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New Stack Ventures
Venture capital · Chicago, IL, United States · North America
New Stack Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders it describes as outsiders, meaning those outside the Silicon Valley insider network. It leads or co-leads rounds and helps its portfolio companies get introductions to top venture firms for Series A.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
In its own wordsvertical aifintechhealthcareindustrialsoutsider founderspre-seed
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Or find every investor that fitsNew Stack Ventures lists 53 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 7 funding rounds, 4 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (17%), Fintech (16%) and Healthcare & Biotech (15%). 81% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Newlin, Techstars and Y Combinator.
Counts come from funding rounds that name New Stack Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not New Stack Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 6 companies; its own site lists 53. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 17% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 17% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 1 |
| '26 | 5 | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 85th | 53 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 84th | 83% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 75th | 9% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 7th | 17% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 17% | 18% |
| Fintech | 16% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 15% | 15% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 8% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Food & Agriculture | 7% | 3% |
| Consumer | 6% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Newlin | 6 |
| Techstars | 6 |
| Y Combinator | 5 |
| Lofty Ventures | 4 |
| TechNexus Venture Collaborative | 4 |
| Service Provider Capital | 3 |
| Acumen America | 2 |
| Bullpen Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5196%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company24%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare New Stack Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with New Stack Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2026 | Seed | |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Series A | |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 10 Nov 2025 | Seed Led | |
| 29 May 2024 | Seed |
Round details for New Stack Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in New Stack Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
53 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adaviv provides AI solutions to help specialty-crop agriculture teams improve quality and reduce waste across their operations | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Array provides virtual behavioral health and telemedicine services | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aspinity develops and sells machine learning products that run in analog | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Binsr Inspect provides an AI-powered inspection platform for generating reports and managing client interactions. | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Nov 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| BioReact provides software for bioprocess optimization and fermentation data analytics | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cascade Debt provides asset-based finance solutions with risk analytics and data integration for businesses and investors. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Clora operates a talent marketplace for life sciences, providing access to vetted biotech and pharma consultants | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cybrary provides online cybersecurity courses and training | EducationCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Daash Investments provides predictive commerce intelligence to businesses, particularly in the beauty industry, by analyzing sales data and market trends. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Digitt provides personal loans and debt consolidation services for credit card debt | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| DraftAid automates the generation of 2D drawings from 3D models using AI | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Draftbit builds web and mobile apps with AI agents and human experts | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Earlyasset provides data-driven price discovery for private company shares and offers direct liquidity for qualifying positions | Fintech | Mar 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Enclave provides private offices and coworking spaces for individuals and businesses. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides flexible payments and buy now, pay later solutions for financial institutions. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Fairmarkit provides an autonomous sourcing platform that uses AI agents to help procurement teams source and manage spend | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Flourish Health provides care for young people with serious mental health needs through expert, psychiatrist-led care, in-home visits, and virtual sessions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Gather Voices provides a platform for capturing, editing, and distributing user-generated video content | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Cara is an AI platform purpose-built for insurance that automates daily manual tasks, client requests, and new sale and renewal workflows | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Flamingo provides a resident engagement platform for apartments | Real Estate & ConstructionSpace & Defense | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 8 Nov 2026- Site
- newstack.com
- Last read
- 8 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 29 May 2024
- Companies checked
- 53
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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