Prepared for Daxos Capital · July 31, 2026
Like-minded pre-seed, incubation and angel firms — VCs, studios, accelerators and angel groups — that could co-invest, share dealflow, or partner with Daxos. Focus on New York City and South Florida, tilted toward crypto, AI and frontier/defense tech. Every firm and contact below is validated against Harmonic; nothing web-scraped.
Best thesis × stage × partnership fit. Start here.
| Firm | Base | Type · Stage | Focus | Contact | Why they fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compoundcompound.vc | New York, NY | VCPre-seed / seed | Crypto, AI, frontier | david@compound.vc | Backs crypto and frontier founders at the first check — the exact two bets you make. |
| Variantvariant.fund | New York, NY | VCPre-seed / seed | Crypto / web3 | jesse@variant.fund | High-conviction NYC web3 fund taking early ownership in ownership-economy startups. |
| North Island Venturesnorthisland.ventures | New York, NY | VCPre-seed / seed | Crypto | travis@northisland.ventures | Small crypto-native fund writing the earliest checks into digital-asset teams. |
| Notation Capitalnotation.vc | Brooklyn, NY | VCPre-seed | Technical, infra, crypto | mackenzie@notationcapital.com | Pure pre-seed fund for raw technical founders; a clean dealflow trade. |
| 2048 Ventures2048.vc | New York, NY | VCPre-seed | Frontier tech, data, health | paul@2048.vc | Conviction pre-seed lead across frontier tech, sized to co-invest. |
| Betaworksbetaworks.com | New York, NY | StudioPre-seed | AI, crypto, consumer | jborthwick@betaworks.com | Builds and seeds AI and crypto startups from day zero. |
| AlleyCorpalleycorp.com | New York, NY | StudioPre-seed / seed | AI, healthcare, robotics | kevin.ryan@alleycorp.com | Starts frontier companies and writes the first check — a co-build partner. |
| Reciprocal Venturesrecvc.com | New York, NY | VCPre-seed / seed | Crypto / web3 infra | craig@recvc.com | Founder-first NYC seed shop dedicated to blockchain infrastructure. |
| Collab+Currencycollabcurrency.com | New York, NY | VCPre-seed / seed | Crypto + AI | steve@collabcurrency.com | Pairs blockchain and AI theses, mirroring your crossover. |
| Road Capital Managementroadcapitalmgmt.com | New York, NY | VC micro-fundPre-seed / seed | Crypto, blockchain | adevnew@roadcapitalmgmt.com | Six-person crypto micro-fund; found via Harmonic next to Borderless. |
| Krillion Ventureskrillionventures.com | Miami, FL | VCPre-seed / seed | Healthtech, fintech, consumer | melissa@krillionventures.com | Small Miami seed shop to co-invest and trade South Florida deals. |
| Secocha Venturessecocha.com | Miami, FL | VCPre-seed / seed | Consumer, wellness, tech | sanket@secocha.com | High-conviction Miami pre-seed check-writer; fits an evergreen co-investor. |
| Seedfundersseedfunders.com | St. Petersburg, FL | Angel / VCPre-seed | Tech, blockchain, software | yuriyv@seedfunders.com | Tampa Bay pre-seed group already leaning into crypto. |
Real pre-seed/seed leads and studios; solid co-invest and dealflow partners.
