GoalVest Venture Growth Fund II

United States
Growth
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About GoalVest Venture Growth Fund II

AI Infrastructure, Consumer, Industrials, Growth Tech, Secondary & Late Stage focused fund

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States
Funding StageGrowth
Industry Focus
Ai Ml
Consumer Commerce
Data Infrastructure
Manufacturing

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Proven category leaders scaling to public-market rigor, AI-first

AI infrastructure & applications
Defense & hard tech
Fintech at scale
Category-defining consumer
Proven leaders, public-market rigor

Bullish Signals

2 funds, 18 active investments, $850M+ GoalVest AUMwebsite
5 exits including Klarna, CoreWeave, Shield AIwebsite
Portfolio: Plaid, Anduril, Applied Intuition leaderswebsite
Multi-channel execution: primary + secondary arbitragewebsite
Concentrated portfolio, uncorrelated themes, high convictionwebsite
BC: M&A banker (Mizuho-Greenhill), equity analyst (Guggenheim)website
SB: CNBC, Fox, InvestmentNews, Nasdaq Hot IPOswebsite
Once-in-generation AI buildout from infrastructure to appswebsite
Defense-tech venture transformation of underinvested sectorwebsite

Contrarian Signals

Wealth mgmt-first, VC secondary focusexternal
Limited VC-specific team visibility beyond 2 partnersexternal
HNW client base may limit deal flow diversityexternal
Only 18 active investments across 2 funds (concentrated)website
No public VC team directory or analyst presence shownwebsite

Founder Do's

Lead or define your category clearly
Show path to public-market scale
Target scaling stage, proven traction
Align with AI, defense, fintech, consumer
Demonstrate multi-channel execution moat

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch early-stage without category proof
Avoid commoditized, niche-only narratives
Don't lack institutional-grade unit economics

Key GPs & Partners

BC
Blair Cohen
Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer
M&A-focusedlate-stage expertiseCPG founder
SB
Sevasti Balafas
General Partner
media-visibleHNW-focusedCFA/Wharton

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$50M
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Key People

Sevasti Balafas, Blair Cohen

Blair CohenManaging Partner & Chief Investment Officer
Sevasti BalafasGeneral Partner

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