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Avid Ventures Fund II

Geography: United States
Stage: Seed
Fund size: $87M
Focus: SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Avid Ventures Fund II

Avid Ventures Fund II is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Exceptional early-stage fintech/software founders, pre-seed/seed stage, mission-driven

early-stage software & fintech

pre-seed/seed

NYC-based

AI agents & infrastructure

financial inclusion & payments

Bullish Signals

609 intros last year: 111 GTM, 186 talentwebsite

$87M Fund II closed Sep 2024twitter

30+ portfolio companies, 5+ exits/acquisitionswebsite

Portfolio: Rapyd $450M+, Majority growth leaderwebsite

Founder testimonials: above & beyond operatorwebsite

AI agents & infrastructure emerging strengthwebsite

Partner stays midnight caller, real work doerwebsite

Invests pre-incorporation, earliest stage convictionwebsite

Arik Shtilman (Rapyd CEO): invaluable advisor friendwebsite

Tommy Nicholas (Alloy): like fellow entrepreneurswebsite

Chris Ellis (Thatch): league of their own recruitingwebsite

Extension of founding team, same partner alwayswebsite

Contrarian Signals

Small team = limited bandwidth per founderexternal

Boutique size constrains check sizes, follow-onsexternal

Limited fund size reduces capital availabilitytwitter

Founder Do's

Expect hands-on partner taking midnight calls

Get intro help: GTM, talent, investors

Aim for pre-seed even unfunded ideas

Embrace small-team boutique advantage

Leverage operator-investor model for real work

Founder Don'ts

Expect large fund or follow-ons

Skip relationship with actual GPs

Come without founder conviction

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$87M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Addie Lerner, Tali Vogelstein Miller, Rene Gendelman

Addie Lerner KatzFounder & Managing Partner

Tali MillerPartner

Zeeza ColePartner

Tim JohnsonPartner

Max GlikAnalyst/Team

Parker FayAnalyst/Team

Allie DanfieldAnalyst/Team

Noah StollmanAnalyst/Team

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