Lazerow Ventures

ActiveVenture Capital

Updated: Dec 5, 2025 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Jun 1, 2025	Klutch.ai	$8.0M Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Avalanche VC, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Dunce Capital, Equal Ventures, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Maven 11 Capital, Not Boring Capital, Ravelin Capital, Runa Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Y Combinator, Bradley Horowitz, Kyle Vogt, Trent McConaghy
Mar 1, 2025	Rada	$500K Seed	—	Bessemer Venture Partners, Maveron, Moonshots Capital, Jonathan Golden, Jeff Richards, Velvet Sea Ventures, Y Combinator, Bob Lee, Charles Huang, Chris Hulls
Feb 1, 2025	TaxGPT	$5.0M Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Avalanche VC, Benhamou Global Ventures, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Dunce Capital, Equal Ventures, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, LAUNCH, Maven 11 Capital, Not Boring Capital, Ravelin Capital, Runa Capital, SenseAI Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Y Combinator, Bradley Horowitz, Krishna Mehra, Kyle Vogt, Trent McConaghy
Feb 1, 2025	Saronic	$600.0M Series C	—	8VC, Afore Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Anorak Ventures, Avalanche VC, Battery Ventures, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Caffeinated Capital, Cherry Ventures, Construct Capital, Countdown Capital, Cubit Capital, CVS Health, Kelly Chen, Dunce Capital, Equal Ventures, Floodgate, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, IVP, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lux Capital, Maven 11 Capital, Not Boring Capital, Picus Capital, Pillar VC, Ravelin Capital, Runa Capital, Saga, Spark Capital, Stash Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Y Combinator, Bradley Horowitz, Esther Dyson, Harry Hurst, Justin Mateen, Koen Koeppen, Kyle Vogt, Nick Sinai, Rob Meyerson, Trent McConaghy, Yoshua Bengio
Oct 1, 2024	Healthie	$23.0M Series B	—	2048 Ventures, BoxGroup, Curie.Bio, Index Ventures, Maverick Capital, Stellar Capital, Susa Ventures, Techstars, Thrive Capital, Gautam Gupta
Oct 1, 2024	Yuma AI	$5.0M Seed	—	2xN, Andreessen Horowitz, Avalanche VC, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Calm/Storm Ventures, Define Ventures, Dunce Capital, Equal Ventures, Founder Collective, Goat Capital, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Maven 11 Capital, Not Boring Capital, Presence Capital, Ravelin Capital, Runa Capital, session vc, Tuesday Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Y Combinator, Andy Coravos, Bradley Horowitz, Immad Akhund, Kyle Vogt, Nicholas Moryl, Samvit Ramadurgam, Trent McConaghy
Sep 1, 2024	Raycast	$30.0M Series B	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Atomico, Avalanche VC, Balderton Capital, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Concrete Rose Capital, Dunce Capital, Equal Ventures, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Maven 11 Capital, Next Play Ventures, Not Boring Capital, Notion Capital, Partech Ventures, Ravelin Capital, Runa Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Y Combinator, Bradley Horowitz, Frederic Kerrest, Kyle Vogt, Nick Caldwell, Trent McConaghy, Guillermo Rauch
Sep 1, 2024	TaxGPT	$500K Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Avalanche VC, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Dunce Capital, Equal Ventures, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Maven 11 Capital, Not Boring Capital, Ravelin Capital, Runa Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Y Combinator, Bradley Horowitz, Kyle Vogt, Trent McConaghy
Jul 1, 2024	Konvu	$5.0M Seed	—	01 Advisors, Andreessen Horowitz, Avalanche VC, Bling Capital, Bond, BR Capital, Conviction Partners, Dunce Capital, Equal Ventures, Greylock, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, IVP, LGF, Maven 11 Capital, Not Boring Capital, Plaid, Ravelin Capital, Runa Capital, Spark Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Y Combinator, Cristina Cordova, DJ Patil, Dylan Field, Greg Brockman, Kyle Vogt, Ron Pragides, Scott Belsky, Trent McConaghy
Jul 1, 2024	Saronic	$180.0M Series B	—	8VC, Afore Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Avalanche VC, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Caffeinated Capital, Cherry Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Construct Capital, Countdown Capital, Cubit Capital, CVS Health, Kelly Chen, Dunce Capital, Equal Ventures, Floodgate, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, IVP, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lux Capital, Maven 11 Capital, Not Boring Capital, Picus Capital, Pillar VC, Ravelin Capital, Runa Capital, Saga, Spark Capital, Stash Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Y Combinator, Bill Ackman, Bradley Horowitz, Esther Dyson, Harry Hurst, Justin Mateen, Koen Koeppen, Kyle Vogt, Rob Meyerson, Trent McConaghy, Yoshua Bengio
Jun 1, 2024	Gynger	$20.0M Series A	—	01 Advisors, Addition, Animal Capital, Cocoa, Deciens Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flash Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Northzone, Obvious Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Polychain Capital, REMUS Capital, Rethink Impact, Tiger Global Management, Tribe Capital, Vine Ventures LP, Andrej Henkler, Andy Leaver, Asif Moosani, Griffin Johnson, Tom Blomfield
Jun 1, 2024	KarmaCheck	$45.0M Series B	—	Alumni Ventures, Stuart Peterson, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Deciens Capital, FPV Fund, Gradient Ventures, Jetstream, Vine Ventures LP, James Loftus, Louis Beryl, Marc Benioff
May 1, 2024	Odyssey	$10.0M Series A	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Anorak Ventures, Avalanche VC, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Data Point Capital, Dunce Capital, Equal Ventures, Ground Up Ventures, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Ludlow Ventures, Maven 11 Capital, Not Boring Capital, Octopus Ventures, Ravelin Capital, Runa Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Volt Capital, XFactor Ventures, Y Combinator, Austin Ogilvie, Balaji Srinivasan, Bradley Horowitz, Kyle Vogt, Trent McConaghy