| Firm | Base | Type · Stage | Focus | Contact | Why they fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Bridge Venturesbrooklynbridge.vc | Brooklyn, NY | VCPre-seed / seed | NYC generalist | charlie@brooklynbridge.vc | Long-running NYC pre-seed lead with a deep local pipeline. |
| Volt Capitalvolt.capital | New York, NY | VCPre-seed / seed | Crypto | devin@volt.capital | Technical crypto fund that gets into protocol projects early. |
| Everywhere Ventureseverywhere.vc | New York, NY | VCPre-seed | Fintech, health, commerce | k@thefund.vc | Global pre-seed collective that syndicates checks with small funds. |
| Third Kind Venture Capitalthirdkindvc.com | New York, NY | VCSeed | Generalist | alex@3kvc.com | Small high-conviction shop that co-leads rather than crowds a round. |
| Company Venturescompanyventures.com | New York, NY | Studio / seedPre-seed / seed | AI, fintech, climate | james@companyventures.com | Backs founders at formation and trades early dealflow. |
| Human Ventureshuman.vc | New York, NY | StudioPre-seed / seed | Health, consumer, AI | heather@human.vc | Co-founds companies with operators; a steady early pipeline. |
| Prehypeprehype.com | New York, NY | StudioPre-seed | Consumer, fintech | henrik@prehype.com | Spins out ventures and needs first-money partners. |
| Interplayinterplay.vc | New York, NY | Studio / VCPre-seed | Fintech, marketplace, AI | will@interplay.vc | Runs a studio plus fund and shares deals at incubation. |
| 25madison25madison.com | New York, NY | StudioPre-seed | Fintech, health, industrial | matt@25madison.com | Incubates in-house and seeds; open to co-investors. |
| Harlem Capitalharlem.capital | New York, NY | VCPre-seed / seed | Diverse founders, broad tech | jarrid@harlem.capital | High-conviction early-check fund that shares NYC flow. |
| ff Venture Capitalffvc.com | New York, NY | VCSeed / early | Generalist, AI, frontier | oliver.mitchell@ffvc.com | Long-running NYC early firm with an AI and frontier bent. |
| Flybridgeflybridge.com | New York, NY | VCSeed | Seed tech incl. AI | chazard@flybridge.com | NYC seed firm active in AI, close to your targets. |
| Formationformationvc.com | New York, NY | VCPre-seed / seed | Early-stage tech | leeor@formationvc.com | Seven-person NYC pre-seed fund open to partnering. |
| Maccabee Venturesmaccabee.vc | New York, NY | VCPre-seed / seed | Early-stage tech | mbellows@maccabee.vc | Twelve-person NYC seed firm sized to write beside you. |
| Bowery Capitalbowerycap.com | New York, NY | VCSeed | B2B / enterprise software | ellen.terlizzi@bowerycap.com | Focused seed B2B lead; pairs on enterprise AI. |
| Work-Benchwork-bench.com | New York, NY | VCSeed | Enterprise, AI infra | hugo@work-bench.com | Enterprise-AI seed specialist for infra and dual-use flow. |
| Alpaca VCalpaca.vc | New York, NY | VCSeed | Proptech, fintech, commerce | ryan@alpaca.vc | Active NYC seed lead (ex-Corigin) open to SPVs. |
| Contour Venture Partnerscontourventures.com | New York, NY | VCSeed | Fintech, SaaS | matt@contourventures.com | Veteran NYC seed lead with steady early flow. |
| Red Sea Venturesredseaventures.com | New York, NY | VCPre-seed / seed | Consumer, tech | scott@redseaventures.com | Small NYC seed shop surfaced beside Notation. |
| Factorial Capitalfactorialcap.com | Brooklyn, NY | VC micro-fundPre-seed | Early-stage tech | matt@factorialcap.com | Four-person Brooklyn pre-seed fund cut like Notation. |
| Blue 9 Capitalblue9capital.com | New York, NY | VCPre-seed / seed | Early-stage tech | allen@blue9capital.com | Six-person NYC seed fund open to sharing early deals. |
| Pathlight Venturespathlight.vc | New York, NY | VC micro-fundPre-seed / seed | Early-stage tech | mahdi@pathlight.vc | Three-person NYC pre-seed fund built for co-investing. |
| ValueStream Venturesvaluestreamventures.com | New York, NY | VCSeed | Enterprise, data | karl@valuestreamlabs.com | Eight-person NYC seed firm to trade enterprise deals. |
| Habitat Partnershabitatpartners.co | New York, NY | VC micro-fundPre-seed | Early-stage tech | jb@habitatpartners.co | Four-person NYC pre-seed fund beside Brooklyn Bridge. |
| Hyve Ventureshyve.vc | New York, NY | VC / angelPre-seed / angel | Early-stage tech | kara@hyve.vc | Angel-scale NYC fund writing the earliest checks. |
| Alliance (DeFi Alliance)alliance.xyz | New York, NY | Studio / acceleratorPre-seed | Crypto | jacob@defialliance.co | Hands-on web3 incubator graduating pre-seed crypto founders. |
| Pygmapygma.vc | New York, NY | Accelerator / VCPre-seed | Blockchain, early founders | andres@pygma.co | NYC accelerator tagged blockchain; feeds pre-seed crypto founders. |
| ERAeranyc.com | New York, NY | AcceleratorPre-seed | Broad tech, AI, fintech | murat@eranyc.com | NYC's largest accelerator with its own fund; wide top of funnel. |
| New York Angelsnewyorkangels.com | New York, NY | Angel groupPre-seed / seed | Broad tech | dsrose@newyorkangels.com | 100-plus member angel collective that syndicates early rounds. |
Home-turf funds, studios and angel groups. Some contacts are founders' personal emails (angel leads).
