
Max Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in New York City that combines investing with company building, having co-founded eight venture-backed companies internally. The firm focuses on digital commerce, digital health, fintech, and SaaS, partnering with founders from the earliest stages.
50% of their portfolio is in Healthcare. Deal activity increased 300% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $18.9M (across 25 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
23
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
SS
Sophie Stenbeck
Co-Founder and General Partner
RD
Ryan Darnell
Managing Partner
MW
Matthew Weinberg
General Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
28 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EEqual Parts | Series A | $23M | Feb 2026 |
| BBarnwell Bio | Seed | $6M | Jan 2026 |
| BBarnwell | Seed | $6M | Jan 2026 |
| Series A | $22.5M | Sep 2025 | |
| Series B | $53M | Mar 2025 | |
| Series B | $31M | Jun 2024 | |
| Series A | $17.3M | May 2023 | |
| Seed | — | Jan 2023 | |
| Seed | $3.3M | Oct 2022 | |
| Series A | $14.5M | Sep 2022 | |
| TThe Post | Seed | — | Jun 2022 |
| Series B | $36M | Mar 2022 | |
| Seed | — | May 2021 | |
| Series A | $45M | May 2021 | |
| Series C | $60M | Feb 2021 | |
| Series A | $8.2M | Mar 2020 | |
| Seed | $3.4M | Jul 2019 | |
| Series B | $25M | Dec 2018 | |
| Series F | $32M | Jul 2018 | |
| Series B | $20M | — | |
| Seed | $6.3M | — | |
| Pre-Seed | $3.1M | — | |
| Pre-Seed | $3.3M | — | |
| Seed | $6.3M | — | |
| Seed | $4.2M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
AlleyCorp5 shared
Lerer Hippeau5 shared
Bling Capital4 shared
General Catalyst3 shared
Kindred Ventures3 shared
New Enterprise Associates3 shared
8VC3 shared
Techstars3 shared
Designer Fund3 shared
Twelve Below3 shared
FJ Labs2 shared
Company Ventures2 shared
Correlation Ventures2 shared
.406 Ventures2 shared
Optum Ventures2 shared
Luminar Ventures2 shared
Bonnier Capital2 shared
Alumni Ventures2 shared
Dorm Room Fund2 shared
Daybreak Ventures2 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026