Crystal Venture Partners
New York, New York, United StatesFounded 2022
Crystal Venture Partners is a New York-based venture capital firm backing exceptional founders building transformational companies at the intersection of insurance, risk, and technology. The firm invests in early-stage vertical software and AI-driven startups modernizing the business of underwriting and related complex, regulated systems.
Their most common stage is seed (50% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $26.3M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
12
Fund Size
$33M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
SM
Stephen McGovern
Principal
IF
Isabel F.
Associate
JC
Jonathan Crystal
Founder
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
14 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 WithCoverage | Series B | — | Jan 2026 |
 Novella | Series A | $21M | Jan 2026 |
 Gyde | Seed | $60M | Jan 2026 |
 Bright Harbor | Seed | $10.1M | Aug 2025 |
 Bright Harbor | Seed | $10.1M | Jan 2025 |
 Sixfold | Series A | $15M | Jun 2024 |
 Advance | Seed | $8.6M | — |
 Novella | Unknown | $21M | — |
 Gyde | Unknown | $60M | — |
 Gyde | Unknown | $60M | — |
| SSixfold Ai | Series A | $15M | — |
| SSixfold Ai | Seed | — | — |
| Sixfold | Seed | — | — |
 Advance | Seed | $8.6M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Bessemer Venture Partners4 shared
Virtue3 shared
MVP Ventures3 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners3 shared
Optum Ventures3 shared
Scale Venture Partners2 shared
Salesforce Ventures2 shared
nvp capital2 shared
Kindergarten Ventures2 shared
Lowercarbon Capital2 shared
Everywhere Ventures2 shared
Jetstream2 shared
Congruent Ventures2 shared
Blank Ventures2 shared
Verissimo Ventures2 shared
Brewer Lane Ventures2 shared
ARCH Venture Partners2 shared
Avid Ventures2 shared
SV Angel2 shared
8VC1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026