Great Oaks Venture Capital

Venture Capital Est. 2009
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USD 50M
Estimated FUM
Type
Venture Capital
HQ
New York, NY, United States
Founded
2009
Focus
Generalist Tech

About

Great Oaks Venture Capital is a New York and San Francisco based Seed and Series A venture fund. We primarily focus on Consumer, Enterprise and Healthcare startups headquartered in NY or SF, and typically invest $50K to $500K per deal. We are one of the most active seed investors in the New York region and have an extensive network throughout the United States comprised of leading tech founders, peer venture investors and specific industry specialists. Our goal is to help founders grow their businesses rapidly and become profitable and self-sustaining, sell their business or attract growth financing. We work most closely with founders ahead of their Series A financings when they are working to find product market fit and develop their product or service. We align ourselves with founders in order to help negotiate and secure the right growth investors, buyers and partners for the lifetime of the business.

Investment Focus

Focus Areas
Stages
Seed Series A Series B
Focus
Generalist Tech
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
United States
Coverage
Country-focused
Regions
North America

Coverage is a guide only.

Location

Headquarters
New York, NY, United States
Office Presence
1 country
United States
1 known office
New York, NY, United States (HQ)

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