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Venture capitalWest Palm Beach · Seed–Growth · 8 people tracked
Also known as VSV MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Investment thesis
Velvet Sea Ventures is a multi-stage, sector-agnostic venture capital firm providing seed-to-growth stage capital paired with strategic support. Its principals collectively bring more than 80 years of experience and over $2 billion invested as both founders and venture investors. The firm positions itself as offering more than just capital, aiming to help entrepreneurs turn their visions into reality across all sectors.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 29 of 41 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×9SaaS ×9Enterprise Software ×8Consumer ×7Hardware ×5Creator Economy ×4Crypto & Web3 ×3Fintech ×3
HQs:United States×22Israel×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 29 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×122 founders×93 founders×74+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 34 founders with education data
Harvard University ×4Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×3The Wharton School ×3Stanford University ×2UCLA ×2University of Pennsylvania ×2University of Southern California ×2University of Waterloo ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 31 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×9Computer Science ×8Engineering ×3Humanities ×3Finance & Accounting ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2Politics & Policy ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 34 founders with career history
Google ×3Bridgewater Associates ×2IBM ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
3 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 36 with degree data)
Investments · 41 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 12023 · 22022 · 42021 · 42020 · 12018 · 12017 · 115 dated
Braze is a customer engagement platform that helps brands connect with customers across multiple channels.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Bill Magnuson(Founder)inJon Hyman(Founder)inMark Ghermezian(Founder)
Co-investors515 VenturesAccelerator VenturesBattery VenturesBlumberg CapitalBullpen CapitalCross Creek Advisors+16 more
BuzzFeed is a digital media company that produces entertainment, news, and content across pop culture, food, and commerce for online audiences.
ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentNew York, US
Jonah Peretti(Founder)inJohn Johnson III(Director)Mark Frackt(Executive Officer)Greg Coleman(Executive Officer, Director)Allison Lucas(Executive Officer)JON STEINBERG(President and Chief Operating Officer)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzLerer HippeauNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Hearst VenturesKima VenturesMacro Ventures+2 more
eToro's Smart Portfolios are ready-made, thematic investment portfolios curated by its analysts and partners (such as Franklin Templeton and BlackRock), bundling diversified financial assets around market trends like AI, fintech, and commodities.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechBnei Brak
Johnathan Alexander Assia(Executive Officer, Director)Ronen Assia(Executive Director, Co-founder and Director)inYoni Assia(Founder)inShalom Berkovitz(Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer)inHedva Ber(Executive Officer)inTuval Chomut(Chief Solutions Officer)in
Co-investors10T Fund1435 Capital91 VenturesAglae VenturesAlexander Geza Marcus PejacsevichAnthemis Venture+22 more
Instacart operates a marketplace connecting grocery retailers with customers who order food and household items for same-day delivery or in-store pickup, serving millions of households across North America through partnerships with over 350 retailers.
ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechSan Francisco, US
Apoorva Mehta(Founder)inBrandon Leonardo(Founder)inMax Mullen(Founder)inChris Rogers(Chief Executive Officer)inEmily Reuter(Chief Financial Officer)in
BoardMichael Moritz(Director)in
Co-investorsA*Andreessen HorowitzAvenue Growth PartnersBACKGROUND CAPITALBling CapitalBright Pixel Capital+53 more
Pinterest operates a visual discovery platform where users save and browse images organised into boards, used heavily for shopping, recipes and design.
San Francisco, US
Evan Sharp(Founder)Ben Silbermann(Founder)inPaul Sciarra(Founder)Mike Yang(Executive Officer)Natalie Fair(Executive Officer)inBill Ready(Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investors3Spoke CapitalA.Capital VenturesA*Acequia Capital (AceCap)Allied Venture PartnersAmakor+63 more
Arketa is a management platform for fitness and wellness businesses, offering scheduling, booking, payments, memberships, reporting, and marketing tools across single or multi-location studios.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSports TechWellness & FitnessNew York City, US
Rachel Lea Fishman(Founder)inJosh Archer(Founder)inJoshua Archer(Founder)
Co-investorsAmity VenturesFirst Round CapitalInspired CapitalRecall CapitalY CombinatorAllison Pickens Ventures+3 more
Autograph is a platform that facilitates branded digital collectibles and experiences, typically NFTs, featuring collaborations with celebrities, athletes, and influencers from sports, music, and entertainment sectors.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3
Dillon Rosenblatt(Founder)inTom Brady(Founder)inRichard Rosenblatt(Founder)
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzCosmic Venture PartnersHaun VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersThe Players' Impact+1 more
Real-money gaming platform for safely running peer-to-peer contests with content, community, and payment tools.
