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NYC Seed
Venture capital · New York City, NY, United States · North America
NYC Seed funds seed-stage technology entrepreneurs in New York City, helping small teams move from an idea to a product. It is a partnership between ITAC, the Partnership for New York City Fund, NYSTAR and Polytechnic Institute of NYU, and provides funding, mentoring and connections to entrepreneurs, technologists and venture capitalists.
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Or find every investor that fitsNYC Seed lists 13 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Media & Entertainment (13%), Education (13%) and AI & Machine Learning (13%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Contour Venture Partners, Lerer Hippeau and Lightbank.
No funding round on record names NYC Seed yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not NYC Seed's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 13. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Media & Entertainment | 13% | 4% |
| Education | 13% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 13% | 18% |
| Fintech | 13% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 13% | 8% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 13% | 6% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 6% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Contour Venture Partners | 3 |
| Lerer Hippeau | 2 |
| Lightbank | 2 |
| ARC Capital | 1 |
| Accel | 1 |
| Alpaca VC | 1 |
| CRV | 1 |
| CSC Upshot | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 33th | 13 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 0th | 13% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1185%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company215%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Contour Venture Partners
Compare NYC Seed head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
13 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| Contently creates and manages content for companies in regulated industries | FintechMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform to discover and book courses and activities in various cities. | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Datadog provides a platform for monitoring and security of cloud infrastructure, applications, and data. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Enigma links thousands of public and private business entity datasets to deliver verifiable answers that understand businesses and the full network around them | FintechDeveloper Tools | Portfolio page | ||
Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | |||
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| Magnetic works with advertisers and agencies on search retargeting | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
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| The company provides a platform for artists to connect with their audience and sell their art directly | Enterprise SoftwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
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| Zeel provides in-home massage therapy and chair massage services for individuals and offices. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- nycseed.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 13
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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