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    Velvet Sea Ventures

    New York, New York, United StatesFounded 2020
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    Velvet Sea Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm based in New York that helps entrepreneurs turn their visions into reality. Its principals have more than 80 years of combined experience and over $2 billion invested as founders and venture investors.

    Their most common stage is series-a (44% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $52.1M (across 16 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    13

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    JG

    JOHN GIAMPETRONI

    co-founder and Managing Director

    KL

    KASS LAZEROW

    co-founder and Managing Director

    MG

    MATTHEW GIAMPETRONI

    co-founder and Managing Director

    ML

    MIKE LAZEROW

    co-founder and Managing Director

    KQ

    Katherine Quick Rosa

    Managing Director

    KB

    KAREN BLANCHARD

    Vice President of Operations

    AD

    AUDREY DIMARZO

    General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

    TK

    TODD KNOWLES

    Chief Financial Officer

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    16 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Splash logoSplashSeries B$14.5MOct 2025
    Healthie logoHealthieSeries B$23MOct 2024
    KarmaCheck logoKarmaCheckSeries B$45MJun 2024
    Gynger logoGyngerSeries A$20MJun 2024
    Leo Labs logoLeo LabsSeries B$29MFeb 2024
    E-toro logoE-toroSeries D$250MMar 2023
    EeToro Group LtdUnknown$250MJan 2023
    Healthie logoHealthieSeries A$16MJul 2022
    Connect the Dots logoConnect the DotsSeries A$15MDec 2021
    Leo Labs logoLeo LabsSeries B$65MJun 2021
    SuperRare logoSuperRareSeries A$9MMar 2021
    Strigo logoStrigoSeries A$8MSep 2020
    Liquid Death logoLiquid DeathSeries A$9MFeb 2020
    Leo Labs logoLeo LabsSeries C$65M—
    FFrame Technology, Inc.Unknown$7.6M—
    SSuperNFTSeries A$7M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Insight Partners3 shared
    GreyMatter Capital2 shared
    Watershed Ventures2 shared
    Greycroft2 shared
    DAG Ventures1 shared
    PayPal Ventures1 shared
    Deciens Capital1 shared
    Gradient Ventures1 shared
    Dolby Family Ventures1 shared
    NewSpace Capital1 shared
    GP Bullhound1 shared
    Third Kind Venture Capital1 shared
    Collaborative Fund1 shared
    Samsung Next1 shared
    1confirmation1 shared
    Sound Ventures1 shared
    Shrug Capital1 shared
    TCV1 shared
    Birchmere Ventures1 shared
    Ring Capital1 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026