Swell Partners
Venture capitalNew York City · Pre-Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
Swell backs pre-seed and seed founders with insider industry insight and an outsider perspective who move ahead of consensus and combine technical depth with commercial instincts. The fund invests across four frontiers: Enterprise AI (service-as-software and autonomous systems for the Fortune 500), Space & Defense (software-defined defense and orbital platforms), Bio (programmable, data-rich biology), and Industrial (energy, robotics, and embodied intelligence). Beyond capital, the operator-led partners help founders build teams, having made 75+ VP-level placements across their portfolio, and focus on getting companies to revenue faster.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 11, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 22 of 31 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×12Deep Tech ×6Enterprise Software ×6SaaS ×5Advanced Manufacturing ×4Data & Infrastructure ×4Defense Tech ×4Fintech ×4
HQs:United States×15
Who they back
founder profiles across 13 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×83 founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 16 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Stanford University ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 16 founders with career history
Apple ×3Meta ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 31 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2021 · 12019 · 12015 · 13 dated
ScienceIO offers an AI platform for interpreting healthcare data, including a product that converts unstructured medical text into structured data via an API and maps it to millions of medical concepts.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtech
Will Manidis(Founder, CEO)Gaurav Kaushik(Founder, President)
Co-investorsEarl Grey CapitalToba CapitalLachy GroomQuiet CapitalSection 32Todd and Rahul’s Angel Fund+5 more
Array Labs develops radar technology for aerospace and other leading industries.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechDefense TechHardwareSpace TechSan Francisco, US
Andrew Peterson(Founder)inJose Isaac Robledo(Founder)in
Co-investorsACVC PartnersAera VCClearance Venture PartnersDellin InvestmentsK Street CapitalLobster Capital+10 more
Intelligent defense for the age of robotic warfare.
Co-investorsKnoll VenturesTeamworthy VenturesBrickyard
Security layer for enterprises leveraging AI.
Credal provides a platform for managing AI agents with administrative visibility and team access controls.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkNew York City, US
Ravin Thambapillai(Founder)inJack Fischer(Founder)inJessica(COO)
Co-investorsAdelineDrive CapitalY CombinatorSpark Capital
Crisp is a vertical AI retail data platform that integrates, cleans, and standardizes CPG and retail data from sources like retailer portals, syndicated data, ERPs, and EDI, and deploys AI agents to generate insights and automate actions across merchandising, demand forecasting, category management, and supply chain operations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRetail Tech
Co-investorsDnx VenturesEvolution VenturesBlue Cloud VenturesPrologis Ventures
Reducing global food waste with data and AI.
CuraFi provides a drug risk and cost management solution aimed at expanding patient access to specialty medication.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsAV8 VenturesTau VenturesZelda VenturesSixThirty Ventures
Deel is a global HR platform that enables businesses to hire, onboard, and manage employees and contractors across borders.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alex Bouaziz(Founder/CEO)inShuo Wang(Founder/CRO)inOfer Simon(Former Co-Founder)Philippe Bouaziz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Franck Cohen(Director)Alexandre Bouaziz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsAlpha Square GroupAltaIR CapitalAmplo VenturesAndreessen HorowitzCoatue ManagementElad Gil+34 more
Deepnight develops AI-powered night vision cameras that use edge AI processing to enable high-performance imaging in extremely low-light conditions, targeting defense, consumer electronics, drones, and autonomous vehicles.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechHardwareSan Francisco, US
Lucas Young(Founder)inThomas Li(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Recycling spent nuclear fuel into tomorrow's energy supply.