Co-investorsJoint Effects
Carda Health provides at-home virtual cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with conditions like COPD and heart disease, delivering physician-supervised care through clinical exercise physiologists with live vital-sign monitoring.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Harry DiFrancesco(Founder)in
Co-investorsDetroit Venture PartnersHDS CapitalPrimetime PartnersSiesta VenturesThe MBA Fund
Casper designs and manufactures foam and hybrid mattresses engineered for comfort and spinal support, selling directly to consumers through an online platform with physical retail locations and a 100-night risk-free trial.
ConsumerHardwareNew York City, US
Philip Krim(Founder)inGabe Flateman(Founder)Jeff Chapin(Founder)Neil Parikh(Founder)T. Luke Sherwin(Founder)
Co-investorsAllied Venture PartnersAlumni VenturesBullishCorrelation VenturesCrosslink CapitalDigital Strategies+17 more
Connect The Dots is a relationship intelligence platform that helps sales professionals and companies replace cold outreach with strategic network-based introductions.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Drew Sechrist(CEO & Co-founder)inIan Swinson(Head of Design & Marketing, Co-founder)inLuka Trikic(COO, Head of Engineering, Co-founder)
Co-investorsAspenwoodInnovius CapitalNorwest Venture Partners
New York, US
Max Galka(Executive Officer, Director)inNuria Gutiérrez Prunera(Founder)Chris LipowiczinVladimir Jelisavcic(Director)
BoardAnthony Pompliano(Director)in
Co-investorsF-Prime CapitalMoonshots CapitalParaFi CapitalAvon VenturesGemini Frontier FundLightspeed Venture Partners+2 more
Etched designs custom inference chips, racks, and software co-designed for running frontier AI models, including large sparse mixture-of-experts models, long-context, and agentic workloads.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsSan Jose, US
Gavin Uberti(Founder)inRobert Wachen(Founder)Chris Zhu(Founder)inMark Ross(CTO)inBrian Loiler(VP of Platform)inWayne Cao(VP of Production)in
Co-investorsThiel CapitalAntiAZURO CAPITAL VENTURESBain Capital VenturesBeyond CapitalConversion Capital+28 more
Flipboard is a news and social network aggregator that presents curated web content in a flippable magazine format.
Palo Alto, US
Michael McCue(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Evan Doll(Founder)Mike McCue(Founder)in
BoardBing Gordon(Director)inDavid Bell(Director)
Co-investorsAmino CapitalCoatue ManagementComcast VenturesIndex VenturesInsight PartnersK2 Global+8 more
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Customer support intelligence platform
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
George Davis(Founder)inBrandon Reiss(Founder)in
Co-investorsConversion CapitalFirstMark CapitalG20 VenturesGreycroftKube VCThe Robotics Hub+5 more
Gynger provides non-dilutive capital to startups to purchase software and infrastructure tools, combining financing with software procurement to help businesses manage cash flow without equity dilution or traditional lending requirements.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSNew York, US
Mark Ghermezian(Founder)Eric Reiner(Director)
Co-investorsDeciensGradient Venturesm]x[v CapitalUpper90Vine VenturesBAG Ventures+2 more
Healthie provides a software platform for healthcare practitioners including dietitians and life coaches to manage their practices and deliver virtual, recurring care to patients outside traditional hospital settings.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSWellness & FitnessNew York City, US
Cavan Klinsky(Founder)inErica Jain(Founder)in
BoardSean Ammirati(Director)
Co-investorsBirchmere VenturesDorm RoomGreen Egg VenturesGreyMatterLongley CapitalTechstars+3 more
KarmaCheck provides technology-based background checks, credentialing, and compliance solutions for staffing and healthcare companies, with emphasis on speed and candidate experience.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Eric Ly(Co-founder & CEO)inMark Lieberwitz(Founder)in
BoardMichael Lazerow(Director)
Co-investorsNextView VenturesParameter VenturesAAF Management Ltd.Alumni VenturesMGV.VCOne Way Ventures+4 more
Personal art studio site of artist Kurt Giehl, featuring collections of his artwork available for sale.
