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Tower Research Ventures

New York, NY · Invests in US; Global · Website

Pre-SeedSeedB2B SaaSAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsFintechCrypto & Web3Frontier TechFintech & PaymentsDeveloper Tools & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Thesis

Build and invest in category-defining companies at the earliest stages (incubation to pre-seed), leveraging Tower Research Capital's 25+ years of trading infrastructure expertise and technical depth to help founders succeed.

Likely not a fit for

Consumer-only plays without technical depth. Companies that cannot benefit from Tower's infrastructure and trading expertise.

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Actively deploying
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Partners & team

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David Faucon

PartnerPartner · Primary contact

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Vaughan Syer

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Jared Young

Director of Venture Capital

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Pietro Decio

Ventures Team

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Neel Baronia

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Amelia Steinmetz

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Frank Odom

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Portfolio

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AssembliEnterprise Software

Assembli is an AI-powered estimating tool that transforms early architectural plans into quick, intelligent rough estimates, helping builders determine project feasibility and budget accuracy.

Atomic CanyonClimate Clean Energy

Atomic Canyon leverages advanced AI to foster collaborative data sharing, enhance efficiency and modernize operations in the nuclear energy sector.

BluefinFintech Payments

Bluefin is building a decentralized financial ecosystem with a focus on high-performance trading, including derivatives and spot trading, leveraging the Sui blockchain for scalability and user experience.

CaseblinkLegal Regtech

CaseBlink is an AI-powered platform that automates immigration case preparation for legal professionals, offering tools for document organization, drafting, and research.

MagnaManufacturing Industrial

Magna International is a global automotive supplier that designs, engineers, and manufactures a wide range of automotive systems, assemblies, modules, and components, and offers complete vehicle manufacturing.

MentiumEnterprise Software

Mentium specializes in introducing safe and secure AI tools to small and medium-sized businesses, particularly in regulated industries like finance and healthcare. They focus on enhancing productivity, streamlining operations, and ensuring data security.

Pine SportsGaming

Pine Sports offers an AI-powered sports betting assistant, JaXon, which analyzes millions of data points to provide insights and betting picks for users. The platform aims to help bettors make informed decisions and improve their betting strategies through data-driven analysis.

Procurement SciencesEnterprise Software

Procurement Sciences is an AI-driven platform designed to assist government contractors in finding opportunities, writing proposals, and managing contracts effectively. It integrates generative AI to streamline the entire government contracting lifecycle.

QuantstampSecurity Cyber

Quantstamp provides expert web3 security assessments, including audits, penetration testing, and economic exploit analysis, to secure decentralized applications and infrastructure.

Sk3W TechnologiesEnterprise Software

Sk3W Technologies specializes in Exchange Access Solutions, focusing on latency standardization and providing transparent access to trading ecosystems.

SnarkifyEnterprise Software

Snarkify is a leading team in zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) technology, specializing in high-performance proving engines and GPU acceleration for zkVMs. They have achieved multiple wins in the ZPrize competition, demonstrating significant advancements in ZKP performance across various hardware platforms.

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Tower Research Ventures Research Overview Tower Research Ventures is the venture capital arm of Tower Research Capital, a 25+ year old quantitative trading firm. The ventures team builds and invests in category-defining companies with the same enthusiasm and discipline that Tower applies to public markets. Tower Research Capital was founded over 25 years ago and is home to the world's best quantit

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