
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.
46% of their portfolio is in Healthcare. Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $16.1M (across 34 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
29
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
4
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
39 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 | |
| Seed | — | Aug 2025 | |
| Series B | $53M | Mar 2025 | |
| Series B | $31M | Jun 2024 | |
| Series A | $17.3M | May 2023 | |
| Seed | — | Jan 2023 | |
| Series A | $17.3M | Jan 2023 | |
| Seed | $3.3M | Oct 2022 | |
| Series A | $14.5M | Sep 2022 | |
| Unknown | — | Jun 2022 | |
| Seed | — | Jun 2022 | |
| Series B | $36M | Mar 2022 | |
| Pre-Seed | $3M | Jan 2022 | |
| Seed | $4.2M | Jun 2021 | |
| Seed | — | May 2021 | |
| Series A | $45M | May 2021 | |
| Series C | $60M | Feb 2021 | |
| PPorter Road | Seed | $3.7M | Jan 2021 |
| Pre-Seed | $4.5M | Jan 2021 | |
| Series A | $10M | Apr 2020 | |
| Series A | $8.2M | Mar 2020 | |
| Seed | $3.4M | Jul 2019 |
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Top Co-Investors
Lerer Hippeau7 shared
AlleyCorp6 shared
General Catalyst5 shared
Bling Capital5 shared
Kindred Ventures5 shared
Designer Fund5 shared
New Enterprise Associates4 shared
.406 Ventures4 shared
Optum Ventures4 shared
FJ Labs3 shared
8VC3 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center3 shared
Techstars3 shared
Twelve Below3 shared
Luminar Ventures3 shared
Luminar3 shared
Bonnier Capital3 shared
Alumni Ventures3 shared
Arkitekt Ventures2 shared
Upfront Ventures2 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026