101 Top New York Based Investors (and Investment Firms) For All Company Stages

November 2, 2020
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This article showcases the top 101 New York based investors including the number of companies they have invested in (among other stats).

Goldman Sachs


www.goldmansachs

Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, and investment banking and management services.


Investments783
Exits253
Lead Investments316
Portfolio Organizations611
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Greycroft


greycroft

Greycroft is a venture capital firm that focuses on technology start-ups and investments in the Internet and mobile markets.


Investments565
Exits84
Lead Investments152
Portfolio Organizations331
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

RRE Ventures


www.rre

RRE Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm that offers early-stage funding to software, internet, and communications companies.


Investments498
Exits99
Lead Investments129
Portfolio Organizations266
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Lerer Hippeau


www.lererhippeau

Lerer Hippeau is a seed and early-stage venture capital fund based in New York City.


Investments473
Exits98
Lead Investments61
Portfolio Organizations307
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Insight Partners


www.insightpartners

Insight Partners operates as a scale-up firm in the software industry.


Investments452
Exits105
Lead Investments316
Portfolio Organizations313
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Tiger Global Management


tigerglobal

Tiger Global Management is an investment firm that deploys capital globally in both public and private markets.


Investments447
Exits66
Lead Investments252
Portfolio Organizations270
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

OrbiMed


www.orbimed

OrbiMed is a healthcare-dedicated investment firm focusing on biopharmaceuticals to medical devices and diagnostics.


Investments398
Exits143
Lead Investments153
Portfolio Organizations245
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Great Oaks Venture Capital


www.greatoaksvc

Great Oaks is an early stage venture investment firm founded by Andrew Boszhardt, Jr.


Investments383
Exits82
Lead Investments22
Portfolio Organizations277
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

BoxGroup


BoxGroup is an early-stage investment fund that invests in technology companies.


Investments369
Exits80
Lead Investments10
Portfolio Organizations272
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

ff Venture Capital


www.ffvc

ff Venture Capital is a technology venture capital firm that invests in cybersecurity, AI, machine learning, drones, and cloud software.


Investments343
Exits23
Lead Investments45
Portfolio Organizations127
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Warburg Pincus


www.warburgpincus

Warburg Pincus LLC is a private equity firm focused on growth investing.


Investments337
Exits88
Lead Investments220
Portfolio Organizations242
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

StartUp Health


www.startuphealth

StartUp Health is investing in a global army of Health Transformers to achieve health moonshots.


Investments315
Exits20
Lead Investments7
Portfolio Organizations297
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

FJ Labs


www.fjlabs

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic New York-based investment firm with global focus. FJ Labs focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.


Investments314
Exits25
Lead Investments18
Portfolio Organizations254
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Union Square Ventures


www.usv

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage, growth-capital, late stage, and startup financing.


Investments312
Exits40
Lead Investments129
Portfolio Organizations134
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Dreamit Ventures


www.dreamit

Dreamit is a venture fund and growth-focused accelerator for Urbantech, Securetech, and Healthtech startups


Investments279
Exits27
Lead Investments4
Portfolio Organizations251
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

FirstMark


www.firstmarkcap

FirstMark Capital is an early stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs.


Investments264
Exits34
Lead Investments97
Portfolio Organizations121
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

General Atlantic


www.generalatlantic

General Atlantic is a global growth equity firm providing capital and strategic support for growth companies.


Investments263
Exits87
Lead Investments145
Portfolio Organizations213
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Lux Capital


VC based in NYC and Menlo Park investing in counter-conventional, early-stage science and tech ventures, with $2.5B AUM across 8 funds.


Investments248
Exits27
Lead Investments65
Portfolio Organizations123
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Fabrice Grinda


www.fabricegrinda

Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors. He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investm…


Investments243
Exits61
Lead Investments2
Portfolio Organizations208
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator


eranyc

Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) is an early-stage venture capital fund and technology accelerator.


Investments242
Exits18
Lead Investments14
Portfolio Organizations208
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Thrive Capital


thrivecap

Thrive Capital is a venture capital investment firm focused on internet and software investments.


