Laconia Capital Group

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Updated: Dec 5, 2025 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Mar 1, 2025	Firsthand	$26.0M Series A	—	Musha Ventures
Feb 1, 2024	Firsthand	$7.0M Seed	—	Musha Ventures
Jun 1, 2023	AvoMD	$5.0M Seed	—	AlleyCorp, Comcast Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Vamos Ventures, Veeral Mehta
Jun 1, 2023	Yuvo Health	$20.0M Series A	—	AlleyCorp, Comcast Ventures, Initialized Capital, Vamos Ventures, Veeral Mehta
Jul 1, 2022	Halborn	$90.0M Series A	—	Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Flybridge Capital Partners, Gaingels, Javelin Venture Partners, Social Starts, Summit Partners, Third Prime, Twenty Seven Ventures
Jul 1, 2022	NAORIS	$12.0M Series A	—	Draper Associates, Frontier Ventures, Techstars
Apr 1, 2022	Wavy	$2.0M Seed	—	Bombas, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Montauk Ventures, Y Combinator, Ian Schafer
Apr 1, 2022	Overalls	$5.0M Seed	—	Draper Associates, Frontier Ventures, Techstars
Feb 1, 2022	Birdie	$7.0M Seed	—	Alpha Prime Fund, Astella, Bowery Capital, Illuminate Ventures, Riverwood Capital, Softbank Latin America Fund
Jan 1, 2022	Yuvo Health	$7.0M Seed	—	AlleyCorp, Comcast Ventures, Initialized Capital, Vamos Ventures, Veeral Mehta
Nov 1, 2021	Neuro-ID	$35.0M ID - Series B	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Bond, Bullpen Capital, Differential Ventures, Drive Capital, Fin Capital, Mischief Venture Capital, Vanessa Larco, Oak HC/FT, QED Investors, TTV Capital, ValueStream Ventures, Vouch Insurance, Al Goldstein, William Hockey
Sep 1, 2021	Wethos	$8.0M Venture Round	—	Angel Invest, Broadhaven Capital Partners, Bullpen Capital, Javelin Venture Partners, New Markets Venture Partners, Third Prime, Twenty Seven Ventures, Visionaire Ventures, Adam Schwartz, Andrew Gluck, Jutta Steiner, Konstantin von Unger, Larry Braitman, Lawrence Braitman, Phil Libin
Sep 1, 2021	Constructor	$55.0M Series A	—	Kevin Hartz, Addition, Air Street Capital, Alpha Edison, Andreessen Horowitz, Ataria Ventures, Audrey Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bombas, Colossal Biosciences, Connect Ventures, Corner Ventures, Dreamers VC, Electric Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, First Round Capital, General Catalyst, Guerrilla Capital, Hyper, Interlock Partners, Khosla Ventures, mExpand Family Office, Montauk Ventures, NewFund, NextView Ventures, Redstone Road LLC, Silversmith Capital Partners, Sound Ventures, SV Angel, The Finger Group, Third Kind Ventures, Thirty Five Ventures, Uncork Capital, Volition Capital, Y Combinator, Adrian Aoun, Alexander Ljung, Alex Urdea, Arthur Kosten, Brad Bao, Bradley Horowitz, David Rosenberg, Ian Schafer, Janis Krums, Jared Leto, Joshua Reeves, Märt Kelder, Michael Stoppelman, Mike Krieger, Moshe Lifschitz, Nate Cavanaugh, Odell Beckham Jr., Othman Laraki, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman, Tony Jamous
Sep 1, 2021	Cruisebound	$3.0M Seed	—	Alumni Ventures, Bullpen Capital, Differential Ventures, Educapital, Fin Capital, foobar.vc, Hoxton Ventures, Madrona Ventures, Market One Capital, Mischief Venture Capital, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Owl Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Polaris Partners, QED Investors, Reach Capital, Thayer Ventures, ValueStream Ventures, Vouch Insurance, Al Goldstein, Arthur Kosten, Daniel Hoffer, Przemyslaw Gacek, Steve Kaufer, William Hockey
Sep 1, 2021	Fiveable	$10.0M Series A	—	1776, Adjacent, Correlation Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Flybridge Capital Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Gaingels, Independent, Javelin Venture Partners, Lerer Hippeau, Owl Ventures, Red Sea Ventures, Social Starts, Third Prime, Twenty Seven Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Romain Afflelou, Shane Neman
Aug 1, 2021	Cart.com	$98.0M Series B	—	Bombas, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Montauk Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Y Combinator, Ian Schafer
Aug 1, 2021	Mythical Games	$150.0M Series C	—	01 Advisors, Alumni Ventures, Bascom Ventures, Galaxy Digital, Grasshopper Capital, Javelin Venture Partners, Sand Hill Angels, WestCap, Ryan Tedder, Alain Hanover, Altair Capital Management, Andreessen Horowitz, Balaji Srinivasan, Benchmark, Bob Lee, Bow Capital, Brighter Capital, C2 Investment, Cake Ventures, Chad Nitschke, Christian Bach, Christian Reber, Crosscut Ventures, Electric Ant, Evan Cheng, First Round Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, FPV Fund, Fredrik Björk, Freestyle Capital, Gaingels, Intel Capital, Jenny Fielding, Jeremy Zimmer, Koen Bok, Leonardo DiCaprio, Louis Beryl, Marc Benioff, Montage Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Patron, Preston-Werner Ventures, Ran Makavy, Resonado, SciFi VC, Scott Hartley, SmartStart Fund, Social Starts, Sound Ventures, Stage 2 Capital, Susa Ventures, Third Prime, Twenty Seven Ventures, Vishal Rao, Voyager Ventures, Y Combinator