Oct 1, 2023	It's Good	$5.0M Seed	—	01 Advisors, Haun Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Aug 1, 2023	Anytype	$13.0M Series A	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Angel Invest, Archetype, Avalanche VC, Balderton Capital, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Comal Ventures, DST Global, Dunce Capital, Earl Grey Capital, Equal Ventures, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Kindred Capital VC, Lowercarbon Capital, Maven 11 Capital, Not Boring Capital, Polygon, Preston-Werner Ventures, Ravelin Capital, Runa Capital, TCV, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Y Combinator, Adam Wiggins, Balaji Srinivasan, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Songhurst, Jeremy Yap, Jutta Steiner, Kyle Vogt, Liu Jiang, Michael Stoppelman, Nico Rosberg, Ott Kaukver, Trent McConaghy
Jul 1, 2023	Leap	$12.0M Venture Round	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Avalanche VC, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Dunce Capital, Equal Ventures, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Maven 11 Capital, Not Boring Capital, Ravelin Capital, Runa Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Y Combinator, Bradley Horowitz, Kyle Vogt, Trent McConaghy
Jun 1, 2023	Offered.ai	$750K Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Avalanche VC, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Dunce Capital, Equal Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Everywhere Ventures (The Fund), High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Maven 11 Capital, Not Boring Capital, Ravelin Capital, Runa Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Y Combinator, Bradley Horowitz, Kyle Vogt, Trent McConaghy
May 1, 2023	Onyx Private	$4.0M Seed	—	186 Ventures, 2048 Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Avalanche VC, Axilor Ventures, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Construct Capital, Dunce Capital, Equal Ventures, Founder Collective, Global Founders Capital, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Iterative, Maven 11 Capital, Not Boring Capital, One Way Ventures, Predictive VC, Ravelin Capital, Runa Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Y Combinator, Bradley Horowitz, Kyle Vogt, Nico Barawid, Trent McConaghy
May 1, 2023	Leap	$15.0M Venture Round	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Avalanche VC, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Calibrate Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Dunce Capital, Equal Ventures, Foundry Group, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, March Capital, Maven 11 Capital, Not Boring Capital, Ravelin Capital, RRE Ventures, Runa Capital, Toyota Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Ubiquity Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Y Combinator, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Bradley Horowitz, Kyle Vogt, Trent McConaghy
Feb 1, 2023	GlacierGrid	$19.0M Series A	—	Deciens Capital, Gradient Ventures, H/L Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Vine Ventures LP, Zero Infinity Partners, James Loftus
Feb 1, 2023	Zarta	$6.0M Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Avalanche VC, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Dunce Capital, Equal Ventures, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Maven 11 Capital, Not Boring Capital, Ravelin Capital, Runa Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Y Combinator, Bradley Horowitz, Kyle Vogt, Trent McConaghy
Dec 1, 2022	Decent	$4.0M Seed	—	01 Advisors, Haun Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Dec 1, 2022	Pylon	$9.0M Seed	—	AAF Management Ltd., Addition, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Audrey Capital, Autopilot Fund, Avalanche VC, Bain Capital Ventures, Balderton Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Builders, Conversion Capital, Daffy, Decibel Partners, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Dunce Capital, Elevate Ventures, Endure Capital, Equal Ventures, Fifth Wall, Flex Capital, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, High Alpha, Humba Ventures, Hustle Fund, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Industry Ventures, Infinity Ventures, Maven 11 Capital, Mischief Venture Capital, Not Boring Capital, Nyca Partners, QED Investors, Ravelin Capital, Redbud VC, Runa Capital, Sherpalo Ventures, The General Partnership, The Hit Forge, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Venture Catalysts \| India's First Integrated Incubator, Village Global, Y Combinator, Anthony Pompliano, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Davenport, Bob Young, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Feng, Emil Michael, Gaurav Munjal, Girish Mathrubootham, Gokul Rajaram, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, Jeff Hammerbacher, Keri Gohman, Kunal Shah, Kyle Vogt, Louis Beryl, Matias Woloski, Othman Laraki, Pedro Arnt, Rodrigo Teijeiro, Spencer Kimball, Trent McConaghy, Vaibhav Kapoor, Youcef Es-skouri, Zak Kukoff
Oct 1, 2022	Celestia	$55.0M Series A	—	Accomplice VC, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Asylum Ventures, Avalanche VC, Bain Capital Crypto, Bling Capital, BR Capital, Dunce Capital, Equal Ventures, Fifty Years, Haun Ventures, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Inflection, Jefferies, KR1, Maven 11 Capital, Not Boring Capital, Placeholder, Ravelin Capital, Runa Capital, Susa Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Balaji Srinivasan, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Songhurst, Justin Kitch, Jutta Steiner, Kyle Vogt, Mike Volpe, Trent McConaghy
Aug 1, 2022	CreatorDAO	$20.0M Seed	—	2048 Ventures, AirAngels, Andreessen Horowitz, DFJ, Elephant Partners, Montauk Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Primary Venture Partners, SRB Ventures, Stellar Capital, Techstars, Y Combinator, Daniel Pourasghar, Dylan Field, Eric Wu, Evan Moore, Gautam Gupta, Julian Shapiro, Neil Parikh, Richard Laxer, Sri Batchu

