Differential Ventures

Differential Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in New York, New York. They specialize in pre-seed, seed, and early-stage investments, focusing primarily on B2B tech startups in data and machine intelligence. The firm's key sectors of interest include IoT, AI, cybersecurity, and fintech. They invest between $250,000 and $1 million in companies with a unique advantage in data science that have the potential to transform business operations. Differential Ventures prefers to invest globally with a focus on the east coast.

Nick Adams

Managing Partner

Ned Berman

Principal

Melissa Demma

Associate

Mitchell Kleinhandler

Managing Partner

David Magerman

Managing Partner

48 past transactions

Carver Edison

Seed Round in 2020
Carver Edison Technology, LLC provides employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) loan program and customized ESPP education to public companies. Its technology allows public companies to implement the program, which provides them interest-free participation loans, customized educational content, and employee data reports. The company is based in New York, New York. Carver Edison Technology, LLC operates as a subsidiary of Carver Edison, Inc.

Deeplite

Seed Round in 2021
Deeplite provides an AI-driven optimizer to make deep neural networks from cloud to edge computing. The company offers Neutrino leverages a design space exploration to optimize high-performance DNN models. It provides solutions in the areas of automotive, smartphones, smart cameras, and IoT devices. The company is based in Montreal, Canada.

Mona

Seed Round in 2020
Developer of Mona, a SaaS monitoring platform for Data and AI-driven systems. The platform enables data science teams to gain complete transparency into how their data and models behave in production environments. With Mona, data science teams define data and model KPIs, and track and analyze those to gain insights regarding data integrity, bias and drift issues over time. Mona was founded in 2018 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

DeepSurface

Seed Round in 2022
DeepSurface Security (www.deepsurface.com) is the first automated Predictive Vulnerability Management suite of tools that helps cybersecurity teams automate the process of analyzing and prioritizing vulnerabilities by risk contribution on enterprise networks. Created by a veteran cybersecurity team, DeepSurface Security is trusted by enterprise companies to identify, prioritize, and research vulnerabilities in their networks. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, DeepSurface is a privately held company funded by Cascade Seed Fund, SeaChange Fund, and Voyager Capital. To learn more visit www.deepsurface.com.

Retrocausal

Venture Round in 2022
Retrocausal builds intelligence augmentation systems that help frontline workers train better, be more efficient at their daily jobs, and improve the processes they drive. Their RetroActivity platform for human activity analysis automatically builds computational models of a complex physical task, given only a handful of recorded demonstrations of the task. Once such a model is built, RetroActivity can finely track the job status from live video, to guide a worker through the task, provide independent training, and perform analytics.

DocAuthority

Private Placement in 2018
DocAuthority is developing a revolutionary document control solution. DocAuthority solves this by automatically discovering and accurately identifying unprotected sensitive documents, thus enabling a broad yet business-friendly security policy. The company introduces a unique approach that enables IT professionals as well as business users to define business aligned security policies to control documents'​ usage throughout the organization.

Concertio

Seed Round in 2020
Concertio is a premier provider of AI-powered performance optimization tools for the hardware and software markets. It also provides AI-powered performance optimization tools that boost the performance of computing systems by tailoring the many system settings in processors, firmware, OS and applications to the running workloads. The company tools are used by the likes of Intel, Marvell, and Mellanox to boost the performance of a multitude of devices and applications, turning general-purpose systems into high-performant special-purpose systems. The optimizer studio integrates performance optimization software suite that monitors (and learns from) the interactions between applications and systems, to deliver optimal configuration settings for peak performance. Concertio was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY, USA.

Cyolo

Series B in 2022
Cyolo Security Ltd develops security platform that provides ID-based connectivity and access control solutions. It connects onsite and remote users, applications, servers, desktop, files on local network, and in the cloud. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Agnostiq

Seed Round in 2021
Agnostiq Inc. designs and develops a security software for quantum cloud computers. The company’s software solutions provide secure access over cloud platform for the privacy of data and algorithms. The platform is made compatible with quantum hardware that increases or decreases the security as per quantum of hardware. It offers cross-platform solutions across cloud services providers by integrating with existing software development kit (SDK), and offers user selectable overheads for its users. Agnostiq Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Personal AI

Seed Round in 2020
Creation is limited to the memories that you remember. Consumption is limited to the memories you remember to act on. Our goal is to unlock the value captured in the forgotten memories for everyone. We unlock this by creating a Personal AI that is trained entirely on top of your own individual memory so it is authentic to you, your Personal AI is the new medium to create and consume.

Concertio

Seed Round in 2019
Concertio is a premier provider of AI-powered performance optimization tools for the hardware and software markets. It also provides AI-powered performance optimization tools that boost the performance of computing systems by tailoring the many system settings in processors, firmware, OS and applications to the running workloads. The company tools are used by the likes of Intel, Marvell, and Mellanox to boost the performance of a multitude of devices and applications, turning general-purpose systems into high-performant special-purpose systems. The optimizer studio integrates performance optimization software suite that monitors (and learns from) the interactions between applications and systems, to deliver optimal configuration settings for peak performance. Concertio was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY, USA.

