About CityRock Venture Partners
CityRock Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Mar 2024, CityRock Venture Partners has invested in 8 companies. It primarily invests in Series B round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Food and Agriculture Tech to Retail and Environment Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Sealed A lot of funds co-invest with CityRock Venture Partners, with names like American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. CityRock Venture Partners has team of 5 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
CityRock Venture Partners' List of Top Investments
CityRock Venture Partners has a portfolio of 8 companies. Their most notable investments are in Andie and Holler Studios.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Food and Agriculture Tech, Retail, Environment Tech and 8 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series B and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by CityRock Venture Partners:1. Andie
Provider of swimsuits. It is an internet-first brand offering one-piece women's swimsuits. The product catalog includes one-pieces, two-pieces, maternity, and more.
Key facts about Andie
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $27.5M
- Employee Count: 104 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Sonostar Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 14, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. CNote
Online investment platform for fixed income-focused community development. It enables all the money saved through the platform to be lent to drive social impact. It is a medium-term savings alternative with quarterly liquidity.
Key facts about CNote
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Oakland (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $63.1M
- Employee Count: 34 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: CMFG Ventures, SVC and 27 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Apr 16, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. BlocPower
Provider of project management solutions. The company offers a crowd-sourcing website to help market, finance, and install energy-efficient retrofits for small buildings. It also offers an energy audit of each property to determine the correct mix of high-efficiency technology that will reduce each customer's energy consumption.
Key facts about BlocPower
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $0 - $1M as on Dec 31, 2023
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $250M
- Employee Count: 2 as on Mar 31, 2025
- Investors: Goldman Sachs, Salesforce Ventures and 49 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Aug 31, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Sealed
Provider of an energy audit for homes and commercial buildings. The company replaces the customer energy bills with a single sealed energy bills. It helps contractors and households for weatherization and electrification project management.
Key facts about Sealed
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $107M
- Employee Count: 59 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Fifth Wall, Cyrus Capital Partners and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 15, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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5. LOLIWARE
Manufacturer of edible seaweed-based straw and bioplastic. It provides users with a platform that offers a seaweed-based straw that is plastic-free and hyper-compostable. It uses sea technology that uses made from a regenerative, carbon-capturing method to develop its product. It also provides bioplastic for food packaging.
Key facts about LOLIWARE
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $15.4M
- Employee Count: 30 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: For Good Ventures, Closed Loop Partners and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, May 04, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
CityRock Venture Partners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
CityRock Venture Partners has invested in 8 companies over the last 6 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in LOLIWARE and most recent follow-on round was in Sealed.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2021 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
CityRock Venture Partners' Investments by Stage
CityRock Venture Partners has made 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $8.17M, 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $33.8M and 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.9M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 3 |
Series B | 3 |
Seed | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
CityRock Venture Partners' Investments by Sector
CityRock Venture Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Environment Tech, Sustainability Tech, Energy Tech, FinTech and Chemicals and Materials Tech. Notably, it has invested in 6 Tech companies, 4 Consumer (B2C) companies, 4 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 2 companies focusing on Tech hardware.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Environment Tech | 3 |
Sustainability Tech | 3 |
Energy Tech | 2 |
FinTech | 2 |
Chemicals and Materials Tech | 1 |
Others | 7 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
CityRock Venture Partners' Investments by Geography
CityRock Venture Partners has made most investments in United States (8).CityRock Venture Partners' recent investments
CityRock Venture Partners has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by CityRock Venture Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Mar 15, 2024 | United States | Series B | 1564 | [+3] | |
Feb 14, 2023 | United States | Seed | 5004 | [+8] | |
Sep 14, 2022 | United States | Series B | 3060 | ||
May 05, 2022 | United States | Series A | 4649 | [+10] | |
Dec 14, 2021 | United States | Series B | 8083 |
Team profile of CityRock Venture Partners
CityRock Venture Partners has a team of 5 members including 2 Partners located in United States. CityRock Venture Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of CityRock Venture Partners
Over the past 6 years, 96 investors have co-invested in CityRock Venture Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before CityRock Venture Partners: Sonostar Ventures, Jesse Horwitz and 27 others have invested in rounds before CityRock Venture Partners. There is 1 company where Sonostar Ventures has invested before CityRock Venture Partners and 1 company where Jesse Horwitz has invested before CityRock Venture Partners.
- Top Co-investors of CityRock Venture Partners: 48 investors entered a company along with CityRock Venture Partners. These include investors like American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact (2 companies).
- Invested after CityRock Venture Partners: A total of 19 investors have invested in CityRock Venture Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Gaingels (2 companies), Marcy Venture Partners (1 company) and Masscec (1 company).
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