Aug 1, 2021	Launch House	$3.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Cowboy Ventures, Dream Machine, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Flexsteel Industries Inc., Flybridge Capital Partners, Gaingels, Greylock, Index Ventures, Javelin Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Social Starts, Third Prime, Twenty Seven Ventures, Upside Partnership, Brian Sugar, Jonathan Shipman, Julia Hartz, Kevin Lin
Aug 1, 2021	Coinfeeds	$2.0M Seed	—	FTX Ventures, Huobi Ventures
Jul 1, 2021	Ntropy Network	$3.0M Seed	—	Bullpen Capital, Differential Ventures, Fin Capital, January Ventures, Lakestar, Mischief Venture Capital, Oak HC/FT, QED Investors, ValueStream Ventures, Vouch Insurance, Al Goldstein, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, Mandeep Singh, William Hockey
Jun 1, 2021	Mythical Games	$75.0M Series B	—	01 Advisors, Altair Capital Management, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Bascom Ventures, Benchmark, Bow Capital, Brighter Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Electric Ant, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Flybridge Capital Partners, Freestyle Capital, Gaingels, Galaxy Digital, Intel Capital, Javelin Venture Partners, Montage Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Patron, Preston-Werner Ventures, Resonado, SmartStart Fund, Social Starts, Stage 2 Capital, Third Prime, Twenty Seven Ventures, WestCap, Y Combinator, Alain Hanover, Balaji Srinivasan, Bob Lee, Chad Nitschke, Christian Bach, Christian Reber, Evan Cheng, Fredrik Björk, Koen Bok, Ran Makavy, Vishal Rao
Jun 1, 2021	Paloma	$4.0M Seed	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, AirAngels, Ambridge Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Ballistic Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, DFJ, Elephant Partners, E-Merge, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Long Ventures Partners, Montauk Ventures, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Pario Ventures, Primary Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, SRB Ventures, Streamlined Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Andrus Purde, Daniel Pourasghar, Dylan Field, Eric Wu, Evan Lee, Evan Moore, Indrek Kasela, Julian Shapiro, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Neil Parikh, Preetha Parthasarathy, Richard Laxer, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sri Batchu, Sung ho Choi
May 1, 2021	Acquire App	$3.0M Seed	—	Aleph VC, Deep Insight, Entrée Capital Ventures, Founder Collective, General Atlantic
Jan 1, 2021	Lowkey	$7.0M Series A	—	10100, 468 Capital, AirAngels, Altair Capital Management, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, Ardent Venture Partners, Array Ventures, Ascend Vietnam Ventures, backtrace capital, B Capital Group, Benchmark, Blossom Capital, Brainstorm Ventures, Bullpen Capital, Canvas Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, Cherubic Ventures, Climate Capital, Coatue, Contrary Capital, Differential Ventures, Dreamers VC, Expa, f7 Ventures, Fin Capital, Flex Capital, Foundation Capital, FreeSky Capital, Frontier Ventures, FTX Ventures, Gaingels, Galaxy Digital, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Ideas & Capital, Infinite Niches, LombardStreet Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Jared Hecht, Mindset Ventures, Mischief Venture Capital, Modern Venture Partners, Oak HC/FT, Peak State Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, QED Investors, Redpoint Ventures, Safar Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SignalFire, Soma Capital, Sound Ventures, SV Angel, Sweater Ventures, The Hit Forge, UpHonest Capital, ValueStream Ventures, Virginia Venture Partners, Vouch Insurance, Aaron Levie, Adam D'Angelo, Adrian Aoun, Alex Adelman, Al Goldstein, Amber Feng, Christopher Nguyen, Clark Landry, Dylan Field, Eddie Hartman, Eric Bunting, Eric Wu, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Gokul Rajaram, Jed Ng, Jeff Morris, Jenna Hannon, Kevin Colas, Kevin Lin, Kintan Brahmbhatt, Marat Kichikov, Marco Palladino, Sahin Boydas, Saturnin Pugnet, Scott Banister, Scott Belsky, Shane Neman, Steve Chen, Sue Xu, Vivek Patel, William Hockey
Dec 1, 2020	Neuro-ID	$7.0M ID - Series A	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Bond, Bullpen Capital, Differential Ventures, Drive Capital, Fin Capital, Mischief Venture Capital, Vanessa Larco, Oak HC/FT, QED Investors, TTV Capital, ValueStream Ventures, Vouch Insurance, Al Goldstein, William Hockey

