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Tusk Venture Partners
Venture capital · New York, NY, United States · North America
Tusk Venture Partners is an early-stage venture fund that provides regulatory, communications, and strategic expertise to startups. It helps portfolio companies navigate regulation, shape industry narratives, expand into new markets, and reduce political risk.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningCybersecurity
In its own wordsregulatorypolicygovernment affairscommunicationsearly stage
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Or find every investor that fitsTusk Venture Partners lists 8 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (33%), Cybersecurity (20%) and Education (13%). 86% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator and A-Star Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Tusk Venture Partners, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 13% |
| Seed | 50% |
| Series A | 38% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 1 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 1 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 4 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 15th | 8 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 76th | 63% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 62th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 33% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 20% | 4% |
| Education | 13% | 7% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 7% | 3% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Legal & Compliance | 7% | 2% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
| Media & Entertainment | 7% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 |
| Y Combinator | 2 |
| A-Star Partners | 1 |
| Aglaé Ventures | 1 |
| Amplo | 1 |
| Avalanche VC | 1 |
| Avid Ventures | 1 |
| BAM Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers8100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- 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 Andreessen Horowitz
Compare Tusk Venture Partners 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 Tusk Venture Partners| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Nov 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 13 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Series A | |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Seed | |
| 29 May 2024 | Series A Led | |
| 20 Nov 2023 | Seed | |
| 12 Oct 2021 | Series A |
Round details for Tusk Venture Partners
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Tusk Venture Partners' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
8 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRINC develops and provides drones and related technology for public safety purposes | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2021Series A | Funding round | |
| Hyper automates non-emergency 9-1-1 calls to speed up response times and help save lives | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Jul 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Helix provides voice verification services to confirm the age and identity of individuals | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Nov 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| The company provides an app that offers personalized home management and maintenance services to homeowners. | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | May 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Kodex provides software for managing law enforcement data requests | CybersecurityLegal & Compliance | Nov 2023Seed | Funding round | |
| The company connects teens with certified peer specialist mentors for mental health support. | Healthcare & Biotech | Feb 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| The company develops AI models for video generation using insights from real neurons. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Feb 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Odyssey provides an automated, end-to-end school choice platform that connects families with school choice programs and manages related processes | EducationEducation | May 2024Series A | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 8 Nov 2026- Site
- tuskventures.com
- Last read
- 8 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 12 Oct 2021
- Companies checked
- 8
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