82 pre-seed investors in New York, including 74 in New York City

Top 5 pre-seed investors in New York, ranked by recent fund activity

Among firms with a published profile and a dated fund or deal in the last 24 months. The rule: Activity score out of 100: recency of the latest fund filing or dated deal (40: full marks within 3 months, then stepping down at 6, 12 and 24 months), stage focus (15: all of it when pre-seed is the only stage the firm states, split evenly when it states more), stated focus on the US (15: full marks when the firm names the US as where it invests, half when it says global), size of the fund on file on a log scale (20) and completeness of the public record (10). Stage and regional focus are our research, not an SEC figure. It is a measure of activity and fit, not of quality or returns. The same rule orders the whole list; it is repeated in the method box.

1. Avid Ventures

   Type: VC firm · HQ: New York, NY · Stages: Pre-seed · Focus: AI, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS · Latest activity: Portfolio news, Oct 2026 · Fund size on file: $75M (SEC Form D, 2021)

   Portfolio news dated Oct 2026; $75M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2021); backs pre-seed; 2 named decision-makers on file.

2. Motive Venture

   Type: VC firm · HQ: New York, NY · Stages: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Growth · Focus: Fintech, AI, Data, Future of Work · Latest activity: New fund, Aug 2026 · Fund size on file: $200M (SEC Form D, 2025)

   Latest fund filing dated Aug 2026; $200M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2025); backs pre-seed, seed, Series A; names the US as where it invests; 8 named decision-makers on file.

3. Volt Capital

   Type: VC firm · HQ: New York, NY · Stages: Pre-seed, Seed · Focus: AI · Latest activity: New fund, Aug 2026 · Fund size on file: $30M (SEC Form D, 2025)

   Latest fund filing dated Aug 2026; $30M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2025); backs pre-seed, seed; names the US as where it invests; 4 named decision-makers on file.

4. Great Oaks Venture Capital

   Type: VC firm · HQ: New York, NY · Stages: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A · Focus: Healthtech, Generalist, SaaS, Fintech · Latest activity: Portfolio news, Sep 2026 · Private fund assets: $20M (SEC Form ADV)

   Portfolio news dated Sep 2026; $20M on file (SEC Form ADV); backs pre-seed, seed, Series A; names the US as where it invests; 6 named decision-makers on file.

5. Meridian Street

   Type: VC firm · HQ: New York, NY · Stages: Pre-seed · Focus: Healthtech, AI, Fintech, Logistics · Latest activity: New fund, Aug 2026 · Fund size on file: $85M (SEC Form D, 2026)

   Latest fund filing dated Aug 2026; $85M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2026); backs pre-seed; 8 named decision-makers on file.

First 25 of 82 pre-seed investors in New York

You are seeing 25 of 82. The full list adds 57 more investors and 396 named decision-makers.

74 pre-seed investors in New York City

46 of the 74 have a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months; the median fund size on file is $50M (SEC Form D, 59 firms); the most recent fund filings are from 25Madison Ventures (Oct 2026), Crystal Venture Partners (Oct 2026) and NVP Capital (Oct 2026); of the 74 with a stage on file, pre-seed (74), seed (55) and Series A (23); the count covers the metro area, by city: New York (67) and Brooklyn (7); the paid file holds 357 named decision-makers for them.

The first 5 in list order: Avid Ventures, Motive Venture, Volt Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital and Meridian Street. They are ranked with the rest of the list, by the same rule.

How these 82 break down

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