October 17th, 2010 
the Chubby Team 
Which venture capital firms are writing checks to early-stage internet and mobile companies in NYC? Below is a handy list for all of you NYC startup entrepreneurs. Please note that the rankings are not of the top NYC-based venture firms. If you are an early-stage internet company in NYC, you probably do not care where the investor has their office but instead, you want to know who is providing funding to startups based in New York city irrespective of where they are based. As you’ll see in the list of firms, 1/3 of the top firms do not have an office in NYC (SV Angel, Spark Capital, Lowercase Capital and True Ventures)
And so without further ado, here is the list of the most active early-stage venture capital firms investing in NYC companies through Q3 2010 based on announced deals. Early-stage for the purposes of this analysis are Seed VC and Series A rounds. If you are thinking of pitching these investors, we always recommend doing your own investor reverse due diligence.
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Number of deals in 2010: 10
Select investments: Jibe, JumpPost, Fluidinfo
More Reverse Due Diligence Info: Lerer Media Ventures portfolio | Lerer Media Ventures team | A Guide to Super Angels
Betaworks
Number of deals in 2010: 7
Select investments: PingPin, chartbeat, GDGT
More Reverse Due Diligence Info: Betaworks portfolio | Betaworks team
First Round Capital
Number of deals in 2010: 7
Select investments: Stickybits, Smartling, LiveIntent
More Reverse Due Diligence Info: First Round Capital portfolio | First Round Capital team
Spark Capital
Number of deals in 2010: 5
Select investments: Work Market, Inform, GDGT
More Reverse Due Diligence Info: Spark Capital portfolio | Spark Capital team
RRE Ventures
Number of deals in 2010: 5
Select investments: ADstruc, Quirky, Spanfeller Media Group
More Reverse Due Diligence Info: RRE Ventures portfolio | RRE Ventures team
Founder Collective
Number of deals in 2010: 5
Select investments: Extension Entertainment, SeatGeek, Canvas Networks
More Reverse Due Diligence Info: Founder Collective portfolio | Founder Collective team
SV Angel
Number of deals in 2010: 4
Select investments: BankSimple, chartbeat, GroupMe
More Reverse Due Diligence Info: SV Angel portfolio | SV Angel team
DFJ Gotham
Number of deals in 2010: 4
Select investments: ADstruc, Sailthru, Philo
More Reverse Due Diligence Info: DFJ Gotham portfolio | DFJ Gotham team
True Ventures
Number of deals in 2010: 4
Select investments: GDGT, AK Networks, Collecta
More Reverse Due Diligence Info: True Ventures portfolio | True Ventures team
IA Ventures
Number of deals in 2010: 3
Select investments: FluidInfo, BankSimple
More Reverse Due Diligence Info: IA Ventures portfolio | IA Ventures team
Greenhill SAVP
Number of deals in 2010: 3
Select investments: MyNines, RealDirect
More Reverse Due Diligence Info: Greenhill SAVP portfolio | Greenhill SAVP team
Lowercase Capital
Number of deals in 2010: 3
Select investments: Stickybits, Quirky
More Reverse Due Diligence Info: Lowercase Capital portfolio | Lowercase Capital team
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Guys
Nice post, you may want to take a look at zelkovavc.com, we have done more deals than many on the list, though tend to fly under the radar.
Jay
Jay – Thanks for the note. We sent you an email earlier as well. Our data has 10 seed VC/Series A deals for Zelkova Ventures in 2010 (through September). Two of the ten companies are NYC-based which was our focus for this study. If we’ve missed any in your estimation, please do drop us a line, and we’re happy to update.
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