Datadog

New York-based VC firm founded in 2005 to invest in NYC-focused, early-stage companies that provide innovative software solutions.

VC firm that specializes in early-stage investments in the fintech sector.

Led by investors including Jerry Neumann. Neu Venture Capital, a New York-based investor, specializes in real-time persistent connectivity, data visualization, and machine learning.

Invests in technical founders building the next generation of applications, tools, and platforms for developers, data teams, ML engineers, and everything in between.

IVP grows breakout companies into enduring market leaders.

They are engaged VC partners, but their guidance is focused on when and where it counts. It’s about expertise in moments that matter, answering your call as a counselor and confidant. It’s about bolstering the functions that make or break a business to ensure we make yours a success. It’s about being your compass on the winding path to market leadership. And about celebrating the milestones along the way.

While IVP's investment track record is four decades strong, their focus is on the horizon. From emerging to enduring market leadership, they look out so you can look ahead. Undaunted.

Over the past 28 years, RRE has become one of NYC’s oldest, largest, and most active venture capital firms. They have $2.5B AUM across 10 funds and 400+ portfolio companies. The firm recently raised their $250M Fund VIII.

Fund based in London, San Francisco and Geneva, helping entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into transformative international businesses. Index covers every investment stage, from earliest seed through to explosive growth.

Murat Bicer is a General Partner at CRV. He previously worked at RTP Ventures as a General Partner. Murat Bicer attended Babson College, Middle East Technical University, and Northeastern University.

Shardul joined Index in 2008.  He focuses on security, cloud infrastructure and enterprise software.

Matt Gorin joined the ranks of the Seed 100 this year after an incredible track record of investments, including in the software-analytics unicorn Pendo, which hit a $2.6 billion valuation in July. Gorin said it was “easy to be a cheerleader or a critic” for the seed-startup founders he invested in through Contour Venture Partners.

Raju invests in passionate and tenacious entrepreneurs that are building category-defining businesses. He has a predilection for companies with deeper technology stacks, but always prioritizes exceptional teams over exceptional technology. His current areas of focus include Enterprise Technology, Healthcare IT, and Proptech. He prefers to invest at the Series A or Seed stage of a business, but doesn’t rule out later stage companies. Raju looks for startups that are disrupting massive markets, are utilizing game-changing technology, and are solving complex and meaningful problems. Before joining RRE Ventures, Raju was a Venture Partner at Sigma Prime Ventures in Boston. Most of his career, however, was spent as an entrepreneur and operator. He was the founder of several startups in the mobile and enterprise software sectors.

Looks for pre-product market fit companies making the world suck less with founders who are customer domain experts with a formidable strategic understanding of, and an ambitious non-obvious take on, a fast-growing market.