Impellent Ventures is an operator-first venture capital firm based in Rochester, New York, making pre-seed and seed investments in technology-driven startups across a wide range of sectors. Founded in 2018, the firm pairs talent and technology from established entrepreneurial ecosystems with emerging clusters, investing nationally.
Their most common stage is pre-seed (43% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $8.3M (across 14 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
13
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Pre Seed
Last 12 Mo
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Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
14 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| OOgnomy Sleep | Series A | $20M | Aug 2024 |
 Evergrowth | Pre-Seed | $2.2M | Feb 2024 |
 EnFi | Seed | $7.5M | Jan 2024 |
 National Cycling League | Seed | $7.5M | Dec 2022 |
 Block Party | Seed | $4.8M | Sep 2022 |
| Block Party | Seed | $4.8M | Jan 2022 |
 OneScreen | Pre-Seed | $4.7M | Jan 2020 |
 Kidsy | Pre-Seed | $1M | — |
 OneScreen AI | Seed | $4.7M | — |
 ProphetX | Unknown | $35M | — |
 Alo Index | Pre-Seed | $1.9M | — |
 Gander Robotics | Pre-Seed | $1.1M | — |
 Ognomy | Series A | $20M | — |
 Gander | Pre-Seed | $1.1M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Techstars3 shared
Goodwater Capital2 shared
Hyphen Capital2 shared
Fuel Ventures2 shared
Asymmetric Capital Partners2 shared
Underscore VC2 shared
Catalyst Investors2 shared
Blue Heron Capital2 shared
Trucks Venture Capital1 shared
Capital Midwest Fund1 shared
Everywhere Ventures1 shared
Initialized Capital1 shared
Hustle Fund1 shared
Colle Capital1 shared
Founder Collective1 shared
WELL Ventures1 shared
Elevation Capital1 shared
The Operating Group1 shared
Data Point Capital1 shared
Sharp Alpha1 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026