delivering higher quality ratings and member guidance.
PrivCo provides sales teams with company intelligence and prospect targeting tools, including verified contact data for decision makers, financial information, and competitive insights to support targeted outreach and qualification.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSales Tech
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Solana Beach, US
Bruce Worman(Executive Officer, Director)inDerrick Oien(Executive Officer, Director)inJohn Smelzer(Executive Officer)in
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsR/GA VenturesAvalon Ventures Management, LlcIntel Capital
Soundstripe provides a royalty-free music licensing platform where creators can subscribe to or buy individual licenses for production music tracks, including a curated Warner Chappell Production Music collection.
Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSaaSNashville, US
Micah Sannan(Executive Officer, Director)inTrevor Hinesley(Founder)inJeff Perkins(Executive Officer, Director)inRobert Olmstead(Director)Travis Terrell(Director)William Hinesley(Director)
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsCircadian VenturesEscalate Capital PartnersOverlineService Provider CapitalVocap PartnersCraft Ventures+2 more
Speechlab is a speech-to-speech AI platform that localizes and makes video and audio content accessible across 50+ languages through dubbed audio, translated captions, and subtitles, with an editing suite for quality control.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & Entertainment
Ryan Medlin(Founder)inJayadev Billa(Founder)in
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsAI Fund
Audience measurement and data analytics company for live-stream and esports viewership; acquired in 2020.
Marketplace technology platform simplifying music licensing for artists; acquired by Soundstripe in January 2025.
TRIPP provides immersive meditation and mindfulness experiences available through a mobile app and VR headset platform.
AgTechMental HealthWellness & FitnessVenice, US
Nanea Reeves(Executive Officer, Director)inZachary Norman(Executive Officer, Director)Kevin Keeland(Executive Officer)
BoardTim Chang(Director)
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsBeni Venture CapitalBitkraft Esports VenturesHartmann CapitalIter InvestmentsMayfield FundPresence Capital+3 more
Vidably is a platform that lets brands plan video campaigns and have their customers or chosen creators film the footage on their phones, using an AI coach that guides each shot and re-takes poor takes to produce usable clips.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechSan Francisco, US
Mark Watson(Founder)in
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
On-demand massage service connecting customers with licensed massage therapists.
New York, US
BoardSamer Hamadeh(Executive Officer, Director)inIlya Nykin(Director)inRyan Freedman(Director)
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsAlpaca VCCorigin VenturesECP GrowthHemisphere Ventures LLCLightbankMultiplier Capital+4 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesKira · fox2now.com · Aug 29, 2026
Monark Markets · tipranks.com · Aug 11, 2026
Tripp · armenpress.am · Jul 15, 2026
DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) · investing.com · Jul 10, 2026
Chptr · superbcrew.com · Jun 14, 2026
Soundstripe · hypepotamus.com · Jan 27, 2026
TechRow · medamd.com · Jan 20, 2026
Human Security · securityweek.com · Dec 5, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Grit Capital Partners made?
- Grit Capital Partners has 39 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Grit Capital Partners invest at?
- Grit Capital Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Grit Capital Partners focus on?
- Grit Capital Partners focuses on AI & Machine Learning, E-commerce, Fintech, Marketing Tech, Media & Entertainment.
- Where is Grit Capital Partners located?
- Grit Capital Partners is headquartered in New York City, US.
- Does Grit Capital Partners lead rounds?
- Yes, Grit Capital Partners leads investment rounds.
- Who does Grit Capital Partners co-invest with?
- Grit Capital Partners most often shares deals with Evolution VC Partners, Accomplice, Bitkraft Esports Ventures, among 101 tracked co-investors.
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