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Grit Capital Partners
Venture capitalNew York · Pre-Seed–Seed · 8 people tracked
Also known as GRIT GROWTH MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Investment thesis
Grit Capital Partners believes the applied layer of AI will drive the AI transformation, with commerce, media, martech, and fintech being the most fertile sectors. The firm leads pre-seed and seed investments in founders using applied AI to transform these industries, including marketplaces, seller tools, logistics, social commerce, entertainment, streaming, live sports, media buying, marketing disciplines, and B2B and consumer finance, banking, lending, and payments. Its team members are former founder CEOs, operators, and investors who invest only in sectors where they have built companies, enabling high-conviction investing and hands-on partnership to help teams reach product-market fit and their next round of financing.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Grit Capital Partners went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 31 of 44 portfolio companiesSaaS ×14AI & Machine Learning ×10Consumer ×9Marketing Tech ×9Fintech ×7Media & Entertainment ×7Enterprise Software ×5AdTech ×4
HQs:United States×28
Who they back
founder profiles across 20 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×73 founders×24+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 23 founders with education data
Columbia University ×3
What their founders studiedfrom 22 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×5Finance & Accounting ×5Computer Science ×4Economics ×4Engineering ×4
Where their founders worked beforefrom 22 founders with career history
Millennial Media ×3Chumby Industries ×2MP3.com ×2Neustar, Inc. ×2Vistaprint ×2
1 founders hold a PhD · 6 hold an MBA (of 23 with degree data)
Investments · 44 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 22024 · 12023 · 22022 · 12021 · 22020 · 12015 · 12014 · 112 dated
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 DevicesNew York, US
Ray Spoljaric(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Evan Schwartz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Adam Burgoon(Director)
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsAgeTech CapitalCity LightLaerdal Million Lives FundOceans VenturesSpringbankTechstars
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+3 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-investors305 VenturesAntiElizabeth Street VenturesFJ LabsFlorida FundersFlucas Ventures+7 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 CapitalPropeller VC
BrandRank.AI is a SaaS platform that audits and optimizes how brands appear in AI answer engines such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity, tracking daily prompts to measure AI search visibility, content readiness, and brand vulnerability.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSCincinnati, US
Pete Blackshaw(Founder)inHank Hudepohl(Founder & COO)inPepper WyantJoseph Hudepohl(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsMercury FundTech Square Ventures
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 CapitalAgman PartnersAtento CapitalAurumBoston Seed Capital+17 more
HUMAN is a cybersecurity company focused on detecting and stopping automated bot attacks and digital fraud.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBrooklyn, US
Ashur Kalb(Executive Officer)Tamer Hassan(Co-founder)inMichael Tiffany(Co-founder)inDan Kaminsky(Co-founder)Ash Kalb(Co-founder)in
BoardSteven Fredrick(Director)
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investors11.2 CapitalCanaan PartnersDCVC (Data Collective)Evolution VC PartnersGula Tech AdventuresNightDragon+7 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 VCAndav CapitalOceans 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 & CoBlueRun VenturesBullpen CapitalCerity Partners VenturesConductive VenturesDarco Capital+15 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 VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Blockchange VenturesInsight Partners
Kira is an AI-based learning platform that combines instruction, assessment, and intervention into a single system, replacing disconnected education software tools.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaSPalo Alto, US
Andrea Pasinetti(Executive Officer, Director)inJagriti Agrawal(Cofounder)
BoardCarmen Chang(Director)inAndrew Ng(Director)inEva Wang(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAI FundNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Blockchange VenturesGrit VenturesInsight Partners
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
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)in
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsALIAVIA VenturesGOAL VenturesPhoenix Capital VenturesSound Media 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
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
Co-investorsCore Venture Capital
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 VenturesF-Prime CapitalGaruda VenturesNight CapitalForum Ventures
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Ft Lauderdale, US
Daniel Cohen(Executive Officer, Director)Justin Udelhofen(Director)Jason Cohen(Executive Officer, Director)
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Niche is an online space for people to connect with friends and discover shared interests.
ConsumerSocial
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesArca FundsBlocktower Capital
Niche offers an online quiz that helps families search for and identify schools that fit their needs, letting users filter by location, grade level, school type, and religious affiliation.
ConsumerEdTechMarketplacesPittsburgh, US
Robert Sehlinger(Director)Glen T. Meakem(Director)David G. Koegler(Executive Officer)Luke Skurman(Executive Officer, Director)
PartnerPaul Palmieri· solo GP
Co-investorsBlueTree Venture CapitalGraph VenturesRadian Capital
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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 CapitalTopmark PartnersVocap Partners+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
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+4 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
Co-investorsAI Fund
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 GrowthFJ LabsHemisphere Ventures LLCLightbank+6 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Grit Capital Partners made?
- Grit Capital Partners has 44 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- 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, Creator Economy, E-commerce, Fintech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Marketing Tech, Marketplaces, Media & Entertainment.
- Where is Grit Capital Partners located?
- Grit Capital Partners is headquartered in New York, 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 116 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
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