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Join our team! We’re hiring principals for our Portfolio Impact team.

Primary Venture Partners is a seed-stage venture capital firm dedicated to delivering exceptional support to NYC founders creating transformational businesses. By pairing meaningful investment resources with the largest portfolio impact team of any NYC seed investor, our portfolio companies have reached an industry-best seed-to-A graduation rate. …

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Join our team! We’re hiring principals for our Portfolio Impact team.
Join our team! We’re hiring principals for our Portfolio Impact team.
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Primary Venture Partners

·Sep 8, 2021

A Rebrand, Relaunch, and New Home for Stories

Today we’re moving off Medium and onto a very new version of the primary.vc website. — Today we’re retiring the paper airplane logo Primary cofounders Ben Sun and Brad Svrluga commissioned via 99designs back in 2015—and we’re rolling out not only a new brand identity, but also a new website. We’re doing this for a few reasons, the first being that we want to create the…

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A Rebrand, Relaunch, and New Home for Stories
A Rebrand, Relaunch, and New Home for Stories

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·Aug 31, 2021

COVID Clarified the Importance of New Models for Employee Support; Bravely Caught the Idea Early

We at Primary have been steadfast supporters. Now, after a $15 million Series A, Bravely Cofounder and CEO Toby Hervey reflects on what makes this partnership so strong. Over the pandemic, Americans have quit their jobs at record rates, whether from childcare gaps, burnout, or better opportunities. …

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COVID Clarified the Importance of New Models for Employee Support; Bravely Caught the Idea Early
COVID Clarified the Importance of New Models for Employee Support; Bravely Caught the Idea Early
Employee Engagement

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Jul 30, 2021

WellSky Acquires Healthify, Setting a Wider Definition of Healthcare and Becoming One of the Country’s Largest Social Services Networks

Social issues like homelessness, addiction, and food insecurity cost the American healthcare system billions of dollars. This sale recognizes Healthify’s role in addressing those issues and accelerates its next phases of impact. — If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that individual healthcare outcomes are inextricably tied to our wider communities and social contexts. Even pre-covid, progressive leaders in our healthcare system had come to appreciate the importance of the social determinants of health (SDOH) — how housing instability, food insecurity, addiction…

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·Jul 26, 2021

The Great Reemergence and a Record-Breaking Quarter for Seed Deals in New York

As New Yorkers are experiencing the thrills of getting back into the city, markets are sharing the exuberance. We’ve never seen anything close to this many seed deals in the New York metropolitan area. Since we started pulling these quarterly numbers in 2019, the typical number of seed deals in…

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The Great Reemergence and a Record-Breaking Quarter for Seed Deals in New York
The Great Reemergence and a Record-Breaking Quarter for Seed Deals in New York
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·Jul 20, 2021

Primary’s Retirement Plan Is on Vestwell, and We’re Doubling Down on Our Investment, Too

Today the workplace savings platform announces its $70 million round, led by Wells Fargo Strategic Capital and Fin Venture Capital. We’re excited to participate with a new investment from Primary, as we have done at every stage of Vestwell’s development since our initial seed check in 2017. — Written by Brad Svrluga, General Partner at Primary. The problem that Vestwell founder Aaron Schumm set out to solve in 2017 is one that I know well. From running a small company — and investing in early-stage founders also running small companies — I’m all too aware that traditional workplace…

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Primary’s Retirement Plan Is on Vestwell, and We’re Doubling Down on Our Investment, Too
Primary’s Retirement Plan Is on Vestwell, and We’re Doubling Down on Our Investment, Too
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·Jun 14, 2021

Launching the Second Cohort of the Primary NYC Founders Fellowship

Our part-time, no-equity, peer-based cohorts get aspiring entrepreneurs ready to move onto serious building. — Today we’re opening applications for the second cohort of the Primary NYC Founders Fellowship, a six-month, part-time immersion in business creation for aspiring entrepreneurs to supercharge the next wave of local startups. …

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Launching the Second Cohort of the Primary NYC Founders Fellowship
Launching the Second Cohort of the Primary NYC Founders Fellowship
NYC

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·Apr 26, 2021

New York City Startups Get Roaring Start in 2021

Our quarterly seed fundraising report finds the signal is strong in healthcare, fintech, media, and more. — There were plenty of reasons to feel optimistic this past quarter: a new president, mass vaccinations, and lots of liquidity. Here’s what that meant for the New York City seed ecosystem. The biggest raise on our radar — $6 million for Lex Markets’ “commercial real estate investing for all” platform…

Startup

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New York City Startups Get Roaring Start in 2021
New York City Startups Get Roaring Start in 2021
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·Apr 20, 2021

4 Considerations for Building and Scaling SaaS Customer Success Orgs

Primary Operating Partner and former CRO Cassie Young on keeping customers happy and making strong strategic decisions at every stage of your startup’s growth. — This month, Primary Venture Partners, OpenView, Lerer Hippeau, and Work-Bench hosted the third event of the four-part SaaS Growth Camp — a series of targeted workshops for early-stage founders. …

Scaling

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4 Considerations for Building and Scaling SaaS Customer Success Orgs
4 Considerations for Building and Scaling SaaS Customer Success Orgs
Scaling

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Apr 20, 2021

Join our team! We’re hiring a Director of Talent.

Source New York City’s next generation of startup talent for our seed-stage portfolio. — Primary Venture Partners is a seed-stage venture capital firm dedicated to delivering exceptional support to NYC founders creating transformational businesses. By pairing meaningful investment resources with the largest portfolio impact team of any NYC seed investor, our portfolio companies have reached an industry-best seed-to-A graduation rate. As we continue to…

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Join our team! We’re hiring a Director of Talent.
Join our team! We’re hiring a Director of Talent.
HR

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