Avid Ventures Launches $87M Fund II To Continue Backing Exceptional Founders Building Transformative Software and Fintech Companies Including Alloy, Coast, and RapydWith $165M in Total AUM and a larger team of five, Avid Ventures pursues a unique, concentrated Toehold/Double Down investment strategy and offers a differentiated Strategic Finance value-add offeringNEW YORK, NY, September 19, 2024-- Avid Ventures (“Avid”) today announced the launch of its second fund, an $87M early-stage vehicle that brings total capital raised since inception to over $165M.

Avid Ventures推出了8700万美元的第二期基金，以继续支持杰出的创始人建立变革性软件和金融科技公司，包括Alloy、Coast和Rapyd。Avid Ventures拥有1.65亿美元的总资产和一支规模更大的五人团队。Avid Ventures追求独特、集中的立足点/双重投资战略，并提供差异化的战略金融增值服务。纽约，纽约，2024年9月19日——Avid Ventures（“Avid”）今天宣布推出其第二期基金，这是一个8700万美元的早期投资工具，自成立以来筹集的总资本超过1.65亿美元。

Avid Fund II remains committed to backing exceptional founders building transformative software and fintech companies at the Seed through Series B stages. Already, Avid Fund II has completed five initial investments in various sectors, including payments, insurance, gaming, and data analytics..

Avid Fund II仍然致力于支持杰出的创始人在种子阶段通过B系列阶段建立变革性软件和金融科技公司。Avid Fund II已经完成了在各个领域的五项初始投资，包括支付、保险、游戏和数据分析。。

Avid is thrilled to welcome new institutional investors to Fund II including The Mellon Foundation, Hall Capital Partners, Vintage Investment Partners, UJA-Federation of New York, Soka University, and CM Wealth Advisors, among others. Returning Fund I investors include Foundry, General Catalyst, multi-billion dollar philanthropic family offices, and leading investors and executives such as Brian Singerman (Partner, Founders Fund), Rob Hayes (Partner, First Round), and Susan Sobbott (former multi-decade American Express leader)..

Avid非常高兴地欢迎新的机构投资者加入基金II，其中包括梅隆基金会、霍尔资本合作伙伴、Vintage投资合作伙伴、纽约UJA联合会、索卡大学和CM财富顾问等。返回基金I的投资者包括Foundry、General Catalyst、数十亿美元的慈善家族理财办公室，以及领先的投资者和高管，如Brian Singerman（创始人基金合伙人）、Rob Hayes（第一轮合伙人）和Susan Sobbott（前美国运通数十年领导者）。。

Based in New York City, Avid was founded in 2020 by Managing Partner Addie Lerner, who spent the prior decade investing at General Catalyst, General Atlantic, and Goldman Sachs, deploying over $450M across early- and growth-stage investments. Since then, Lerner has been partnered with Founding Investor Tali (Vogelstein) Miller, formerly an early-stage investor at Bessemer Venture Partners..

Avid总部位于纽约市，由管理合伙人艾迪·勒纳（AddieLerner）于2020年成立，他在过去十年投资于通用催化剂（General Catalyst）、通用大西洋（General Atlantic）和高盛（Goldman Sachs），在早期和成长期投资中部署了超过4.5亿美元。从那时起，勒纳一直与创始投资者塔利（沃格尔斯坦）米勒（Tali（Vogelstein）Miller）合作，后者曾是贝塞默风险投资公司（BessemerVenture Partners）的早期投资者。。

Over the past several months, Avid has significantly expanded the team. In July, Irene Gendelman, a former private equity investor at Silver Lake with prior investment banking experience at Evercore, joined the investment team. Dan Deutsch also joined Avid in early 2024 as Vice President of Finance to lead Avid’s Finance and Operations functions alongside Allie Yurkevich, Avid’s Operations Manager.

在过去的几个月里，Avid大大扩展了团队。7月，IreneGendelman加入了投资团队，她曾是银湖的私人股本投资者，曾在Evercore从事投资银行业务。Dan Deutsch于2024年初加入Avid，担任财务副总裁，与Avid的运营经理Allie Yurkevich一起领导Avid的财务和运营职能。

Avid maintains close advisory relationships with Go-To-Market Advisor Kieran Flanagan, who currently serves as SVP of Marketing at HubSpot; Strategic Growth Advisor Jack Larson, who is currently the Head of Finance and Strategy at dbt Labs; and COO Advisor Jenna Pfeffer, who previously spent five years at General Atlantic focused on fundraising, investor relations, and strategy..

Avid与上市顾问Kieran Flanagan保持着密切的咨询关系，Kieran Flanagan目前担任HubSpot的营销高级副总裁；；首席运营官顾问詹娜·普费弗（JennaPfeffer）曾在通用大西洋公司（General Atlantic）工作五年，专注于筹资、投资者关系和战略。。

“We are excited to continue to back a new wave of visionary founders with this fresh pool of capital and scaled team. Given our combined experience from General Catalyst, General Atlantic, Bessemer, and Silver Lake, we are confident we have the right team in place to identify and partner with top founders, while further delivering our bespoke Strategic Finance value-add,” said Lerner.