New York, US
Carl Perez(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardYasuhiro Yamakawa(Director)William Hilarides(Director)
Fiveable provides AI-powered exam preparation for AP classes, offering practice questions with automated scoring and personalized study tools for high school students.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechMilwaukee, US
BoardAmanda DoAmaral(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inCraig Schedler(Director)
Co-investorsOwl VenturesSerena VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)27V (Twenty Seven Ventures)BBG VenturesBeta Boom+2 more
Godela develops AI models that learn the laws of physics from simulation data to predict system behavior with solver-level accuracy in seconds.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSan Francisco, US
Cinnamon Sipper(Founder)inAbhijit Pranav Pamarty(Founder)in
Co-investorsAera VCImagination CapitalMGV.VCY CombinatorCLAI VenturesNetwork VC
IronGrid provides foundation model-based software for industrial teams to assess risk and quality, with a focus on battery and energy storage systems.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnergyRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Fern Morrison(Founder)inGabriele Pozzato(Founder)in
Co-investorsClimacticTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorLombardstreet Ventures
HR TechSeattle, US
Todd H.(Founder)inSara Itucas(Director)Joseph Davy(Director)Alexander Ross(Director)inTodd Heine(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAmplo VenturesOne Way VenturesSinai Capital PartnersTechstarsTrust Ventures
Loft Orbital operates space infrastructure, providing satellites equipped with sensing resources, onboard edge compute, and connectivity that let customers run missions without deploying their own hardware.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechHardwareSpace TechSan Francisco, US
Antoine Bellon de Chassy(Executive Officer, Director)Pierre-Damien Vaujour(Founder)inAlex Greenberg(Founder)inAlexander Greenberg(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investors1809 CapitalBlitzscaling VenturesChaos VenturesEQUIAMFlucas VenturesHarmonix Fund+15 more
Modern Intelligence builds artificial intelligence software for defense applications, providing target analysis and decision-making from small data samples.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechSan Jose, US
John Dulin(CEO)inJoseph Cieslik(Executive Officer, Director)Tristan Tager(Director)
Co-investors7percent VenturesAir Street CapitalChampion Hill VenturesContraryMyelin VCVine Ventures
mParticle provides a customer data platform that consolidates first-party data across channels to help businesses scale operations.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechNew York, US
Andrew Katz(Executive Officer, Director)inMichael Katz(Executive Officer, Director)inDave Myers(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsArrowroot CapitalBowery CapitalCoelius CapitalEniac VenturesGolden VenturesGolub Growth+5 more
Financial services and risk analysis platform
Co-investorsCanvas VenturesEarl Grey CapitalNotable CapitalParade VenturesThomson Reuters VenturesPayPal Ventures+2 more
Parametric builds software for physical businesses to operate autonomously.
Advanced ManufacturingEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsSaaSSan Francisco, US
Cody Swain(Co-Founder & CEO)inJohn Newsom(Co-Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorMubadala CapitalOpera Tech VenturesSpace Capital
PebblePost provides performance marketing technology that combines online and offline data to reach households through connected TV and direct mail campaigns.
AdTechDirect to ConsumerMarketing TechNew York, US
Lewis Gersh(Executive Officer, Director)Brittany Wolf(Chief Executive Officer)Robert Victor(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJohn Frankel(Director)John Elton(Director)in
Co-investorsRRE VenturesAdvance Venture PartnersAlpine MeridianEscalate Capital PartnersGreycroftKickstart+4 more
RyboDyn develops immunotherapies by using its RyboCypher platform, which combines RNA sequencing with AI models trained on proprietary transcriptomic and proteomic databases to identify proteins encoded by supposedly non-coding regions of the genome (the "dark proteome").
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
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Stacks is a blockchain platform that enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to leverage Bitcoin as a secure base layer through a Layer 2 solution, offering developer tools and a programming language called Clarity.
Crypto & Web3Developer Tools
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsBreyer CapitalCompoundDigital Currency GroupDraper AssociatesEllipti+9 more
Tapad operates a global cross-device digital identity graph that links a consumer or household across multiple devices.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechNew York, US
Are Traasdahl(Executive Officer, Director)Dave Fall(Executive Officer)Reuben Regensberger(Executive Officer)Jeff Driskill(Executive Officer)
BoardRichard Heitzmann(Director)in
Co-investorsFirstMark CapitalRunway Venture Partners
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesDeel · calcalistech.com · Aug 3, 2026
Northstar · newsfilecorp.com · Jul 14, 2026
Parametric · artemis.bm · Jul 7, 2026
mParticle · investorshangout.com · Jun 25, 2026
Stacks Open-source network · trysignalbase.com · Feb 27, 2026
Array Labs · finsmes.com · Jan 6, 2026
Godela · forbes.com · Sep 25, 2025
Credal.ai · ycombinator.com · Mar 18, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Swell Partners made?
- Swell Partners has 29 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Swell Partners invest at?
- Swell Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Swell Partners's typical check size?
- Swell Partners typically writes checks of $500K – $600K.
- What sectors does Swell Partners focus on?
- Swell Partners focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Robotics, SaaS, Space Tech.
- Where is Swell Partners located?
- Swell Partners is headquartered in New York City, US.
- Does Swell Partners lead rounds?
- Swell Partners typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Swell Partners co-invest with?
- Swell Partners most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Aera VC, Amplo Ventures, among 110 tracked co-investors.
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