Canrock Ventures

What Canrock Ventures does

Canrock Ventures is an early-stage technology venture capital fund headquartered in Jericho, New York. Founded in 2010, the firm focuses on backing early-stage technology companies, with a stated mandate of helping turn good technology ideas into great technology businesses. The operating team is sized at 11-50 employees, consistent with a boutique venture firm that performs sourcing, diligence, and portfolio support functions from a single location, with Ted Smith serving as managing partner.

The fund's primary business model is conventional for a venture manager: capital deployment into portfolio companies is funded by limited partner commitments, with revenue derived from management fees on committed capital and, on a contingent basis, carried interest on successful realizations. The input provides no disclosed AUM, fund vintage schedule, portfolio composition, fund size, LP composition, or sector preferences beyond a broad "technology" orientation, nor any information on the firm's website beyond its URL (http://www.canrockventures.com).

A substantial portion of the aggregated source material pertains to unrelated entities — specifically a t-shirt e-commerce platform (TP Apparel LLC, d/b/a TeePublic) and a Singapore lottery/togel information site (angkasgp4d.com) — and does not describe Canrock Ventures. On the basis of the directly relevant data, the firm's investment scope, geographic footprint beyond Jericho, technical infrastructure, and pricing or deal terms cannot be characterized with specificity, and the description above reflects the limits of what the input supports.

Name

Canrock Ventures

Legal name

TP Apparel LLC

Website

https://canrockventures.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Canrock Ventures is an early-stage technology venture capital fund founded in 2010 and based in Jericho, New York. It backs early-stage technology companies with a focus on turning good technology ideas into great technology businesses, operating with a small partner-led team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Early-Stage Technology Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), All Other Financial Investment Activities (52399)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Accelerators & Incubators (Investor-Operated) (FSANAAAM)

Keywords

• Venture capital
• Early stage investing
• Technology startups
• Seed funding
• Startup financing

Headquarters

HQ city

Jericho

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

Canrock Ventures is an early stage technology venture capital fund that invests capital in early-stage technology companies. Founded in 2010 and based in Jericho, United States, the firm deploys a venture capital investment strategy focused on technology startups at the seed and early stages of growth.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Early Stage Technology Venture Capital Fund A venture capital fund that deploys capital into early-stage technology companies, providing seed and early-stage equity financing to technology startups. Targeted at founders and management teams of technology companies seeking initial growth capital.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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App detail

Recent moves3 records

Direct peers

• Notation Capital: NYC-based seed-stage venture capital firm investing in technical founders. Highly comparable on stage (pre-seed/seed), geography (NYC), and technology focus.
• Lerer Hippeau: NYC-based seed and early-stage venture capital firm investing in technology startups. Highly comparable to Canrock in stage, geography, and sector focus, and serves a similar founder base.
• Founder Collective: Early-stage technology venture capital fund known for seed investments in software and internet companies. Comparable to Canrock in stage (seed/early), thesis (tech), and lean team structure.
• Greycroft: Early-to-growth stage venture capital firm with a strong New York presence and technology focus. Comparable in geography and tech focus, though typically invests at slightly later stages than a seed-only fund.
• Betaworks: NYC-based early-stage venture capital and startup studio investing in technology and media companies. Highly comparable stage, geography, and technology orientation.
• Collaborative Fund: Early-stage venture capital fund backing technology companies with thematic focus areas. Comparable in early-stage tech investing and small-team operations.
• Dreamit Ventures: Early-stage venture capital and accelerator firm backing technology startups, including through investor-operated programs. Comparable in stage, fund-plus-accelerator model, and sector focus.

Broad incumbents

• Techstars: Large global accelerator and early-stage investor in technology startups. Comparable in providing early-stage tech capital, but operates at much greater scale and as an accelerator rather than a traditional fund.
• 500 Global: Global early-stage venture firm and accelerator with seed investments in technology companies. Comparable thesis (early-stage tech) but vastly larger fund size and global footprint.
• First Round Capital: Established early-stage venture capital firm with deep NYC roots backing technology startups. Comparable in stage and geography but operates with significantly larger fund vehicles.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CanrockVentures
• Facebookfacebook.com/canrockventures

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments7 records

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Frequently asked questions about Canrock Ventures