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Leadership Team

Key people at Laconia Capital Group.

Leadership Team

Key people at Laconia Capital Group.

Deep Dive

Laconia Capital Group is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by David Arcara and Jeffrey Silverman. The firm focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage investments primarily in B2B technology companies that build "must-have" solutions for mission-critical industries such as healthcare, finance, and logistics. Their investment philosophy centers on backing serious founders and providing hands-on support in sales acceleration, capital strategy, and operational execution during the early, formative stages of startups. This approach helps portfolio companies scale effectively and navigate early challenges, contributing positively to the startup ecosystem by enabling innovation in legacy industries[1][2][3].

Founded with a clear focus on early-stage ventures, Laconia Capital Group has maintained a disciplined approach to seed investing, emphasizing deep founder support rather than just sourcing deals for later-stage rounds. Key partners include founders David Arcara and Jeffrey Silverman, with additional leadership such as David Lee and Geri Kirilova. The firm has evolved by consistently focusing on early-stage B2B software companies, building a portfolio that includes notable startups like ExecVision, Homer Logistics, Ocrolus, and xtraCHEF. Their commitment to early-stage companies is also reflected in their internship and fellowship programs, which aim to cultivate future venture capital talent[1][2][3][4].

Core Differentiators

Focused Early-Stage Expertise: Dedicated exclusively to pre-seed and seed rounds, providing specialized support where it matters most.
Hands-On Founder Support: Emphasis on accelerating sales, refining capital strategy, and operational execution.
Strong Network: Access to a broad network in mission-critical industries to help portfolio companies scale.
Selective Portfolio: Investments in companies revolutionizing legacy sectors with technology that is essential rather than optional.
Founder-Centric Culture: Programs to nurture aspiring investors and a reputation for partnering closely with entrepreneurs[3][6].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Laconia Capital Group rides the trend of digitizing and modernizing legacy industries through B2B technology startups. The timing is favorable as many traditional sectors face pressure to innovate rapidly, creating demand for scalable, tech-driven solutions. By focusing on early-stage companies, Laconia helps catalyze transformation in sectors like finance, healthcare, and logistics, which are critical to the broader economy. Their influence extends beyond capital, as they actively support operational growth, helping startups become sustainable and impactful players in their markets[1][2][3].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Laconia Capital Group is likely to continue deepening its specialization in seed-stage B2B technology investments, leveraging its operational expertise to help founders navigate increasingly complex market dynamics. Trends such as AI integration, automation, and data-driven decision-making in legacy industries will shape their portfolio’s growth trajectory. Their ongoing commitment to founder support and talent development positions them to remain a key player in early-stage venture capital, potentially expanding their influence as these startups mature and reshape traditional business sectors[3][6]. This sustained focus on early-stage, mission-critical technology aligns with their founding mission and sets the stage for continued impact in the venture ecosystem.

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Core Differentiators

Focused Early-Stage Expertise: Dedicated exclusively to pre-seed and seed rounds, providing specialized support where it matters most.
Hands-On Founder Support: Emphasis on accelerating sales, refining capital strategy, and operational execution.
Strong Network: Access to a broad network in mission-critical industries to help portfolio companies scale.
Selective Portfolio: Investments in companies revolutionizing legacy sectors with technology that is essential rather than optional.
Founder-Centric Culture: Programs to nurture aspiring investors and a reputation for partnering closely with entrepreneurs[3][6].