Harvest Ventures

Harvest Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Rochester, New York, that specializes in partnering with early-stage companies. The firm provides support in various critical areas, including capital funding strategies, financial planning, marketing, and business development. By focusing primarily on businesses located in New York State, Harvest Ventures aims to help these companies navigate the challenges of growth and scale effectively.

Joe Cassara

Managing Partner

Peter Cassara

Managing Partner

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FutureMoney

Pre Seed Round in 2024
FutureMoney is your ally in investing for the children you love, empowering you to build generational wealth through our automated, tax-advantaged, parent-led platform. We invented the Junior Roth IRA to allow funds for minors to grow tax free.

Summit

Seed Round in 2024
Summit is an insurance brokerage and risk management agency that specializes in providing bespoke insurance and risk management solutions to businesses.

WindBorne Systems

Seed Round in 2023
WindBorne Systems, founded in 2019 and based in Stanford, California, specializes in developing and operating a network of long-duration smart weather balloons. These high-altitude balloons are equipped with sensors to gather precise atmospheric measurements from various layers of the atmosphere. The company collects valuable data for weather forecasting, climate research, and environmental monitoring, which is then distributed to government and private weather services. By providing high-resolution atmospheric data, WindBorne Systems enhances the accuracy of weather predictions, aiding in the mitigation of severe weather events and contributing to better adaptation strategies for climate change.

OneVest

Series A in 2023
OneVest is a fintech company that develops an all-in-one wealth management platform. This platform automates administrative and middle office functions, enabling businesses to expand product capabilities, improve distribution, and streamline operations.

Anja

Seed Round in 2022
Anja Health is a personalized, doctor-backed company specializing in umbilical cord blood and placenta stem cell banking. It offers a convenient service for expecting parents by providing a collection kit to facilitate the preservation of stem cells immediately after birth. Anja Health allows for up to two minutes of delayed cord clamping, ensuring that the collection of stem cells is performed safely. Once the birth occurs, parents can notify Anja's team using the contact number on the kit, prompting a medical courier to collect and swiftly transport the kit to a lab within 72 hours. The company aims to make the preservation of these vital stem cells both easy and affordable, empowering parents with knowledge about stem cell banking and its potential benefits for future medical treatments.

Neo Financial

Series B in 2021
Neo Financial is a fintech company delivering spending, savings, and rewards services through a secure money-management platform. It issues a Mastercard-based credit card through ATB Financial and offers a savings account via Concentra Bank with CDIC protection. The platform combines card and rewards capabilities with deposit services and inter-account payments, and it emphasizes no monthly fees or minimum balances to help users save and spend seamlessly.

Tibles

Seed Round in 2020
Tibles is a developer of a digital collecting ecosystem that operates on the Flow blockchain, focusing on ownership and the experience of collecting. The company provides a trading platform that serves as a marketplace for buying and selling digital non-fungible tokens (NFTs). By partnering with various brands, Tibles creates a diverse array of collectibles, including cards, comic books, sticker books, and multimedia objects. This platform not only facilitates transactions but also fosters a community for collectors, enhancing the overall engagement and value of digital collectibles in this evolving market.
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