Investments221
Exits43
Lead Investments64
Portfolio Organizations125
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Techstars New York City Accelerator


nyc program

The Techstars Accelerator program in New York City focuses on a wide range of tech startups.


Investments217
Exits32
Lead Investments41
Portfolio Organizations202
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts


www.kkr

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.


Investments201
Exits64
Lead Investments131
Portfolio Organizations170
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Eniac Ventures


eniac

Eniac Ventures leads seed rounds in bold founders who use code to create transformational companies.


Investments200
Exits40
Lead Investments43
Portfolio Organizations145
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

SeedInvest


www.seedinvest

SeedInvest is an equity crowdfunding platform that connects investors with startups.


Investments195
Exits20
Lead Investments8
Portfolio Organizations169
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Digital Currency Group


dcg

At Digital Currency Group, we build and support bitcoin and blockchain companies by leveraging our insights, network, and access to capital.


Investments184
Exits14
Lead Investments17
Portfolio Organizations132
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Betaworks


www.betaworks

Betaworks is a startup studio that builds and invests in next generation internet companies.


Investments181
Exits57
Lead Investments27
Portfolio Organizations147
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Collaborative Fund


www.collaborativefund

Collaborative Fund is an investment fund that provides funding to companies based on creativity and collaborative consumption.


Investments173
Exits23
Lead Investments21
Portfolio Organizations125
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Compound


compound

Compound is a venture capital firm that invests in bleeding-edge technology being built by outliers.


Investments169
Exits40
Lead Investments31
Portfolio Organizations115
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

New Leaf Venture Partners


www.nlvpartners

New Leaf Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focused on investments in healthcare technology companies.


Investments159
Exits42
Lead Investments40
Portfolio Organizations80
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Morgan Stanley


www.morganstanley

Morgan Stanley is an American financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.


Investments156
Exits68
Lead Investments49
Portfolio Organizations142
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

New York Angels


www.newyorkangels

New York Angels is a professional angel organization comprised of 120+ individually investing members.


Investments150
Exits28
Lead Investments18
Portfolio Organizations113
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Allen & Company LLC


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Allen & Company is a private investment and advisory firm based in New York.


Investments148
Exits49
Lead Investments14
Portfolio Organizations118
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

BDMI


www.bdmifund

BDMI is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on investments in digital media technologies, products, and distribution channels.


Investments147
Exits25
Lead Investments23
Portfolio Organizations92
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

JP Morgan Chase


www.jpmorganchase

JP Morgan Chase is a global financial services provider that offers investment banking, asset management, treasury and other services.


Investments143
Exits46
Lead Investments65
Portfolio Organizations125
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

JPMorgan Partners (JPMP)


jpmorganpartners

J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC (JPMP) is a private equity division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), one of the largest financial.


Investments133
Exits65
Lead Investments40
Portfolio Organizations100
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Coatue


coatue

Coatue invests in public and private equity markets focusing on the technology, media and telecommunications industries.


Investments131
Exits19
Lead Investments59
Portfolio Organizations101
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Hearst Ventures


ventures

Hearst Ventures, a corporate venture fund, invests in early-stage information, software and technologycompanies


Investments128
Exits32
Lead Investments20
Portfolio Organizations82
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

FOOD-X


www.food

FOOD-X is an international business accelerator program focused on launching food-related ventures.


Investments127
Exits2
Lead Investments4
Portfolio Organizations92
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Perceptive Advisors


www.perceptivelife

Perceptive Advisors is a privately owned hedge fund sponsor that finances the public equity markets across the globe.


Investments126
Exits65
Lead Investments51
Portfolio Organizations103
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Two Sigma Ventures


twosigmaventures

Two Sigma Ventures invests in companies run by highly driven people with potentially world-changing ideas.


Investments119
Exits6
Lead Investments24
Portfolio Organizations63
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Blackstone Group


blackstone

Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing solutions that create value for investors and clients.


Investments119
Exits32
Lead Investments59
Portfolio Organizations101
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

IA Ventures


www.iaventures

IA Ventures is a venture capital firm that specializes in seed-stage and early-stage investments in the fintech sector.


