# NYU Innovation Venture Fund: portfolio, investments and team > NYU Innovation Venture Fund is an accelerator based in United States. 10 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest May 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyu-innovation-venture-fund (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # NYU Innovation Venture Fund Last cheque observed May 2026; 10 cheques on record. Deploying now Accelerator Seed Deploying now **100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 10 on record Since the last cheque **172** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$3.2M** Rounds led **0 of 10** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 90%** Pitch NYU Innovation Venture Fund ## NYU Innovation Venture Fund highlights - 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 90% of its rounds - 03 2 exits from the portfolio ## What they do > Our award-winning accelerators provide essential training, mentorship and funding to help NYU student founders start and scale their ventures and get ready for venture investment. From their own website - **Type:** Accelerator - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed - **Based in:** United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **10 appearances** - **2026** 1 round - **May** **[Imagenomix Corp](https://millionrounds.com/company/imagenomix-corp)** Seed · US · Metavallon VC **$3.2M** With 3 others - **2014** 3 rounds - **Dec** **[Framed Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/framed-data)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 12 others - **Oct** **[Keen Home](https://millionrounds.com/company/keen-home)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 9 others - **Mar** **[Orca Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/orca-pharmaceuticals)** Venture · GB **$1.2M** With 1 other - **2013** 3 rounds - **Sept** **[BioDigital](https://millionrounds.com/company/biodigital)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$4.0M** With 2 others - **Jul** **[TB Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/tb-biosciences)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$1.5M** With 2 others - **Feb** **[Vengo Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/vengo-labs)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.0M** With 7 others - **2012** 1 round - **Jan** **[numberFire](https://millionrounds.com/company/numberfire)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$750K** With 12 others - **2011** 2 rounds - **Dec** **[Tagasauris, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/tagasauris-inc)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others - **Nov** **[Fondu](https://millionrounds.com/company/fondu)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$575K** With 5 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team We hold **3** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **0** of 15 we have independently watched raise Donate Game Center Incubator Green Grants I-Hub Incubator Impact Investment Fund Law Entrepreneurship & Luma Made by NYU Production Lab SBIR/STTR San Fernando Valley Stern’s Berkley Center Tandon Future Labs Tandon Makerspace Technology Opportunities & Ventures Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **2 in all** **[numberFire](https://millionrounds.com/company/numberfire)** Bought by FanDuel **Undisclosed** Aug 2015 **[Fondu](https://millionrounds.com/company/fondu)** Bought by [Airbnb](https://millionrounds.com/fund/airbnb) **$575K** Oct 2012 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. ## The cheque Seed Median round joined **$3.2M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 10 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** May 2026 - **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *7* - Series A *2* - Venture *1* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [Blazer Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blazer-ventures) 2 - [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) 2 - [David Tisch](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-tisch) 2 **Pitching NYU Innovation Venture Fund?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as NYU Innovation Venture Fund. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Blazer Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blazer-ventures)[**BoxGroup** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup)[**David Tisch** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-tisch) ## Quick answers about NYU Innovation Venture Fund ### What does NYU Innovation Venture Fund invest in? NYU Innovation Venture Fund invests most often at Seed and Series A (90% of the rounds on record). ### How active is NYU Innovation Venture Fund? 10 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in May 2026. ### What has NYU Innovation Venture Fund invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Imagenomix Corp (Seed, May 2026). ### How big are NYU Innovation Venture Fund's cheques? The median round it joins is $3.2M. ### Does NYU Innovation Venture Fund lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 10 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does NYU Innovation Venture Fund invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (90%) and the United Kingdom (10%). ### Is NYU Innovation Venture Fund investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does NYU Innovation Venture Fund invest alongside? Most often Blazer Ventures (2 rounds together), BoxGroup (2 rounds together) and David Tisch (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=nyu-innovation-venture-fund) · [Is this your firm? 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