| Firm | Base | Type · Stage | Focus | Contact | Why they fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Azul Partners already contactedoceanazulpartners.com | Coral Gables, FL | VCSeed / Series A | Early software, tech | david@oceanazulpartners.com | Early Coral Gables fund with room to share SPVs. |
| Miami Angelsmiamiangels.vc | Miami, FL | Angel groupPre-seed / seed | Sector-agnostic tech | jared@miamiangels.vc | Large Miami angel group feeding deals a fund can lead. |
| EONXIeonxi.com | Miami, FL | Venture / studioPre-seed / seed | Software, proptech | sherrard@eonxi.com | Small Miami venture shop on your Florida home turf. |
| Roo Capitalroocapital.com | Miami, FL | VCPre-seed / seed | Early-stage tech | nate.dapore@roocapital.com | Ten-person Miami seed fund; a natural Florida partner. |
| Rokk3rrokk3r.com | Miami, FL | StudioPre-seed | AI, company building | juan@rokk3r.com | Miami venture builder incubating AI startups you'd see first. |
| LAB Ventureslabventures.co | Miami, FL | StudioPre-seed | Proptech, contech | tigre.wenrich@gmail.com | Miami studio spinning out early companies a fund can seed. |
| New World Angelsnewworldangels.com | Boca Raton, FL | Angel groupSeed | FL tech, life sciences | doug_gluck@yahoo.com | Established Boca angel network sourcing seed rounds. |
| PS27 Ventures already contactedps27ventures.com | Jacksonville, FL | VC / studioPre-seed / seed | Fintech, health, consumer | jbs@ps27ventures.com | North Florida fund and studio building companies to co-fund. |
| DeepWork Capital already contacteddeepworkcapital.com | Orlando, FL | VCSeed / early | Tech, life sciences | inbound@deepworkcapital.com | Central Florida seed fund opening flow outside Miami. |
| Embarc Collectiveembarccollective.com | Tampa, FL | AcceleratorPre-seed | Sector-agnostic hub | tim@embarccollective.com | Tampa hub with a steady pre-seed founder pipeline. |
| TechFarms Capitaltechfarmscapital.com | Panama City Beach, FL | VCSeed | Tech, deep tech | jkingsbury@techfarmscapital.com | Panhandle seed fund reaching startups no Miami firm sees. |
| TampaBay.Venturestampabayventures.com | Tampa, FL | VCPre-seed / seed | Tampa Bay tech | wesbenterprise@gmail.com | Small Tampa fund open to co-investing on regional deals. |
| Bridge Angel Investorsbridgeangelinvestors.com | Sarasota, FL | Angel groupSeed | Early tech | prebs32@gmail.com | Gulf Coast angel group with deals that need a lead. |
Crypto and defense funds worth the geography for how closely they match.
| Firm | Base | Type · Stage | Focus | Contact | Why they fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ego Death Capitalegodeath.capital | Austin, TX | VCSeed | Crypto (Bitcoin) | nico@egodeath.capital | Bitcoin-only seed fund for deep digital-asset conviction. |
| Shield Capitalshieldcap.com | San Francisco, CA | VCSeed / early | Defense / frontier | pbilden@shieldcap.com | Backs early AI, autonomy, cyber and space for national security. |
| Riot Venturesriot.vc | Los Angeles, CA | VCSeed / early | Deep tech / AI | steve@riot.vc | Hard-tech seed fund in AI and dual-use frontier hardware. |
| Decisive Pointdecisivepoint.com | Greenwich, CT | VCPre-seed / seed | Defense / deep tech | tommy@decisivepoint.com | East-coast early fund for defense founders selling to the federal market. |
The 14 South Florida firms from your existing map, kept here so the picture is whole.