Investing Profile

Trace Cohen(1443)

VCAngelInvestorStrategy Operator
Angel / family office in 50+ pre/seed startups
nyvp.comNew York, New York
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42 Investors

Connected to Andrew Beebe (Obvious Ventures), Arjun Arora (Expa), David Goldberg (Alpaca VC), and 39 other investors on Signal.

Networks Trace is a member of
Columbia University - Columbia Business School Network
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Current Investing Position
New York Venture Partners (NYVP) Investor
Investment Range
$50K - $50K
Sweet Spot
$50K
Investments On Record
8

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Trace Cohen's Investments On Record (7)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
nMachine
Pre SeedOct 2022$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Jim Everingham (Lobby Capital), Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures), Patrick Murphy (Semble Ventures), John Smothers (Scribble Ventures), Ron Pragides
Kidas
Pre SeedNov 2021$2M
$2M
Cast Corporation
Series UnknownMar 2021
$20K
Co-investors: KJ Singh (Techstars), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Shruti Gandhi (Array Ventures)
Minerva
SeedDec 2020$4M
$5M
Co-investors: Robin Li (GGV Capital), Cindy Bi (CapitalX), Brett Martin (Charge Ventures), Gyan Kapur (Surface Ventures), Ryan Darnell (Max Ventures), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures)
Uizard
SeedSep 2019$3M
Pre SeedMay 2018$800K
$3.8M
Co-investors: Peter Stern (LDV Capital), Philipp Moehring (AngelList Syndicator), Baris Aksoy (AV8 Ventures), Julia Qiu, Andy Chung
Journey Live
SeedJun 2018
$2M
Co-investors: Matthew Caspari (Alumni Ventures Group), Matt Scott (Alumni Ventures Group), Daniel Curran (Curran Rosschou Venture Capital), Joshua B. Siegel (Rubicon VC), Stephen Hays (What If Ventures)
Fi
SeedDec 2017$3M
$40M
Co-investors: Stuart Ellman (RRE Ventures), David Samuel (Freestyle Capital), Andrea Hippeau (Lerer Hippeau), Axel Bichara (Baukunst), Dane McDonald (Batshit Crazy Ventures), Amit Sharma (Black Jays Investments), Jonathan Keidan (Torch Capital), Courtney Robinson (AVP (Advance Venture Partners)), Gokul Rajaram

most interested in

Frontier technology that will happen - AI, Robotics, Space, VR/AR, eSports and anything that helps transform analouge busineses into the digital age.

not interested in

We don't invest in fintech or bio/healthcare as we're not experts. Otherwise we generally stay away from the gig economy, subscription boxes and food related startups.

Trace Cohen's Experience

Committee Member CTA Communications Committee2015 - Present
Investor New York Venture Partners (NYVP)2015 - Present
Founder and Head of Product SPOT2014 - 2015
Co-Founder and Head of Product Launch.it2011 - 2015
SVP and Co-founder iFluence PR2010 - 2011
Founder and Chief Marketing Officer Brand-yourself.com2007 - 2009

Trace Cohen's Education

Columbia University - Columbia Business School MBA MBA
Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School of Management BS Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises / Marketing (Double Major)