Primary Venture Partners

Angel Networks & Startup Accelerators · Venture Capital
51investments
1open role
4exits
$5.1Braised by its portfolio in 12 months

Overview

Primary Venture Partners is a seed-stage venture capital firm that backs founders at the earliest moment of company building. It invests primarily in New York based startups across enterprise software, consumer, fintech and healthcare, supporting portfolio companies with an in-house team for recruiting and go-to-market. The firm was founded in 2015 by Ben Sun and Brad Svrluga and is headquartered in New York City.

Program

Accelerator
Investments
51
36 of them startups
Hiring now
29
1,214 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
9
$5.1B raised
Exits
4
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 39%Health Care 27%Financial Services 11%Information Technology 9%Software 9%Cybersecurity 7%Professional Services 7%Biotechnology 5%
Where its companies are
United States 61%South Korea 2%India 2%
Stage of its companies
Pre-seed & seed 100%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 51 investments
CasapSeries B $56M · this month · 16 roles CrusoeVenture round $3.9B · 1 mo ago · 278 roles InspirenSeries C $70M · 2 mo ago · 5 roles EtchedVenture round $700M · 2 mo ago · 79 roles LightTableSeries A $22M · 5 mo ago · 6 roles Dandelion HealthSeries A $14M · 6 mo ago · 7 roles HaiquSeed $11M · 9 mo ago BobyardSeries A $35M · 11 mo ago · 38 roles CargadoSeries A $12M · 19 mo ago J2 HealthConvertible Note $1M · 20 mo ago · 1 role Flock HomesVenture round $21.7M · 20 mo ago · 4 roles AlloyVenture round $14.9M · 2 yr ago · 30 roles
1,214 open roles at 29 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Coupang182 new roles in 30 days Crusoe87 new roles in 30 days Dandy30 new roles in 30 days Etched20 new roles in 30 days Alloy12 new roles in 30 days Small Door9 new roles in 30 days · led a round
New in the portfolioadded to its portfolio page in 6 months
Forge Pointadded Nov 3 · 12 roles
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Pear VC 3 shared Human Capital Investment Management LLC 3 shared Insight Partners 3 shared Notable Capital 3 shared Metaprop 3 shared Andreessen Horowitz 2 shared Optum Ventures 2 shared Silicon Valley Investclub 2 shared ValueAdd VC 2 shared Stripes 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Y Combinator First Round Capital Soma Capital Felicis General Catalyst Sequoia Capital Andreessen Horowitz Pear VC
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 3; 1 rounds in the press that name it

Jobs

$300k – $400k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · New York
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$200k
Typical range
$140k – $400k
Open positions
3
3 Jobs
Junior 33.3%
Middle 33.3%
Architect 33.3%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 1 $140k $140k
Middle 1 $200k $200k
Architect 1 $400k $400k
Highest paying role Head of AI $400k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
31/100
Slowing
Open positions
3
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Hardware
50% ▼
Marketing
50% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added LinkedIn to stack Oct 2026

Tech stack

The technologies known for Primary Venture Partners, by layer.
Practices & domains
Edge AI
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Shared investors1
Vintage Investment PartnersVia a fund
81 portfolio companies: RobCo, Veho, Onyx and 78 more
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News

News Pulse 2.0 2 months ago
Zero Raises $10.3 Million Seed Round Led By Primary Venture Partners
Zero has raised $10.3 million in seed funding led by Primary Venture Partners, giving the startup fresh capital as it moves into its next stage of product development and commercial expansion. The financing also included participation from Inception Fund,
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News Pulse 2.0 9 months ago
Primary Venture Partners Launches $625 Million Fund V
Primary Venture Partners announced it has raised $625 million for its fifth set of funds, positioning the New York-based firm to continue leading pre-seed and seed rounds as founders build companies amid what the firm describes as an AI revolution.
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News primary.vc 1 year ago
"First Team" Principle: Leaders' loyalty to their peers over their reports Read more
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News primary.vc 5 years ago
Open Source Founders Fellowship by Primary Venture Partners Read more
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News medium.com 6 years ago
NYC seed deals increase despite a turbulent Q1 Read more
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News creatorlab.fm 7 years ago
Steve Schlafman, Primary VC on Creator Lab: Personal and Professional Growth Read more
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News primary.vc 10 years ago
The curious case of the disappearing SaaS company Read more
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
New York
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New York United States
HQ
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff $400k Avg Salary
hires for Leadership
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
San Francisco United States
Engineering / R&D
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 10-50 est. staff $172k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Marketing, Early Careers
seen since Aug 2026 job postings