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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Seed investors for Apps startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hudson Valley Startup Fund | Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Seed | Kingston, New York, United States, North America | ||
Black Ocean | Seed | New York, New York, United States, North America | ||
Adventure Capital Global | Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture | New York, New York, United States, North America | ||
Jordache Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Seed | New York, New York, United States, North America | ||
Concepter | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Brooklyn, New York, United States, North America |
At SeedRound we track over 200,000 investors and over 1,000,000 people who hold key positions in these firms. We use this directory of investors to highlight top employees, LP’s and funding organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top Apps Seed investors in New York. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Apps Investors & Funds (New York)
Hudson Valley Startup Fund
The Hudson Valley Startup Fund is a geographically focused investment fund, formed by successful business and community leaders to foster growth of the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The fund provides pre-seed and seed stage funding, mentoring, and connections for entrepreneurs operating within or with meaningful connection to New York’s Hudson Valley region. We aim to support a vibrant and thriving local economy by being a catalyst for the growth and development of high potential ventures with connections to the region.
Stages: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Kingston, New York, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, Angel Investment, EdTech, Food and Beverage, Mobile Apps, SaaS, Software
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Black Ocean
Black Ocean starts, builds and invests in technology startups, focused in media, e-commerce and online communities. We have companies in New York, London and Moscow. We’re a driven team on a mission to make our companies succeed. Our approach is very hand’s on, working closely with our companies on a day-to-day basis.
Stages: Seed
Location: New York, New York, United States, North America
Industries: Digital Media, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
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Adventure Capital Global
Adventure Capital is a new kind of venture fund. It was founded by bootstrapped entrepreneurs with over 15 years of experience developing consumer-facing technology products. AC is a mix of VC, Venture Factory, and incubator. Our investments are made mostly in the developing world where we often put the founding team together ourselves through diligent recruiting efforts. Adventure Capital’s global vision is to provide the developing world a jumpstart in the fields of renewable energy, transportation, and payments.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: New York, New York, United States, North America
Industries: Apps, Renewable Energy, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Concepter
Concepter – a startup studio, that creates award-winning software and hardware products. We invent own products and help entrepreneurs craft their ideas into design-driven businesses, turning on the best marketing techniques powered by a strong technology stack. Products we’ve launched via crowdfunding: iblazr original ($155k raised) iblazr 2 ($305k raised) Lunecase ($155k raised) Futo ($200k raised) Delfast ($165k raised) City Jacket by Riot Division ($55k raised) Company’s milestones: – $1M+ raised via crowdfunding; – 60000 physical units are shipped since 2013; – Distribution network covers 50+ countries around the world; The company is incorporated in the US, with the R&D office in Kiev, Ukraine. The mass production is being made by ODM in China and numerous partnerships were formed to keep sales in a number of countries including the US. Currently, 27 people are working at Concepter.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States, North America
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Lifestyle, Mobile Apps
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Berkeley Funds
Berkeley Funds was designed to invest in extraordinary entrepreneurs dedicated to build disruptive, market-transforming and innovative companies with a high growth potential. We believe that creative and dedicated people are capable of doing great things and they are crucial for continuous progress of our civilization. Operating in the most prospective sectors of contemporary economy, Berkeley Funds invest and provide managerial support to enable the creation of ‘disruptive innovation’, capable of redefining global markets. What distinguishes Berkeley Funds is a unique approach to its investments and the process of acquiring innovations from the market. The fund operates based on the ‘fast track’ of acquiring of the innovative projects. The processes of potential evaluation are conducted in a fast and effective manner to ensure the capability of an efficient implementation and commercialization of innovative solutions. Berkeley Funds commercialize the innovative and new technologies delivered by start-ups, companies with a high growth potential and research & development sector organizations. The fund focuses on projects and companies which generate disruptive innovations in their sectors through the anticipation and utilization of long-term technological trends. Our strategy assumes an international reach. Berkeley Funds is acquiring innovations from different sources; however, one of the funds main strategic goals is the commercialization of the technology and innovative potential gathered from universities and research institutes. The fund ensures a managerial support on each stage of the project. Besides the capital investment and managerial functions, Berkeley Funds also deliver a different kind of organizational support such us: human capital investment enabling growth, hiring experts in the field of commercialization, consulting services, knowledge management support and appropriate technical resources (databases, market research, analysis and standards etc.) along with business networks (both local and international). We entrust the management functions and support in our portfolio companies to experienced managers who think in a modern and innovative manner and not stereotypical bosses. We trust in leaders – people who are creating a harmonious team around the idea and inspire to work creatively and productively.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Secondary Market, Seed
Location: New York, New York, United States, North America
Industries: Big Data, Biotechnology, Cyber Security, Digital Media, E-Commerce, Internet of Things, Mobile Apps, Renewable Energy, Virtual Reality
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