Investments119
Exits22
Lead Investments29
Portfolio Organizations61
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Endeavor Catalyst


www.endeavorcatalyst

Endeavor Catalyst is an innovative $100MM+ co-investment fund that invests in qualifying rounds of $5M+ raised by Endeavor Entrepreneurs.


Investments118
Exits10
Lead Investments1
Portfolio Organizations110
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Sprout Group


www.sproutgroup

Sprout Group is one of the oldest and largest institutional venture capital firms focused on emerging companies.


Investments118
Exits39
Lead Investments40
Portfolio Organizations74
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Gaingels


www.gaingels

Gaingels represents the LGBT+ community & allies investing in the best VC-backed companies with diverse and inclusive leadership teams.


Investments117
Exits3
Lead Investments1
Portfolio Organizations89
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Primary Venture Partners


www.primary

Primary Venture Partners (previously High Peaks) is a seed stage VC firm based in NY, focused on ecommerce and enterprise SaaS


Investments116
Exits23
Lead Investments23
Portfolio Organizations73
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Boldstart Ventures


www.boldstart

Boldstart Ventures is a first check investor for technical enterprise founders.


Investments113
Exits19
Lead Investments18
Portfolio Organizations60
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Tribeca Venture Partners


www.tribecavp

TVP is a NYC based venture capital firm that invests in and partners with gritty, determined entrepreneurs primarily based in the New York.


Investments108
Exits11
Lead Investments37
Portfolio Organizations55
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

180 Degree Capital


www.180degreecapital

180 Degree Capital is a publicly traded registered closed-end management investment company.


Investments108
Exits21
Lead Investments9
Portfolio Organizations54
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

RiverPark Ventures


riverparkvc

RiverPark Ventures is a privately owned investment management firm focused on entrepreneurs.


Investments106
Exits8
Lead Investments2
Portfolio Organizations70
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

RiverPark Ventures


riverparkvc

RiverPark Ventures is a privately owned investment management firm focused on entrepreneurs.


Investments106
Exits8
Lead Investments2
Portfolio Organizations70
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Invus


www.invus

Invus recognizes that every company is unique and that extraordinary business performance cannot be achieved by following a formulaic


Investments106
Exits32
Lead Investments32
Portfolio Organizations75
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Rho Ventures


www.rhoventures

Rho Ventures is a private equity firm that invests in high growth companies across multiple sectors.


Investments106
Exits33
Lead Investments27
Portfolio Organizations64
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Lehman Brothers


www.lehman

Lehman Brothers was a global financial services firm.


Investments105
Exits52
Lead Investments37
Portfolio Organizations75
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Expansion Venture Capital


Expansion Venture Capital is a New York-based company providing investment and mentorship to early- and growth-stage companies.


Investments105
Exits20
Lead Investments4
Portfolio Organizations75
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

BlackRock


www.blackrock

BlackRock is an investment company that offers its services to institutions, intermediaries, foundations, and individual investors.


Investments103
Exits33
Lead Investments36
Portfolio Organizations87
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Esther Dyson


Esther Dyson does business as EDventure Holdings, the reclaimed name of the company she owned for 20-odd years before selling it to CNET Net…


Investments102
Exits25
Lead Investments3
Portfolio Organizations85
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Pfizer Venture Investments


venture investments

Pfizer Venture Investments is a venture capital firm.


Investments102
Exits30
Lead Investments29
Portfolio Organizations73
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Rho Capital Partners


www.rho

Rho Capital Partners, an American private equity firm, offers long-term investments to IT, new media, healthcare, and energy tech companies.


Investments101
Exits38
Lead Investments30
Portfolio Organizations73
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Contour Venture Partners


www.contourventures

Contour Venture Partners is an early stage venture capital firm.


Investments97
Exits15
Lead Investments13
Portfolio Organizations55
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

AF Ventures (formerly AccelFoods)


www.afventures

AF Ventures invests innovative food and beverage companies.


