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About Prehype

Prehype, an accelerator and incubator program founded in 2010, is based in New York City, United States. With a presence in 5 countries, it has supported around 47 startups in sectors like Enterprise Applications, Consumer. As of Aug 2026, Prehype has 1 unicorn under its belt and has witnessed 19 portfolio exits. Most notable companies in its portfolio include BarkBox, Headway and Munich Re. The program is backed by a team of 10 people who primarily support Seed startups based in Denmark. Its latest investment was a $4.6M Seed round in Proper on Feb 21, 2021, which also saw participation from Byfounders and PreSeed Ventures.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2010
Location
New York City, United States
Portfolio Companies
Sectors of Investment
Stages of Investment
Seed
Locations of Investment
Unicorn in Portfolio

Prehype's List of Top Investments

Prehype has a portfolio of 47 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments include BarkBox and Headway.Their portfolio spans across United States, Denmark, Germany and 2 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail and 21 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Prehype:
BarkBox is an online subscription platform offering dog supplies. The products include food, treats, toys, and gifts for dogs. The products are curated and sold in periodic subscription plans.

Key facts about BarkBox

Provider of a mental health therapist consultation platform. The platform allows users to find mental health therapists for in-person or virtual consultations. Users can use the Headway solution to use the insurance plans to pay for the therapists.

Key facts about Headway

Platform offering insurance risk management solutions. The platform offers reinsurance, primary insurance and insurance-related risk solutions. The platform provides insights into cyber risks and trends, offering insurance solutions to protect against potential cyber threats. It caters to sectors including agriculture, aviation, contingency, and marine insurance.

Key facts about Munich Re

  • Founded Year: 1880
  • Location: Munich (Germany)
  • Annual Revenue: €0 - €1M as on Dec 31, 2024
  • Stage: Public
  • Employee Count: 15,187 as on Jul 31, 2026
  • Investors: OnRamp Insurance Conference, Europa and 1 Other
  • Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jan 02, 2016, $*****
  • Highlight: Public
Provider of real-time analytics and optimization tools for media companies. The company offers dashboards to track engagement, traffic sources, and content performance. It provides historical data analysis, reporting, and competitive benchmarking. The company also offers tools for headline and image testing, and audience conversion optimization.

Key facts about Chartbeat

Percolate provides a content marketing platform. It helps marketers to create content and share it on social networks. Product features include the ability to create a calendar with potential topics for sharing, browse content related to the company and share on social networks, as well as collaborate on content as a team and see analytics. Platform helps marketing professionals with tools like a library for sourcing and licensing photos, an image editor, a form writing editor, collaboration tools, a system of approvals, a way to get legal permission to republish user generated photos, and analytics to measure the performance of a piece of content.

Key facts about Percolate

Prehype's Investments by Stage

Prehype has made 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.6M.

Prehype's Investments by Sector

Prehype has a portfolio focused on Real Estate and Construction Tech. Notably, it has invested in 35 Tech companies, 21 Consumer (B2C) companies, 20 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 17 companies focusing on Software.

Prehype's Investments by Geography

Prehype has made most investments in Denmark (1).

Prehype's recent investments

Prehype has not made any investment in 2026 so far.
Here are the most recent investments by Prehype:
Date
Company
Location
Round Details
Round Amount
Co-Investors
Feb 21, 2021
Denmark
Seed
8951
  [+3]
-
United States
Seed
9711
  [+6]

Unicorns in Prehype's Portfolio

Prehype has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Headway. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Headway which became a unicorn in 2023, 2 years before Prehype first invested in it.
Here is a list of unicorns in Prehype's portfolio:
Tracxn Score
Company
Short Description
Founded year
Sector
Location
Company Stage
First Investment/ Acquisition Details
65
Provider of a mental health therapist consultation platform
2012
New York City
Series D
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IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Prehype's Portfolio

1 of Prehype's portfolio company became public -  Munich Re.
Here are Prehype's portfolio companies that went public:
Company
IPO Date
First Invested on
First Round of Investment
Round Size
-
-
-
5907

Acquired companies in Prehype's Portfolio

18 companies from Prehype's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Issuu in Jul 2024 by Bending Spoons for $*****.
Here are Prehype's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company
Acquisition Date
First Invested on
First Round of Investment
Round Size
Jul 19, 2024
-
-
6476
Aug 15, 2023
-
-
3416
Feb 21, 2023
-
-
4548
Jan 11, 2023
-
-
2950
Nov 17, 2022
-
-
5153

Team profile of Prehype

Prehype has a team of 10 members including 7 Partners and 3 Venture Partners located in United States, United Kingdom and 1 more location. Prehype's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.
Here is a list of all team members in Prehype:
Name
Designation
Location
Board Memberships
Contact Details
Partner
New York City
-
Partner
New York City
-
Partner
New York City
-
Partner
Copenhagen
-
Partner
New York City
-
Partner
London
-
-
Partner
-
-
-
Venture Partner
-
-
Venture Partner
-
-
-
Venture Partner
-
-
-

Co-investors of Prehype

Over the past 5 years, 9 investors have co-invested in Prehype's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

  • Invested before PrehypeBjarke Ingels has invested before Prehype.
  • Top Co-investors of Prehype4 investors entered a company along with Prehype. These include investors like Byfounders (1 company).
  • Invested after PrehypeA total of 4 investors have invested in Prehype's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include 14Peaks (1 company) and ALFA Ventures (1 company).

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