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Swell VC
Venture capital · New York, NY, United States · North America
Swell VC is a New York-based venture fund that invests at pre-seed and seed stages. It backs founders building AI for critical infrastructure across space and defense, industrial systems, biology, and enterprise infrastructure.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsaicritical infrastructurespacedefenseindustrialenterprise software
Your fit with Swell VC
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Or find every investor that fitsSwell VC lists 23 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (33%), Fintech (10%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (10%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Aera VC and Ambition Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Swell VC, 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 Swell VC's whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 23. 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 | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 57th | 23 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 74th | 9% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 58th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 33% | 18% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 10% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 15% |
| Media & Entertainment | 8% | 4% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 7 |
| Aera VC | 2 |
| Ambition Capital | 2 |
| Blue Cloud Ventures | 2 |
| Earl Grey Capital | 2 |
| Soma Capital | 2 |
| 1809 Capital | 1 |
| 3L Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2087%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company313%
- 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 Swell VC head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Swell VC| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Seed | |
| 9 Jan 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Swell VC
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Swell VC's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
23 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Array Labs designs, builds, and operates radar satellites and radar sensor systems for Earth observation and elevation mapping. | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Askari builds low-cost intelligent kinetic defenses for the age of robotic warfare. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Credal is the enterprise platform where teams build and govern MCP servers, with curated context, tools, and cost-to-accuracy evals per workflow. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| CuraFi provides AI-powered decision support for healthcare providers to guide clinical choices and manage drug costs | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Deel provides global payroll, compliance, HR solutions, and other related services to companies. | FintechHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Deepnight makes cameras effective in dark environments, achieving higher performance at lower costs than thermal cameras | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Exodys Energy develops a nuclear fuel recycling facility that converts spent fuel into secure and usable domestic feedstock. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Iron Grid develops data center engineering solutions using AI | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Klerk sources, negotiates, and delivers venues, hotels, catering, production, and attendee travel through AI agents for events | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Crisp helps CPGs and retailers understand what's happening in their business, plan what's next, and execute at scale. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Godela creates AI that understands and predicts the behavior of physical systems, allowing for faster solution of engineering problems. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Loft Orbital launches and operates satellites for various missions and customers | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Modern Intelligence develops software for drones that can detect, classify, and track objects in live video | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
Media & EntertainmentFintech | Portfolio page | |||
| NanduX is a mineral exploration company powered by a proprietary subterranean sensor platform. | Mobility & LogisticsIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Northstar provides a financial wellness program for employees | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Onava develops next-generation therapeutics using artificial and human intelligence | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Parametric develops and hires out robots for warehouse work | Robotics & HardwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | |||
| Rybodyn develops immunotherapies by unlocking the dark proteome with its proprietary technology. | Healthcare & Biotech | Jan 2025Seed · 2 rounds | Page + round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- swell.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 9 Jan 2025
- Companies checked
- 23
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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