Investments94
Exits1
Lead Investments28
Portfolio Organizations49
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Aisling Capital


www.aislingcapital

Aisling Capital believes the next decade will be marked by a revolution in healthcare driven by new therapeutics generated by


Investments93
Exits41
Lead Investments20
Portfolio Organizations57
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Braemar Energy Ventures


www.braemarenergy

Braemar Energy Ventures is a VC firm that focuses exclusively on technology and communications opportunities in the energy sector.


Investments93
Exits14
Lead Investments26
Portfolio Organizations38
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Chase Capital Partners


www.chase

Commercial Banking serves more than 30,000 clients, including corporations, municipalities, financial institutions and not-for-profit


Investments93
Exits41
Lead Investments20
Portfolio Organizations84
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

MetaProp NYC


www.metaprop

MetaProp is a venture capital firm focused on the real estate technology industry.


Investments92
Exits8
Lead Investments7
Portfolio Organizations70
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Time Warner Investments


tw investments

Time Warner Investments is an investor of an early to midstage companies that can generate strategic value for the Time Warner’s businesses.


Investments91
Exits39
Lead Investments21
Portfolio Organizations59
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Deerfield


www.deerfield

Deerfield is an investment management firm, committed to advancing healthcare through investment, information and philanthropy.


Investments90
Exits45
Lead Investments42
Portfolio Organizations79
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Winklevoss Capital


winklevosscapital

We believe in determined entrepreneurs and reinforce their pursuit of a frictionless world.


Investments89
Exits20
Lead Investments3
Portfolio Organizations75
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Scout Ventures


scoutventures

Scout Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in standout frontier technologies


Investments89
Exits20
Lead Investments4
Portfolio Organizations57
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Valar Ventures


www.valarventures

Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel. Based in NYC, Valar partners with entrepreneurs globally.


Investments88
Exits8
Lead Investments48
Portfolio Organizations44
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Scott Belsky


www.scottbelsky

Scott Belsky is an entrepreneur, author, and investor. Scott co-founded Behance in 2006, and served as CEO until Adobe acquired Behance in 2…


Investments88
Exits20
Lead Investments1
Portfolio Organizations82
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Grand Central Tech


www.grandcentraltech

Grand Central Tech is a New York-based startup-in-residence program that offers 1 year of free rent without an equity commitment.


Investments88
Exits8
Lead Investments32
Portfolio Organizations88
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Citigroup


www.citigroup

Citigroup is a diversified financial services holding company that provides various financial products and services.


Investments86
Exits20
Lead Investments30
Portfolio Organizations77
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

White Star Capital


www.whitestarcapital

White Star Capital is an international venture and early growth-stage investment platform in technology.


Investments86
Exits12
Lead Investments29
Portfolio Organizations53
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

XRC Labs


XRC Labs is an innovation accelerator for the next generation of disruptors in the retail tech and consumer goods sectors.


Investments86
Exits5
Lead Investments51
Portfolio Organizations79
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Marker


www.marker llc

Marker is a venture capital and growth equity firm that provides investment to high-growth companies.


Investments86
Exits13
Lead Investments50
Portfolio Organizations48
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

City Light Capital


www.citylight

City Light is a Venture Capital firm that invests early in impactful companies.


Investments84
Exits8
Lead Investments4
Portfolio Organizations68
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Third Kind Venture Capital


www.3kvc

Third Kind Venture Capital is a New York-based venture capital fund focused on early-stage investments.


Investments84
Exits14
Lead Investments6
Portfolio Organizations73
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Merrill Lynch


www.ml

Merrill Lynch is one of the world’s premier providers of wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment


Investments84
Exits39
Lead Investments17
Portfolio Organizations79
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

David Tisch


www.davidtisch

David Tisch is the Managing Partner of BoxGroup, a New York City-based early stage investment fund. BoxGroup is an investor in over 200 seed…


Investments83
Exits42
Lead Investments1
Portfolio Organizations77
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Valor Capital Group


www.valorcapitalgroup

Valor is an investment firm focused on Brazil and US-BR cross-border opportunities with a presence in New York, Menlo Park, and São Paulo


Investments81
Exits6
Lead Investments23
Portfolio Organizations54
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Golden Seeds


www.goldenseeds

Golden Seeds is a New York-based private equity fund focused on early-stage women-led businesses.