Consumer
Kurt Giehl
LeoLabs operates a network of ground-based radars and an AI-enabled cloud platform that tracks and maps objects and activity in low Earth orbit.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechSpace Tech
Daniel Ceperley(Founder)inEdward Lu(Founder)Michael Nicolls(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesDefence TrailblazerDolby Family VenturesHemisphere Ventures LLCMDSV CAPITALNZ Growth Capital Partners+6 more
Liquid Death manufactures and sells sparkling energy drinks, iced teas, and flavored sparkling waters branded with horror-themed names and marketing.
ConsumerFoodTech
Mike Cessario(Founder)inJon-Ryan (J.R.) Riggins(Founder)in
Co-investorsBatshit Crazy VenturesCapital B Private HoldingsConvivialité VenturesFeldsmith CapitalGroundForce CapitalHinge Capital+9 more
Mercato is an online grocery marketplace that connects shoppers with locally-owned, independent grocers, butchers, and bakeries for delivery or in-store pickup.
E-commerceFoodTechMarketplacesNew York, US
Robert J. Brannigan, Jr.(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Bobby Brannigan(Founder)in
Co-investorsBrighter CapitalFlucas VenturesGreycroftInterlock CapitalKeshif VenturesLoeb.nyc+1 more
nft42 builds on-chain NFT products on Ethereum, including Avastars (generative vector-art digital collectibles with unique trait combinations) and nameless, a Web3 product suite offering cloud-based private testing environments with Ethereum, IPFS, and Arweave integrations for building and testing dapps and NFT projects.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsGamingDenver, US
Jimmy McNelis(Founder)inMichelle Brown(Director)
Co-investorsRed Beard VenturesSound Ventures
Austin fintech that sold automated accounting software to SMBs, raised ~$103M, and wound down operations in 2020.
FintechAustin, US
Kurt Rathmann(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Kurt Rathmann, CPA(Founder)inWilliam Siegel(Director)Gary Forni(Executive Officer, Promoter)David Loia(Executive Officer, Promoter)
BoardAmos Schwartzfarb(Director)
Co-investorsMatchstick VenturesTechstarsAbstract VenturesACME CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersBroadhaven Capital Partners+12 more
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Scopely is a mobile and interactive entertainment company that creates, publishes, and operates games across multiple platforms, powered by its proprietary Playgami technology platform.
GamingLos Angeles, US
Walter Driver(Founder)inSujay TyleinAnkur Bulsara(Founder)Eric Futoran(Founder)inEytan Elbaz(Founder)
Co-investorsAnthem Venture Management, LlcBAM VenturesBattery VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersBonfire VenturesBoxGroup+32 more
Splash9 manufactures autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) for maritime applications including coastal defense, harbor patrols, seabed mapping, and infrastructure security.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechHardwareRoboticsLos Angeles, US
Ivan Avanesov(Founder)inMarcell Veszpremi(Founder)inJoel Milton(Founder)TJ Ross(Founder)
Co-investorsSterling RoadUbiquity VenturesY Combinator468 CapitalAccompliceAcies Investments+9 more
Splash Sports is a peer-to-peer real-money fantasy sports platform for contests like Survivor, Pick'Em and DFS.