DrugBank

Grant in 2020
DrugBank is a comprehensive online database that contains information on drugs and drug targets. They organize, collect, and curate all the important information about drugs into a single unified resource. It also combines detailed drug such as pharmacological, pharmaceutical, and chemical data with the comprehensive drug target sequence, structure, and pathway information. DrugBank is widely used by the drug industry, medicinal chemists, pharmacists, physicians, students, and the general public. It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Edmonton, AB, USA.

Agnostiq

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Agnostiq Inc. designs and develops a security software for quantum cloud computers. The company’s software solutions provide secure access over cloud platform for the privacy of data and algorithms. The platform is made compatible with quantum hardware that increases or decreases the security as per quantum of hardware. It offers cross-platform solutions across cloud services providers by integrating with existing software development kit (SDK), and offers user selectable overheads for its users. Agnostiq Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Cognota

Private Placement in 2019
Get Synapse, Inc. develops a cloud-based learning software to improve the productivity of learning and development teams. Its solution Synapse allows learning designers to collaborate with stakeholders for the design learning experience, create the prototype, and use blueprint that guides the learning development process, as well as for exporting blueprints to users authoring tools. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Toronto, Canada with additional offices in San Diego, California; and Merida, Mexico.

Konnecto

Private Placement in 2020
Konnecto Top Tech, Ltd. develops and operates artificial intelligence (AI) based consumer journey analytics platform that allows brands to engage with customer. Its platform motivates customers through rewards for their online activities and provides consumer journey analytics and recommendations for marketing decision makers. Konnecto Top Tech, Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

HATCH

Seed Round in 2024
HATCH is the first of its kind Giving Intelligence Platform. An AI-powered portal for Fundraisers, Marketers and Volunteers to streamline and Maximize their impact. A new home for a new world of giving! HATCH unifies expanded-data to create the complete human profile and applies proprietary algorithms to recommend the most timely, personalized and effective methods of outreach. For the first time, you’ll know what makes your donors, customers, and employees tick, click and give.

Retrocausal

Venture Round in 2023
Retrocausal builds intelligence augmentation systems that help frontline workers train better, be more efficient at their daily jobs, and improve the processes they drive. Their RetroActivity platform for human activity analysis automatically builds computational models of a complex physical task, given only a handful of recorded demonstrations of the task. Once such a model is built, RetroActivity can finely track the job status from live video, to guide a worker through the task, provide independent training, and perform analytics.

Agnostiq

Seed Round in 2023
Agnostiq Inc. designs and develops a security software for quantum cloud computers. The company’s software solutions provide secure access over cloud platform for the privacy of data and algorithms. The platform is made compatible with quantum hardware that increases or decreases the security as per quantum of hardware. It offers cross-platform solutions across cloud services providers by integrating with existing software development kit (SDK), and offers user selectable overheads for its users. Agnostiq Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

CyVers

Funding Round in 2022
CyVers is a web 3.0, AI-based security company that innovates in the crypto security area, contributing to massive crypto adoption. CyVers provides cryptocurrency attack detection in real-time by leveraging cutting-edge geometric machine learning and by analyzing off-chain and blockchain data. CyVers is a Web 3.0 well-funded startup backed by top VC and AI experts to act as the last line of defense against real-time DeFi hacks.

Concertio

Private Placement in 2020
Concertio is a premier provider of AI-powered performance optimization tools for the hardware and software markets. It also provides AI-powered performance optimization tools that boost the performance of computing systems by tailoring the many system settings in processors, firmware, OS and applications to the running workloads. The company tools are used by the likes of Intel, Marvell, and Mellanox to boost the performance of a multitude of devices and applications, turning general-purpose systems into high-performant special-purpose systems. The optimizer studio integrates performance optimization software suite that monitors (and learns from) the interactions between applications and systems, to deliver optimal configuration settings for peak performance. Concertio was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY, USA.

Parlay App Inc.

Seed Round in 2021
We believe the ways companies build their products and interact with their users are fundamentally broken. Rather than speaking with users, we stare at analytics platforms. Rather than proactively seeking out their needs, we triage their complaints to support chat bots. The result is undeniable: A whole lot of companies building a whole lot of software that nobody wants. So, we built Parlor. More than just software, Parlor transforms the relationship between humans on both sides of a product – those building it & those using it.

Knockri

Seed Round in 2020
Knockri Inc. develops an artificial intelligence based video soft skill assessment tool that reduces hiring bias and eliminates unsuccessful interviews. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Konnecto

Series A in 2022
Konnecto Top Tech, Ltd. develops and operates artificial intelligence (AI) based consumer journey analytics platform that allows brands to engage with customer. Its platform motivates customers through rewards for their online activities and provides consumer journey analytics and recommendations for marketing decision makers. Konnecto Top Tech, Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

Cyolo

Seed Round in 2020
Cyolo Security Ltd develops security platform that provides ID-based connectivity and access control solutions. It connects onsite and remote users, applications, servers, desktop, files on local network, and in the cloud. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Konnecto

Venture Round in 2021
Konnecto Top Tech, Ltd. develops and operates artificial intelligence (AI) based consumer journey analytics platform that allows brands to engage with customer. Its platform motivates customers through rewards for their online activities and provides consumer journey analytics and recommendations for marketing decision makers. Konnecto Top Tech, Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

Cognota

Seed Round in 2019
Get Synapse, Inc. develops a cloud-based learning software to improve the productivity of learning and development teams. Its solution Synapse allows learning designers to collaborate with stakeholders for the design learning experience, create the prototype, and use blueprint that guides the learning development process, as well as for exporting blueprints to users authoring tools. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Toronto, Canada with additional offices in San Diego, California; and Merida, Mexico.

