Swell Partners
Venture capitalNew York City · Pre-Seed–Series A · 4 people tracked
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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 · 4 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 23 of 29 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×12Deep Tech ×6Enterprise Software ×6SaaS ×6Advanced Manufacturing ×4Data & Infrastructure ×4Defense Tech ×4Fintech ×4
HQs:United States×18
Who they back
founder profiles across 18 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×93 founders×14+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 27 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) ×2San Diego State University ×2Stanford University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 26 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×8Engineering ×8Economics ×6Business & Management ×5Life Sciences ×3
Where their founders worked beforefrom 28 founders with career history
Apple ×3Air Force Research Laboratory ×2Berkeley Lab ×2Tapad ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
2 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 27 with degree data)
Investments · 29 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2021 · 22019 · 12016 · 12015 · 15 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 CapitalAlt CapitalLachy GroomQuiet CapitalSection 32+8 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 CapitalKOMPAS VC+13 more
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 an AI-powered platform that enables CPG brands, retailers, and distributors to integrate and share retail data for real-time visibility and optimization of sales and supply chain operations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFoodTechRetail TechSaaSSpringdale, US
Are Traasdahl(CEO/Founder)inDag Liodden(CPO/Founder)in
Co-investorsDnx VenturesEvolution VenturesBlue Cloud VenturesFirstMark CapitalPaine Schwartz PartnersPrologis+4 more
CuraFi provides a drug risk and cost management solution aimed at expanding patient access to specialty medication.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsAV8 VenturesBoutique Venture PartnersTau 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)inAlexandre Bouaziz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ofer Simon(Former Co-Founder)Philippe Bouaziz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
BoardAnish Acharya(Director)in
Co-investorsAlpha Square GroupAltaIR CapitalAmplo VenturesAndreessen HorowitzCoatue ManagementElad Gil+35 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
Exodys Energy develops UPCYCLE, a proprietary technology that recycles spent nuclear fuel into secure domestic feedstock for use in today's and next-generation reactors.
Circular EconomyCleantechEnergyNew 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-investorsBBG VenturesMatchstick VenturesOwl VenturesProgressionSerena VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)+4 more
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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+1 more
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 PartnersTechstarsStaenberg Venture PartnersTrust 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)in
Co-investors1809 CapitalBlitzscaling VenturesChaos VenturesEQUIAMFlucas VenturesHarmonix Fund+16 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 CapitalAlumni VenturesChampion Hill VenturesContraryMyelin VC+3 more
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+7 more
Financial services and risk analysis platform
Co-investorsCanvas VenturesEarl Grey CapitalNotable CapitalParade VenturesThomson Reuters VenturesM13+3 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)inBrittany Wolf(Chief Executive Officer)inRobert Victor(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardJohn Frankel(Director)inJohn Elton(Director)in
Co-investorsRRE VenturesAdvance Venture PartnersAlpine MeridianEscalate Capital PartnersFf Venture CapitalGreycroft+5 more
RyboDyn develops breakthrough immunotherapies by identifying and targeting previously hidden disease markers through its proprietary RyboCypher™ technology platform.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtech
Imad Ajjawi(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inCorey Dambacher(Founder, President, & Chief Technology Officer)inKerry Wilson(Co-Founder & VP, Platform Development)inAshley Woodfin(Co-Founder & Bioinformatics Lead - Target Discovery)in
Co-investorsHOF CapitalSOSV
Sharpei automates commercial lending intake and underwriting, using agents to collect and validate documents, prequalify applicants, communicate decisions, and update lenders' systems.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Maria Azofra(Founder)in
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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 ToolsNew York, US
Ryan Shea(Co-founder)inMuneeb Ali(Co-founder)in
BoardAlbert Wenger(Director)in
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsBreyer CapitalCompoundContinue CapitalDigital Currency GroupDraper Associates+20 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)inDave Fall(Executive Officer)inReuben Regensberger(Executive Officer)Jeff Driskill(Executive Officer)in
BoardRichard Heitzmann(Director)in
Co-investorsFirstMark CapitalRunway Venture PartnersFirsthand Technology Value Fund
Treasure is an investment management and advisory firm that provides brokerage and investment services.
Fintech
Sam Strasser(Founder)in
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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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
Crisp · talkbusiness.net · Dec 11, 2025
Godela · forbes.com · Sep 25, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Swell Partners made?
- Swell Partners has 29 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited.
- 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 113 tracked co-investors.
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