Denver, US
Joel Milton(Founder)inT.J. Ross(Founder)TJ Ross(Founder)TJ Ross Joel Milton(Founder)
Co-investorsAcies InvestmentsBoston Seed CapitalCounterview CapitalEvolution VC PartnersAccompliceElysian Park Ventures+2 more
Strigo provides a managed cloud lab infrastructure platform for delivering technical training.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSTel-Aviv, IL
Daniel Wolf(CEO and Co-founder)inNevo Peretz(CBO and Co-founder)Amit Cohen(COO and Co-founder)inBen Shoval(VP Product and Co-founder)in
BoardPasha Romanovski(Director)in
Co-investorsHanaco Venture Capital
SuperRare is a marketplace for buying, selling, and collecting digital artworks as NFTs, where artists release unique pieces and limited editions.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3Marketplaces
Co-investors1confirmationBlockchain CoinvestorsCapital B Private HoldingsCollab+CurrencyDeepTech VenturesJustin “3LAU” Blau+4 more
UK professional networking platform connecting creative freelancers and companies through projects rather than CVs.
Pip Jamieson(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoral Reef IOAngel AcademeCloud Apps Capital PartnersNorwest Venture PartnersSalica Investments
Tile by Life360 offers location-tracking products and apps that let people find their belongings and share the location of family members, pets, and Bluetooth trackers.
ConsumerHardwareIoTSan Mateo, US
Mike Farley(Founder)in
BoardJEFF RICHARDS(Director)BYRON DEETER(Director)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersFrancisco PartnersNotable CapitalTandem CapitalGGV CapitalKhosla Ventures+2 more
Torre operates an AI-driven job network that automates recruitment and job hunting for companies and professionals.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR Tech
Alexander Torrenegra(Founder)in
Co-investors0BSBeta VenturesCapria VenturesMatterScale VenturesSalkantay VenturesTBD Angels+1 more
Tribble is a platform that helps revenue teams answer RFPs, DDQs, security reviews, and live buyer questions by connecting approved knowledge, CRM context, and security evidence with governance controls.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechMarina Del Rey, US
Sunil Rao(Founder)inRay Shipley(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsCocoon Ignite Ventures
Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking platform where users create and follow blogs, share posts, and explore content organized by topic tags such as music.
Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSocial
David Karp(Founder)Marco Arment(Founder)
Co-investorsAvant Global LLCBetaworksBirchmere VenturesDraper AssociatesGlynn Capital ManagementInsight Partners+11 more
Xona Space Systems operates Pulsar, a positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) service delivered from a constellation of small satellites in Low Earth Orbit that broadcasts a new signal to augment or replace GPS.
Deep TechHardwareSpace TechBurlingame, US
Brian Manning(Founder)inTyler Reid(Founder)inAdrien Perkins(Director)Paul Tarantino(Founder)
BoardSky Dayton(Director)inLewis Jones(Director)in
Co-investorsAloniqArmada Investment AGBeyond Earth VenturesCapital InnovatorsCraft VenturesCross Culture Ventures+17 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Carda HealthHeadlandsPixel VaultPixelvaultSuperf3StThreds
Exits · 8
5 IPOs · 3 acquisitions · showing 7Braze, Inc.NASDAQ: BRZEBuzzFeedNASDAQ: BZFDetoroNASDAQ: ETORInstacartNASDAQ: CARTPinterestNYSE: PINSFrame.aiacq. by HubSpotScopely, Inc.acq. by Savvy Games Group
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Etched · techcrunch.com · Aug 18, 2026
Mercato · trysignalbase.com · Mar 25, 2026
Flipboard · trysignalbase.com · Mar 25, 2026
Splash Sports · finsmes.com · Oct 8, 2025
Xona Space Systems · finance.yahoo.com · Jul 17, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Velvet Sea Ventures made?
- Velvet Sea Ventures has 41 tracked investments, 8 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Velvet Sea Ventures invest at?
- Velvet Sea Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Velvet Sea Ventures focus on?
- Velvet Sea Ventures focuses on Consumer, Defense Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Velvet Sea Ventures located?
- Velvet Sea Ventures is headquartered in West Palm Beach, US.
- Does Velvet Sea Ventures lead rounds?
- Velvet Sea Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Velvet Sea Ventures co-invest with?
- Velvet Sea Ventures most often shares deals with Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Greycroft, among 275 tracked co-investors.
- What size deals does Velvet Sea Ventures back?
- Across 6 deals with disclosed amounts, Velvet Sea Ventures has joined rounds of $10M – $26M (median $17.5M).
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