Investors / Permit Ventures
Permit Ventures
Venture capital
Permit Ventures is a venture investing firm focused on technology and consumer companies. Its founding partner, Timothy McSweeney, has over 20 years of experience investing in private and public companies and sits on the boards of several portfolio companies.
Invests inFintech
In its own wordstechnologyconsumer
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Or find every investor that fitsPermit Ventures lists 28 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Fintech (21%), AI & Machine Learning (13%) and Media & Entertainment (10%). 86% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Boston Seed Capital, Azure Capital Partners and Gutbrain Ventures.
No funding round on record names Permit Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Permit Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 28. 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 21% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 13% | 18% |
| Media & Entertainment | 10% | 4% |
| Gaming | 10% | 1% |
| Cybersecurity | 10% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 8% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Boston Seed Capital | 3 |
| Azure Capital Partners | 2 |
| Gutbrain Ventures | 2 |
| Accomplice | 1 |
| Advancit Capital | 1 |
| American Family Ventures | 1 |
| Amplify.LA | 1 |
| Arrowroot Capital | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 64th | 27 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 | 17th | 21% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2693%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company27%
- 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 Boston Seed Capital
Compare Permit Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
28 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beamable provides a game server and live operations platform for game development | GamingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company connects people to farm-fresh flowers and the partners who grow them. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Chippin produces and sells pet food and treats | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
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| Creminelli produces and sells charcuterie, snacks, and salami products. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Currencycloud provides international payment solutions and infrastructure for businesses to move money around the world. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| CyberSaint Security provides cyber risk management software and platform | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | |||
| The company develops and offers a heart rate variability tracking app and related products for health and wellness monitoring. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
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| Muxy helps create Twitch extensions for games, allowing viewers to interact with streamers and games in various ways. | GamingMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Phenix delivers video in real-time to millions of viewers with low latency and complete audience synchronization | Media & EntertainmentGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| The company allows users to earn rewards by completing missions in their favorite Steam games. | GamingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Prizeout provides a suite of products to offer rewards with instant cashback to enhance loyalty and rewards programs | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Ranovus designs and manufactures optical infrastructure for AI applications | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Reggora provides appraisal management software for lenders, brokers, and appraisers | FintechReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Rokt unlocks value by making each transaction relevant at the moment that matters most, when customers are buying. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| The company held spare change for users within their banking institution. | Fintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- permitventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 28
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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