Cyolo

Series A in 2021
Cyolo Security Ltd develops security platform that provides ID-based connectivity and access control solutions. It connects onsite and remote users, applications, servers, desktop, files on local network, and in the cloud. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Cognota

Private Placement in 2020
Get Synapse, Inc. develops a cloud-based learning software to improve the productivity of learning and development teams. Its solution Synapse allows learning designers to collaborate with stakeholders for the design learning experience, create the prototype, and use blueprint that guides the learning development process, as well as for exporting blueprints to users authoring tools. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Toronto, Canada with additional offices in San Diego, California; and Merida, Mexico.

Databand

Private Placement in 2020
Databand develops and offers a development framework and work management software platform for machine learning (ML) projects. It provides a system that streamlines the integration, production, and testing of ML pipelines, offering visibility to data scientists and engineers involved in the process. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in the United States with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel.

NiX Software

Seed Round in 2018
NiX is a compliance as a service company offering businesses an easy way to achieve data compliance in an increasing regulatory environment.

Ocrolus

Series A in 2018
Ocrolus is a venture-backed FinTech company that uses Artificial Intelligence and crowdsourcing to automate financial review processes. The Company transforms e-statements, scans, and cell phone images, regardless of quality, into 99+% accurate digital data. It was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, United States.

Private AI

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Private AI is developing privacy-preserving machine learning and natural language processing tools. We envision a future in which private, secure, and seamless data analysis enhances creative software development.

Databand

Series A in 2020
Databand develops and offers a development framework and work management software platform for machine learning (ML) projects. It provides a system that streamlines the integration, production, and testing of ML pipelines, offering visibility to data scientists and engineers involved in the process. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in the United States with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Cyolo

Private Placement in 2020
Cyolo Security Ltd develops security platform that provides ID-based connectivity and access control solutions. It connects onsite and remote users, applications, servers, desktop, files on local network, and in the cloud. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Databand

Seed Round in 2019
Databand develops and offers a development framework and work management software platform for machine learning (ML) projects. It provides a system that streamlines the integration, production, and testing of ML pipelines, offering visibility to data scientists and engineers involved in the process. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in the United States with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Knockri

Private Placement in 2020
Knockri Inc. develops an artificial intelligence based video soft skill assessment tool that reduces hiring bias and eliminates unsuccessful interviews. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Konnecto

Seed Round in 2020
Konnecto Top Tech, Ltd. develops and operates artificial intelligence (AI) based consumer journey analytics platform that allows brands to engage with customer. Its platform motivates customers through rewards for their online activities and provides consumer journey analytics and recommendations for marketing decision makers. Konnecto Top Tech, Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

Cognota

Seed Round in 2020
Get Synapse, Inc. develops a cloud-based learning software to improve the productivity of learning and development teams. Its solution Synapse allows learning designers to collaborate with stakeholders for the design learning experience, create the prototype, and use blueprint that guides the learning development process, as well as for exporting blueprints to users authoring tools. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Toronto, Canada with additional offices in San Diego, California; and Merida, Mexico.

Pienso

Seed Round in 2019
Pienso is a machine learning platform for non-programmers. Pienso’s end to end Intelligent Development Environment allows non-programming experts to create and train their own machine learning models without the need for external support. Founded in 2016 by Birago Jones, CEO and Karthik Dinakar PH.D, CTO. Pienso is headquartered in the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s New Lab in Brooklyn, New York. For more information visit: http://pienso.com/ and follow @Pienso_ML.

Personal AI

Venture Round in 2022
Creation is limited to the memories that you remember. Consumption is limited to the memories you remember to act on. Our goal is to unlock the value captured in the forgotten memories for everyone. We unlock this by creating a Personal AI that is trained entirely on top of your own individual memory so it is authentic to you, your Personal AI is the new medium to create and consume.

Private AI

Series A in 2022
Private AI is developing privacy-preserving machine learning and natural language processing tools. We envision a future in which private, secure, and seamless data analysis enhances creative software development.

Metafold

Seed Round in 2023
Metafold 3D is a Toronto-based B2B SaaS startup that drives new applications for industrial 3D printing through our cloud-based Design for Additive Manufacturing software. Our lattice technology helps engineers achieve reductions of up to 85% in the amount of material required for products in aerospace, medical, automotive and consumer goods. We also help them bring those products to market faster by dramatically reducing the preprocessing required for additive manufacturing.