Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

www.brooklynbridge.vc

VCMatch tracks Brooklyn Bridge Ventures as an investor focused on AI/ML, Digital Health, and Medtech companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, New York City, Brooklyn, Ny, and United States markets, and $350k check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$350k

Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

AI/ML, Digital Health, Medtech

Geography

New York City, Brooklyn, NY, and United States

Investment Thesis

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures (BBV) is a community-first, founder-centric early stage investor focused on building and supporting the New York City startup ecosystem. The fund aimed to lead or co-lead pre-seed and seed rounds—often joining the “first round you ever raise”—and deliberately started conversations very early (“pre-product and pre-deck”) with founders who demonstrate energy, domain insight, maturity and authenticity. BBV combined capital with community, events and hands-on access to Charlie O’Donnell and the local network to help founders scale, while intentionally prioritizing diversity and inclusivity in its portfolio.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed and Seed rounds in AI/ML, Digital Health, Medtech, and Enterprise SaaS, especially across New York City, Brooklyn, NY, and United States, with public check-size signals around $350k.

Focus statement

Leads or co-leads pre-seed and seed rounds in the New York City area (average check ~ $350,000), aiming to be part of founders' first institutional round and to engage very early (often pre-product and pre-deck).

Value Add

First VC fund founded in Brooklyn, NY — "Brooklyn Bridge Ventures is the first VC fund founded in Brooklyn, NY."
Strong local / NYC focus: explicit requirement that companies be "based in NYC" and a portfolio built on local sourcing and community events.
Community-driven approach: fosters an "online and offline community open to founders and innovative professionals of all backgrounds."
Highly accessible early-stage investor / hands-on partner — characterized as "the most accessible early-stage investor in New York" and offering "honest, direct feedback."
Early-stage tolerance: will start conversations "pre-product and pre-deck" and targets founders who have "yet to raise $750,000" (i.e., very early-stage founders).
Typical check size and positioning: average check ~ $350,000 and aims to "be part of the first round you ever raise."
Measurable commitment to founder diversity: portfolio stats called out (e.g., "40% of the companies were female-founded, 30% have a BIPOC founder and 9% have a Black founder").
Runs local programming, events and a jobs board to support portfolio and community hiring / growth.