Financial History

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Leadership Team

Key people at Lazerow Ventures.

Michael Lazerow

Managing Partner

Leadership Team

Key people at Lazerow Ventures.

Michael Lazerow

Managing Partner

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Lazerow Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that focuses on early-stage investments primarily in technology companies, especially within software, social media, analytics, SaaS, and search engine sectors. The firm typically invests in startups that are 2-3 years old, with deal sizes generally ranging from $1 million to $5 million. Lazerow Ventures has a track record of about 12 investments and 4 exits, showing a moderate pace of activity with less than two deals per year on average. Its investment philosophy emphasizes nurturing growth in seed and early-stage tech companies, mainly in the United States, where it also maintains its headquarters. Notable portfolio companies include PeopleLinx, Dash Radio, and Piqora, reflecting a focus on real-time and media-related technologies[1][2][3][4].

Origin Story

Lazerow Ventures was founded in 2010 in New York by members of the Lazerow family, including Mike, Kass, and John Lazerow, who manage the firm. The fund evolved with a focus on early-stage technology startups, leveraging its family investment background to provide targeted support. Over time, it has maintained a consistent investment approach, focusing on companies with some operational history (2-3 years) and a strong potential for growth in tech-driven sectors. The firm’s peak investment activity was around 2013-2014, and it has since maintained a steady but selective investment pace[1][4].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focuses on early-stage, seed to Series A rounds, with typical investments between $1M-$5M.
Network Strength: Strong ties within the New York tech ecosystem and a family-managed approach that offers personalized support.
Track Record: 12 total investments with 4 successful exits, indicating a selective but effective investment strategy.
Operating Support: Provides growth nurturing for startups aged 2-3 years, emphasizing real-time and media-related technology sectors.
Sector Focus: Concentrates on software, social media, analytics, SaaS, and search engine technologies, aligning with emerging digital trends[1][2][3].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Lazerow Ventures rides the wave of early-stage technology innovation, particularly in software and digital media, sectors that continue to experience rapid growth and transformation. The timing of its investments aligns with the increasing importance of data analytics, SaaS platforms, and real-time social media engagement. By focusing on startups with some operational maturity, Lazerow Ventures positions itself to capitalize on companies ready to scale, contributing to the broader ecosystem by supporting innovation that drives digital transformation. Its New York base situates it in a major tech hub outside Silicon Valley, helping diversify the geographic spread of venture capital influence[1][2][4].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Lazerow Ventures is likely to continue its selective investment strategy in early-stage tech companies, potentially increasing its activity as digital transformation accelerates across industries. Trends such as AI integration, real-time data analytics, and SaaS expansion will shape its portfolio focus. The firm’s influence may grow as it leverages its family-managed, personalized approach to support startups beyond just capital, fostering deeper operational growth. As the tech ecosystem evolves, Lazerow Ventures could play a pivotal role in bridging early innovation with scalable business models, especially in the New York tech scene[1][2][4].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focuses on early-stage, seed to Series A rounds, with typical investments between $1M-$5M.
Network Strength: Strong ties within the New York tech ecosystem and a family-managed approach that offers personalized support.
Track Record: 12 total investments with 4 successful exits, indicating a selective but effective investment strategy.
Operating Support: Provides growth nurturing for startups aged 2-3 years, emphasizing real-time and media-related technology sectors.
Sector Focus: Concentrates on software, social media, analytics, SaaS, and search engine technologies, aligning with emerging digital trends[1][2][3].