New York · Pre-Seed–Series A · 10 people tracked
Also known as LACONIA ADVISORY SERVICES LLC · Laconia Capital Group
Investment thesis
Laconia focuses exclusively on early-stage investing, backing serious founders building 'must have' technology for enduring industries. Rather than treating seed as a pipeline for later growth rounds, the firm has stayed dedicated to the earliest days of company building, where it believes discipline, judgment, and hands-on support matter most. The firm concentrates on pre-seed and seed B2B software companies and draws on its partners' operating experience to help founders with sales acceleration, operational execution, and capital strategy. This early-stage discipline has guided the firm for over a decade.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 10 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directories
What they invest in
from 3 of 6 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×3SaaS ×3Enterprise Software ×2Construction Tech ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1Fintech ×1Marketing Tech ×1
HQs:United States×4
Investments · 6 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12019 · 12018 · 13 dated
Ocrolus provides cash flow analytics and document processing tools for lenders and financial institutions to make funding decisions for small businesses.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechSaaSNew York, US
Sam Bobley(Executive Officer)
BoardNick Adams(Director)in
Board seatDavid Arcara· per SEC Form D · $7.5M raise · filed Feb 2019
Co-investorsARC Angel FundBoro CapitalBullpen CapitalCohen CircleDifferential VenturesElevate Innovation Partners+9 more
New York, US
Rachel Renock(Executive Officer, Director)Claire Humphreys(Executive Officer, Director)Kristen Ablamsky(Director)
Board seatGeri Kirilova· per SEC Form D · $4.9M raise · filed Jul 2019
Bluefish is an enterprise marketing platform that helps large brands monitor, optimize, and measure their visibility and reputation across AI-driven channels such as AI search and agentic commerce.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSNew York City, US
Jing Feng(Co-founder)inAndrei Dunca(Co-founder)inAlex Sherman(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsCrane Venture PartnersEvolution VC PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Swift VenturesThreshold VenturesAmex Ventures+2 more
Marlborough, US
Vasudevan Ramanathan(Executive Officer, Director)Caleb Costa(Executive Officer, Director)Joe Moriarty(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardFrank Smith(Director)inDonald Bossi(Director)Dominic Endicott(Director)
Co-investorsAIFMassVenturesNauta CapitalTechnology Venture Partners
Trestle is a vendor management platform that gives construction and preconstruction teams real-time visibility into vendor capacity, contract exposure, qualifications, and performance in one place.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsCamber CreekFortySix Venture CapitalLegalTechMetaPropMetaProp VenturesRedbud VC+2 more
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.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesBluefish · echowi.ai · Aug 6, 2026
Trestle · altss.com · Jun 3, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Laconia invest at?
- Laconia invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Laconia's typical check size?
- Laconia typically writes checks of $250K – $1M.
- What sectors does Laconia focus on?
- Laconia focuses on Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, E-commerce, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Marketing Tech, Media & Entertainment, Retail Tech, SaaS.
- Where is Laconia located?
- Laconia is headquartered in New York, US.
- Does Laconia lead rounds?
- Yes, Laconia leads investment rounds.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamInvestor Connect- Episode 93- David Arcara of Laconia Capital Group
Hall Martin · David Arcara
Geri Kirilova, Managing Partner at Laconia - The VentureFizz Podcast
VentureFizz · Geri Kirilova
Meet The VC: Geri Kirilova of Laconia Capital
Early Growth · Geri Kirilova
001 The Formation of Laconia Capital Group with Jeffrey Silverman
Funding & Disrupting Podcast with Keith Herman · Jeffrey Silverman · youtube.com
Jeffrey Silverman of Laconia Capital
Gordon Platt · Jeffrey Silverman
Images
Co-investors · 18
Bullpen Capital is an early-stage venture firm that has funded over 100 companies, focusing on businesses that have found product-market fit but are overlooked by other investors.
QED Investors is a venture capital firm focused on financial services, founded by former Capital One executives to back founders bringing transparency and fairness to fintech.
Differential Ventures is an early-stage venture firm investing in data-centric, AI-native B2B technology companies at the pre-seed and seed stages.
ValueStream Ventures is an early-stage venture fund focused on B2B platforms built around valuable proprietary data.
Everywhere Ventures is an early-stage venture firm, backed by a community of founders and operators as LPs, that writes early checks (including pre-seed) into startups across many sectors and geographies.
Inovia Capital is a full-stack venture capital firm based in Canada with a presence in the EU, partnering with founders to build global technology companies.
2048 Ventures is a thesis-driven early-stage venture capital firm based in New York and Boston that backs founders building future technologies.
AlleyCorp is an early-stage investor and incubator based in New York that builds and backs companies across enterprise, consumer, healthcare, and deep tech sectors.
Comcast Ventures is the venture capital arm of Comcast NBCUniversal, backing early- to growth-stage companies in sectors relevant to Comcast's future, and offering portfolio companies access to Comcast NBCUniversal's expertise, scale, network, and resources.
Javelin Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in unique ideas, people and business models across companies it would personally want to join.
Frontier is an early-stage technology investor backing entrepreneurs building innovative technologies aimed at improving joy, well-being, safety and productivity worldwide.
▶6 more co-investors
Illuminate VenturesMusha VenturesConvergence VenturesVamosVenturesThird PrimeTwenty Seven Ventures
Firms observed investing alongside Laconia, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Laconia's recorded portfolio.
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