Investments81
Exits7
Lead Investments25
Portfolio Organizations62
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

StarVest Partners


www.starvestpartners

StarVest Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in expansion, and growth capital investments.


Investments80
Exits21
Lead Investments22
Portfolio Organizations41
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Red Swan Ventures


redswan

Red Swan invests in customer-centric, culture-generating and disruptive entrepreneurs.


Investments79
Exits23
Lead Investments2
Portfolio Organizations68
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Blueprint Health


www.blueprinthealth

Blueprint Health is a mentorship-driven startup accelerator program supporting companies at the intersection of health and technology.


Investments79
Exits8
Lead Investments3
Portfolio Organizations71
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

BBG Ventures


www.bbgventures

BBG Ventures is an early stage fund focused on consumer tech startups with a female founder.


Investments78
Exits5
Lead Investments7
Portfolio Organizations59
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Casdin Capital


www.casdincapital

Casdin Capital, LLC is an investment firm focused on the life sciences and healthcare industry.


Investments77
Exits27
Lead Investments11
Portfolio Organizations63
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Quotidian Ventures


www.quotidian

Quotidian Ventures is a NYC pre-seed fund investing in companies using technology to transform large, existing industries.


Investments77
Exits30
Lead Investments
Portfolio Organizations59
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Acumen


acumen

Acumen is a non-profit venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty.


Investments74
Exits
Lead Investments19
Portfolio Organizations67
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Techammer


techammer

Angel investments of Jeff Hammerbacher and Halle Tecco


Investments74
Exits25
Lead Investments1
Portfolio Organizations70
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

J & W Seligman


www.seligman

Seligman’s commitment is to the development of innovative investment products


Investments74
Exits32
Lead Investments16
Portfolio Organizations66
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

GS Growth


gsgrowth

GS Growth provides preferred equity and mezzanine capital to high-growth and technology driven companies.


Investments73
Exits6
Lead Investments46
Portfolio Organizations60
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Lead Edge Capital


www.leadedgecapital

Lead Edge Capital is a growth equity and buyout firm focused on software and internet related companies.


Investments71
Exits18
Lead Investments18
Portfolio Organizations53
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Vayner/RSE


vaynerrse

Vayner/RSE is a New York-based venture capital firm specialized in institutional financing and seed-stage investments.


Investments71
Exits25
Lead Investments3
Portfolio Organizations65
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

R/GA Ventures


ventures.rga

Investment arm of R/GA. We’re helping industry leaders capitalize on disruptive technologies through access to the startup ecosystem.


Investments70
Exits4
Lead Investments3
Portfolio Organizations65
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Zelkova Ventures


www.zelkovavc

Zelkova Ventures is a venture capital firm committed to helping entrepreneurs build companies.


Investments70
Exits27
Lead Investments2
Portfolio Organizations56
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Harmony Partners


www.harmonyvp

Harmony Partners is a New York-based boutique venture capital firm that invests in expansion stage companies


Investments69
Exits22
Lead Investments24
Portfolio Organizations51
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Nyca Partners


www.nycapartners

Nyca Partners is a venture capital and advisory firm.


Investments68
Exits1
Lead Investments15
Portfolio Organizations47
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Alpaca VC


www.alpaca

Alpaca VC is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in consumer, B2B marketplace, and global commerce infrastructure.


Investments68
Exits5
Lead Investments16
Portfolio Organizations54
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Grace Beauty Capital


www.gracebeautycapital

Grace Beauty Capital is a New York-based early-stage investment firm, specializes in next generation consumer companies.


Investments68
Exits8
Lead Investments
Portfolio Organizations32
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

Bowery Capital


www.bowerycap

Early-stage VC fund investing in business software focused on helping its founders build the next generation of B2B market leaders.


Investments67
Exits6
Lead Investments32
Portfolio Organizations41
Accurate as of 2nd November 2020

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