Pre-seed Venture Capital based in NYC

Our mission is to partner with exceptional founders at the very inception of their entrepreneurial journey. When others wait, we Charge.

NYC

HQ

Pre-Seed
/ Seed

stage

72

investments

$5B+

portfolio market cap

Portfolio Companies

  • Bison Trails Bison Trails
    EXIT

    Bison Trails allows the user to run secure infrastructure on multiple blockchains.

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  • Clay Labs Clay Labs
    EXIT

    Clay is a CRM for API-first companies to acquire, engage, retain and monetize developers.

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  • Electric Electric

    Electric is an information technology company that helps businesses manage their IT security, support, and devices in real-time.

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  • GRIN GRIN

    GRIN is a marketing software that enables direct-to-consumer brands to collaborate and manage their relationships with influencers.

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  • Higgsfield Higgsfield

    Higgsfield is a new foundational video AI model company that facilitates social media creation for everyone.

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  • Justpoint Justpoint

    Using AI to identify sources of harm and eliminate them by using the litigation system to hold responsible parties to account.

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  • Kumospace Kumospace

    Kumospace develops an online immersive video chat platform intended to provide remote video conferencing.

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  • Lexent Bio Lexent Bio
    EXIT

    Lexent Bio is using novel liquid biopsy cutting edge technology to change the way we manage cancer.

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  • Mosey Mosey

    Managed state compliance company that changes the way remote businesses are operating around compliance, tax, legal, and back office in any jurisdiction.

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  • Podz Podz
    EXIT

    Podz is a podcast discovery platform that identifies and transforms the podcast episodes into a personalized feed of animated highlights.

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  • Republic Republic
    EXIT

    Republic gives people power to invest in startups, real estate, blockchain, video games, and more.

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  • Transfix Transfix

    Transfix is a freight marketplace connecting shippers to a national network of reliable carriers.

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Funds we work with

Bessemer
First Round
Founders Collective
Firstmark
Initialized
Khosla
Lightspeed
Kleiner Perkins
Lux Capital
Nea
Nfx
Sequoia

About Charge

Team

As an enthusiastic group of serial entrepreneurs, investors, data scientists, and academics, there's nothing we'd rather do than help passionate founders realize their vision.

Tech

Charge is a data-driven VC fund. Our proprietary technology enables Charge to identify and reach out to promising founders beyond our immediate network.

Geo

Charge focuses on non-traditional startup geographies across America, including NYC, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, San Diego, Miami, and beyond.

Stage

Charge focuses on pre-seed and seed stage investments. We frequently invest alongside angels, often the first institutional check a company receives.

Sectors

We have a bias toward data-driven software companies with a strong product sense and bottoms-up growth, often investing in low code tools, AI/ML, the creator economy, marketplaces, D2C healthcare and the future of work.

Ticket Size

Charge initially invests anywhere from $250K - $750K, often deploying millions into follow on rounds via SPV.

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