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Swell Partners

Last cheque observed Nov 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietNew fund $2.5M, Sept 2023VC firm

SeedSeries ASeries BEnterpriseSpace & DefenseBiology

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 1 on record
Since the last cheque2545days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$13MRounds led0 of 1
Pitch Swell Partners

Swell Partners highlights

  1. 01

    1 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds

What they do

A New York-based pre-seed and seed fund investing in AI for critical infrastructure.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
EnterpriseSpace & DefenseBiology
Based in
New York, United States
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first1 appearances

  1. 2019

    1 round

  2. Nov
    Loft OrbitalSeries A · US · Forbes$13MWith 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

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named

JBJames Bennett Ralston IIIManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
MBMrityunjay Bennett PatilManaging DirectoriFiling they signed

We also hold 4 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)

14 of 23 we have independently watched raise

ArchetypeArray LabsAskari Intelligent defenseCurafi Expanding accessDeel Leading theDeepnightFiveable Making learningLoft OrbitalModern Intelligence AdvancingMparticleParametricPebblepostRyboDynTapAd The firstCredal Security layerCrispExodys Recycling spentGodela Foundational AIIronGrid Foundation industrialKlerk Simplifying corporateNorthstar Unbiased financialSharpei Enabling retailersTreasure Transforming idle

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.

Recently backed

The latest companies Swell Partners put money into.

Quick answers about Swell Partners

What does Swell Partners invest in?

Swell Partners invests most often at Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Enterprise, Space & Defense and Biology.

How active is Swell Partners?

1 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Nov 2019.

What has Swell Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Loft Orbital (Series A, Nov 2019).

How big are Swell Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $13M.

Is Swell Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Nov 2019.

What kind of investor is Swell Partners?

Swell Partners is a VC firm based in New York, United States.

Has Swell Partners raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Sept 2023, reporting $2.5M raised.

When was Swell Partners founded?

Swell Partners was founded in 2014.

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