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Red Bike Capital

Venture capitalActively deploying

New York · Pre-Seed–Series A · 2 people tracked

Also known as Red Bike Capital NJ

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Investment thesis

Red Bike Capital backs experienced, technical founders with strong founder-market fit who solve large problems while demonstrating capital efficiency. Its focus spans data and AI, the future of commerce, revenue growth, logistics and supply chain, alternative underwriting, and the business of healthcare. The team draws on experience founding and scaling a top-performing Y Combinator company and deploying over $2 billion in assets. Beyond capital, the firm emphasizes hands-on go-to-market support, helping founders win their first enterprise customers by refining their value proposition, structuring a sales process, and making relevant introductions. It positions distribution as a key driver of startup success and partners closely with portfolio companies from early traction to scale.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
Check
$25K – $1M
HQ
New York, New York, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2021
Tracked investments
19

Team · 2 people

from public directories

What they invest in

from 16 of 19 portfolio companies

SaaS ×11AI & Machine Learning ×8Consumer ×4Retail Tech ×4Enterprise Software ×3Fintech ×3Marketing Tech ×3AdTech ×2

HQs:United States×10

Investments · 19 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2025 · 22023 · 12021 · 14 dated

Work Benchwork-bench.comin𝕏✓ verified

Work-Bench is a New York City seed-stage venture capital fund that invests in early-stage founders building enterprise, SaaS, and infrastructure software, with a focus on go-to-market support.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US

Gil BanyasinGal LelloucheinVita Mallela(CEO)inMalavika Reddy(CTO)in

Co-investorsJanuary VenturesOutlander VCWork-BenchIronGate Capital AdvisorsLevel Ventures

AI competitive intelligencedaash.coin

DAASH combines multiple research panels, social and advertising signals, and product attribute data to model sales performance, market share, and emerging trends for consumer brands.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechRetail Tech

Melissa Munnerlyn(CMO)inPhilip Smolin(CEO)inJustin Stewart(CTO)

Co-investorsBullpen CapitalEntrepreneur VenturesGFT VenturesHypothesisNew Stack VenturesSilicon Road Ventures

Athenaathena.studioinJul 2025 · $2.2M

Athena is a mobile game developer that builds casual puzzle and board games, including block puzzle, word, and pixel art titles with PvP features.

ConsumerGaming

Co-investorsEndeavor CatalystAmino CapitalFCVCY Combinator

AthenaHQathenahq.aiin𝕏

AthenaHQ builds AI-powered search technology for e-commerce and digital marketing.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Andrew Yan(Co-Founder, CEO)inAlan Yao(Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsFundersClubY CombinatorAmino CapitalFCVC

Brijbrij.itin𝕏Jun 2025 · $8M

Brij is a customer-data platform that identifies retail and marketplace buyers via QR codes, product registrations, and receipt uploads, converting anonymous offline shoppers into known first-party customer profiles.

AdTechConsumerE-commerceMarketing TechRetail TechNew York, US

Zachary Morrison(Executive Officer, Director)Kait Stephens(Co-founder)inZack Morrison(Co-founder)inKaitlin Stephens(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardFRANCISCO NUNES(Director)in

Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalLorimer VenturesForum VenturesLakehouse Venture PartnersSuperAngel.Fund

Cavalrycavalry.ai

Cavalry provides AI agents that analyze customer support tickets, resolve them in a brand-matched voice, and generate weekly reports highlighting urgent issues such as product defects, shipping trends, and billing problems.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerSaaS

Co-investorsMistral Venture Partners

Daash IntelligenceinOct 2023

Daash Intelligence runs an AI-based predictive commerce intelligence platform for beauty and personal care retail brands.

San Francisco, US

Philip Smolin(Executive Officer, Director)Kim Perell(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRoss Kimbel(Director)

Co-investorsBullpen CapitalGFT VenturesNew Stack VenturesOpenSky VenturesSilicon Road VenturesWillow Growth Partners

Domosjoindomos.com

Domos provides an AI system for property management companies that automates leasing, maintenance, collections, and renewals across phone, email, text, and chat.

AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaSNew York City, US

Arthur Attal(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlue CollectiveKima VenturesVertical Venture Partners

Fernishfernish.comin

Wellness & FitnessLos Angeles, US

Lucas Dickey(Director)Michael Lee Barlow(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJohn Helm(Director)inKristin Smith(Director)Kerry Cooper(Director)

Co-investorsGreen Meadow VenturesRET VenturesTechstarsThe Fund

Flockflockshop.aiin

Flockshop provides AI-generated product imagery that lets online shoppers visualize items on themselves or on matching models while keeping a brand's styling and aesthetic consistent.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechSaaS

Manvitha Mallela(Founder)in

Co-investorsDorm RoomRed Swan VenturesThe MBA FundWork-BenchAndreessen HorowitzBedrock Capital+7 more

Hetalhetalretail.comin

Hetal uses computer vision and AI applied to in-store aisle recordings to diagnose planogram compliance and shelf conditions for consumer brands.

AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaSBronx, US

David Roger(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsBarrel VenturesHabitat PartnersNomad Venture Partners, LlcNVP CapitalNewark Venture Partners

Lunar Aspectlunaraspect.com

Luna Aspect provides audit-native compliance controls that capture evidence—control version, policy clause, decision, actor, model version and rationale—as each control runs, producing immutable, queryable audit records rather than reconstructing them after the fact.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsHoneystone Ventures

MidFunnelmidfunnel.com

Co-investorsGeek Ventures

Opstreamopstream.aiin

Opstream offers an AI-native platform that unifies vendor and spend data across ERP, CLM, HRIS, and compliance tools to automate the vendor lifecycle, including intake, onboarding, renewals, and approvals.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Co-investorsMu VenturesStorytime CapitalThe 51 VenturesTenOneTen Ventures

Radixhealthradixhealth.ioin

Pivotal Health is a healthcare technology company that helps medical providers maximize reimbursement through Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) management, payer negotiations, and data-driven revenue optimization.

HealthtechSaaS

Co-investorsAfore Capital

The Good Patchthegoodpatch.comin

The Good Patch makes wearable patches designed to support wellness and beauty, including sleep improvement and stress relief.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerHealthtechWellness & Fitness

Betsy ScanlanKelly Brock

Co-investorsRelevance VenturesThe Artemis Fund

Tongo sitegettongo.comin

Tongo operates a financial benefits platform for real estate agents and brokerages that centralizes checking, savings, retirement, and investment accounts and automates commission distribution.

FintechPropTechSaaS

Co-investorsElizabeth Street VenturesGood FriendsLAB VenturesLaunchpad CapitalMetaPropMetaProp Ventures+3 more

Trustatetrustate.comin𝕏Nov 2021

Trustate offers a planning platform with a trust funding service that prepares and processes the documents needed to transfer assets into a trust, coordinating directly with financial institutions.

FintechLegalTechSaaSTampa, US

Leah Del Percio(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsGingerbread CapitalImpression Ventures

Wrkdnwrkdn.com

Co-investorsZAKA VC

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Frequently asked questions

What stage does Red Bike Capital invest at?
Red Bike Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What is Red Bike Capital's typical check size?
Red Bike Capital typically writes checks of $25K – $1M.
What sectors does Red Bike Capital focus on?
Red Bike Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Digital Health, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, InsurTech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Medical Devices, PropTech, SaaS, Wellness & Fitness.
Where is Red Bike Capital located?
Red Bike Capital is headquartered in New York, US.
Does Red Bike Capital lead rounds?
Red Bike Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.

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