Vine Ventures

What Vine Ventures does

Vine Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Eric Reiner and Dan Povitsky, headquartered in New York with regional offices in San Francisco and Tel Aviv. The firm operates a single mandate: backing "high-integrity, problem-obsessed" founders at inception and continuing to invest through IPO. Vine targets early-stage technology companies across AI, FinTech, SaaS, Infrastructure, Defense, Healthcare, Marketplace, Gaming, Robotics, and Energy, with geographic concentration in the US, Israel, and Latin America. Portfolio construction spans 56+ companies, including Carta, Ramp, Ro, Dutchie, Front, Qodo, Wonderful, Eon, and Habi, with the firm typically leading or co-leading Seed rounds.

The firm's investment process is relationship-driven, involving intensive founder evaluation (often 12+ meetings in 2-3 weeks) and leveraging a network of C-Level operators for diligence, recruiting support, and customer introductions. The team comprises nine named professionals: founders Eric Reiner (ex-Insight Partners, co-founder of Sinai Ventures) and Dan Povitsky (ex-Credit Suisse, ex-TA Associates); partners Adam Valkin (ex-Accel London, General Catalyst), Demren Sinik (ex-Blackstone, Head of West Coast), and Barak Kaufman (ex-Insight Partners, Head of Israel); plus Chief of Staff Racheli Adler (ex-MunichRe, OurCrowd), VP Finance & Operations John McIlree (ex-GCM Grosvenor), Investor Alex Moskowitz (ex-Modelis, Lindsay Goldberg, OpenView), and Venture Partner Idan Tendler (ex-Palo Alto Networks, co-founder of Bridgecrew and Fortscale, 8200 commander).

Vine generates revenue through standard VC economics: approximately 2% annual management fees on committed capital and 20% carried interest on fund profits. Fund I was approximately $50M (closed 2020), and Fund II was $140M (closed June 2022), tripling the prior fund size. The LP base includes institutional investors, family offices, and operator-founders. The firm positions itself as a hands-on, full-stack investor providing strategic support through every stage of company building.

Name

Vine Ventures

Legal name

Vine Ventures

Website

https://vineventures.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Vine Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2020, headquartered in New York with offices in San Francisco and Tel Aviv, backing early-stage technology founders across AI, FinTech, SaaS, Infrastructure, Defense, and Healthcare in the US, Israel, and Latin America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Early-Stage Venture Capital (Series A/B) (FSANAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD), Micro-VC & Angel Funds (FSANAAAI)

Keywords

• Seed-stage venture capital
• Early-stage technology investing
• Venture fund management
• Startup equity financing
• Portfolio company support

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Carried Interest: Vine Ventures generates returns through carried interest (performance fees) on successful portfolio company exits, typically 20% of profits above the hurdle rate, aligning the firm's success with that of their founders and limited partners.
2. Management Fees: The firm charges annual management fees on committed capital under management, typically 2-2.5% of fund size, providing steady revenue to cover operations and investment activities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Vine Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies from inception through IPO. The firm manages funds (Fund I approximately $50M, Fund II $140M closed June 2022) and deploys capital into 56+ portfolio companies across AI, FinTech, SaaS, Infrastructure, Defense, Healthcare, Marketplace, Gaming, Robotics, and Energy sectors, while providing strategic guidance, operator network access, board participation, recruiting support, and customer introductions to founders in exchange for equity stakes.

Product overview

Vine Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2020, based in New York with additional offices in San Francisco and Tel Aviv. The firm operates as a single-mandate VC, backing high-integrity, problem-obsessed founders from inception through IPO. Vine Ventures manages Fund II at $140M (closed in 2022) and has invested in over 56 portfolio companies across sectors including AI, Infrastructure, FinTech, SaaS, Marketplace, Healthcare, Defense, Cyber, Robotics, Gaming, and Energy, with geographic focus on US, Israel, and Latin America. The firm positions itself as a hands-on, full-stack investor providing strategic support, recruiting, customer introductions, and market intelligence to portfolio founders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vine Ventures Fund I Vine Ventures' first seed-stage venture fund of approximately $50 million, deployed for early-stage technology investments starting in 2020. It is offered to institutional and individual Limited Partners and targets high-integrity, problem-obsessed founders at inception across AI, FinTech, SaaS, Infrastructure, Defense, Healthcare, Marketplace, Gaming, Robotics, and Energy sectors.
• Vine Ventures Fund II Vine Ventures' second seed-stage venture fund of $140 million, closed in June 2022, tripling the size of Fund I with approximately half allocated to Israeli startups. It is offered to institutional and individual Limited Partners and continues the firm's mandate of backing early-stage technology founders from inception through IPO.

Quantifiable outcome

• One of the highest graduation rates (Seed to Series A and B) in the industry
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Operator NetworkcoreOthersVine has assembled a network of C-Level operators across various sectors including marketplace, fintech, AI/infrastructure, healthcare, defense, and cybersecurity. These operators provide strategic guidance, customer introductions, and recruiting support to portfolio companies.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Susa Ventures: Susa Ventures is a seed-stage venture firm frequently co-investing with Vine Ventures across portfolio rounds. Both firms target early-stage founders with operator-network support models, making them closely comparable in stage, check size, and GTM motion.
• Lerer Hippeau: Lerer Hippeau is a leading NYC-based seed-stage venture firm investing across sectors including SaaS, marketplaces, and consumer. Like Vine, it leads seed rounds and provides hands-on operator support to early-stage founders, making it a direct geographic and stage peer.
• Sinai Ventures: Sinai Ventures is a seed-stage VC firm co-founded by Eric Reiner before he started Vine Ventures. Both firms focus on early-stage tech with multi-stage follow-on capacity and share founding DNA, making Sinai a particularly relevant peer for tracking Vine's evolution.
• Notation Capital: Notation Capital is a NYC-based seed-stage venture firm backing technical founders across enterprise and infrastructure. Its similar check size, NYC anchor, and developer-tools focus make it a strong comparable for Vine's NYC portfolio activity.
• Pear VC: Pear VC is a seed-stage venture firm investing at inception in technical founders with a hands-on, community-driven model. Its stage focus and operator-network support approach closely parallel Vine's GTM motion.
• Contrary: Contrary is an emerging venture firm backing early-stage founders across tech with research-driven thesis development. Its stage focus and emerging-manager profile align with Vine's positioning in the seed landscape.
• Bowery Capital: Bowery Capital is a NYC-anchored seed-stage venture firm focused on B2B software. Its geographic proximity, stage focus, and B2B SaaS emphasis create direct overlap with Vine's NYC-based seed activity.
• Bedrock Capital: Bedrock is a seed-stage venture firm focused on enterprise infrastructure and developer tools. Its thematic overlap with Vine's AI/infrastructure portfolio (Eon, Qodo, Epsio) makes it a comparable for seed-stage infrastructure investing.

Broad incumbents

• Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a large-scale global venture and private equity firm where Vine founders Eric Reiner and Barak Kaufman previously worked. As a frequent co-investor (Wonderful Series B, Eon), Insight represents the next-stage capital partner that Vine portfolio companies graduate into.
• Index Ventures: Index Ventures is a global multi-stage venture firm leading the Wonderful Series A with Vine participating. It represents the tier-1 next-round capital that Vine's seed-stage winners commonly access, making it a relevant incumbent peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vine-ventures
• Xx.com/VineVenturesLP

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments85 records

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