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NYC Seed
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NYC Seed funds seed-stage technology entrepreneurs in New York City, helping driven small teams move from an idea to a product. Through a unique public-private partnership — including ITAC, the Partnership for New York City Fund, NYSTAR, and Polytechnic Institute of NYU — NYC Seed provides up to $200,000–$500,000 in initial capital alongside mentoring, introductions to customers, and connections to the broader NYC media and technology community. The firm targets pre-seed and seed-stage software, internet, and applied AI companies, positioning itself as the first institutional capital into a company — often backing technical teams before they have established product-market fit. NYC Seed focuses on businesses with a technological advantage that address large markets in a highly scalable way, with particular concentration in developer tools, infrastructure software, enterprise SaaS, and applied machine learning.
Notable quotes
“A seed investment, combined with mentorship, can be the difference between success and failure for an entrepreneur with a great idea.”
“New York is highly underleveraged. Start-up companies are a great way to do that.”
“Getting this layer of capital going is the tinder for everything else. It's the riskiest, but if you don't do this, you don't have the next layer.”
Team
Clayton Besch III
Investment Committee Member / Managing Director, ESDC/SBTIF
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