Based both in Upstate New York and NYC, Armory Square Ventures is a technology venture capital firm that strives to be a community catalyst for founders and an optimism engine for regions outside of Silicon Valley. The firm focuses on overlooked areas once home to the nation’s most successful manufacturing centers, innovation hubs, and resilient small businesses. The fund’s investments include ACV (NASDAQ: ACVA), Agronomic Technology Corp (acquired by Yara), Bentobox CMS, Clerio Vision, Good Uncle (acquired by Aramark), Jorsek, RealEats, SquareFoot, StorySlab, UCM Digital Health, Vengo Labs and Vizbee.
- Stage: Seed & Series A (no minimum revenue requirement)
- Location: Management based in New York State and/or other emerging cities across the US
- Check Size: $500K - $2M in the first round with plenty of reserves for follow-on capital
- Business Profile & Model: Software, mobile, or technology-enabled services (emphasis on B2B) with repeatable, recurring, or transaction-based revenue models
- Market: Addressable markets of at least $1B+
- Team: Full-time technical/product leader and sales/marketing leader
- Traction & Unit Economics: Prototype of product deployed with a small sample size of customers (even if piloting); capital efficient
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