Purpose Built Ventures

Sequoia Capital is a venture investment manager that backs companies from inception to IPO and operates venture and dedicated seed funds.

Lerer Hippeau is an early-stage venture capital fund headquartered in New York. Lerer Hippeau was founded by Ken and Ben Lerrer, co-founders of the Huffington Post and Thrillist respectively, and the majority of our team consists of fellow startup founders and operators. We look to invest in entrepreneurs with product vision, consumer insight, focused execution, and unwavering ambition. Historically, we have invested primarily in early-stage companies based in New York (although we are not limited to NY), and almost exclusively headquartered in the United States.

Black Sheep Capital invests in early-stage technology companies, from concept/pre-seed through Series B, and provides founder support. Its stated investment scope also includes other assets.

Great Oaks Venture Capital is a New York and San Francisco based Seed and Series A venture fund. We primarily focus on Consumer, Enterprise and Healthcare startups headquartered in NY or SF, and typically invest $50K to $500K per deal. We are one of the most active seed investors in the New York region and have an extensive network throughout the United States comprised of leading tech founders, peer venture investors and specific industry specialists. Our goal is to help founders grow their businesses rapidly and become profitable and self-sustaining, sell their business or attract growth financing. We work most closely with founders ahead of their Series A financings when they are working to find product market fit and develop their product or service. We align ourselves with founders in order to help negotiate and secure the right growth investors, buyers and partners for the lifetime of the business.

Passion Capital is an operator-led venture fund manager backing early-stage technology companies, typically at pre-seed, with a focus on AI, fintech and risk.

Fuel Ventures manages multi-stage venture funds investing in early-stage technology companies from pre-seed through Series A and supporting follow-on rounds.