Lerner表示：“我们很高兴能凭借这一新的资金池和规模化的团队继续支持新一波有远见的创始人。鉴于我们在General Catalyst、General Atlantic、Bessemer和Silver Lake的综合经验，我们有信心拥有合适的团队来确定顶级创始人并与之合作，同时进一步实现我们定制的战略财务增值。”。

“We are grateful for the support from our returning Fund I investors and are delighted to build long-term relationships with this new group of Fund II partners who are proven backers of emerging managers.”.

“我们感谢回归的第一基金投资者的支持，并很高兴与这一新的第二基金合作伙伴建立长期关系，他们是新兴基金管理人的可靠支持者。”。

Avid pursues a differentiated Toehold/Double Down investment strategy, writing ~$500k-$2M collaborative “Toehold” checks at the Seed through Series A, and up to $10M high-conviction “Double Down” checks around the Series B. Avid serves as a hands-on “Strategic Finance Advisor” to its companies, developing an insider perspective as well as earning the ability to Double Down into portfolio winners..

Avid奉行差异化的立足点/双重投资策略，通过a系列在种子公司开出约50万美元至200万美元的合作“立足点”支票，并围绕B系列开出高达1000万美元的高定罪“双重投资”支票。Avid是其公司的实际“战略财务顾问”，发展内幕人士的观点，并获得双重投资组合赢家的能力。。

Avid develops close relationships with portfolio founders by serving as an extension of their teams across strategic finance and business development. This dedicated work includes continuous support across strategic growth modeling and KPI dashboard building, warm customer and partner introductions, hand-picked advisor introductions, vetted talent recruiting, as well as fundraising advice and introductions to top-tier investors..

Avid与投资组合创始人建立了密切的关系，作为他们团队在战略财务和业务发展方面的延伸。这项专注的工作包括持续支持战略增长建模和KPI仪表板构建，热情的客户和合作伙伴介绍，精选的顾问介绍，经过审查的人才招聘，以及向顶级投资者提供融资建议和介绍。。

“The Avid team has been incredible, supporting Coast with conviction from just after our Seed through our recent Series B,” said Daniel Simon, founder and CEO of Coast, one of Avid’s largest Fund I positions. “They are veteran analysts and investors, and have been critical with the strategic aspects of building our financial models to the tactical hustling of doing deals with some of our largest fleet customers.

“Avid的团队令人难以置信，从种子期到最近的B系列，他们一直坚定地支持Coast，”Coast创始人兼首席执行官丹尼尔·西蒙（DanielSimon）表示，Coast是Avid最大的基金I职位之一。“他们是经验丰富的分析师和投资者，对于建立我们的财务模型的战略方面，对于与我们一些最大的车队客户进行交易的战术推波助澜，他们一直持批评态度。

They consistently feed us leads – including our very first design partner, which was a plumbing business. I’ve invited Addie to all the board meetings because I deeply value her perspective as an investor and a friend, and consider the Avid team to truly be part of the Coast team.”.

。我邀请艾迪参加所有董事会会议，因为我非常重视她作为投资者和朋友的观点，并认为这个狂热的团队真正是Coast团队的一部分。”。

Avid has backed 20 companies in its $72M Fund I, including Nova Credit, Alloy, Coast, Clara, Oyster, Basis, and Thatch. To date, Avid has made meaningful Double Down investments in Alloy and Coast, which each represent concentrated, double-digit percentages of Fund I. Avid has also invested in and maintained a close relationship with Lerner’s General Catalyst portfolio company Rapyd through a series of SPVs.

Avid在其7200万美元的基金I中支持了20家公司，包括Nova Credit、Alloy、Coast、Clara、Oyster、Basis和Thatch。迄今为止，Avid已对Alloy和Coast进行了有意义的双重投资，这两项投资分别代表了基金I的两位数集中百分比。Avid还通过一系列特殊目的公司投资了Lerner的General Catalyst投资组合公司Rapyd，并与之保持密切关系。

Select Avid co-investors include General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, Accel, Index Ventures, a16z, Thrive Capital, Union Square Ventures, and Ribbit Capital..

精选的狂热联合投资者包括General Catalyst、Bessemer Venture Partners、Accel、Index Ventures、a16z、Thrive Capital、Union Square Ventures和Ribbit Capital。。

“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Addie and Tali since the very inception of Avid and at our prior company Nova Credit,” said Nicky Goulimis, co-founder and CEO of Avid Fund II company Tunic, and co-founder and former COO of Avid Fund I company Nova Credit. “They were the first investors we called about our new idea — and they provided invaluable intel but also hustle to help us make this business a reality.

“自Avid成立以来，我很高兴与Addie和Tali一起工作，并在我们之前的公司Nova Credit工作，”Avid Fund II company Tunic的联合创始人兼首席执行官、Avid Fund I company Nova Credit的联合创始人兼前首席运营官Nicky Goulimis表示。“他们是我们就新想法致电的第一批投资者，他们提供了宝贵的英特尔，但也努力帮助我们实现这项业务。

They consistently give us real feedback and real help, on everything from cap table dynamics to hiring. We believe Avid is defining the modern operating model for VC and we are thrilled to get to partner with them!'.

他们一直在给我们真正的反馈和帮助，从上限表动态到招聘。我们相信Avid正在为VC定义现代运营模式，我们很高兴能与他们合作！”。

For more information, please visit www.avidventures.com or email info@avidventures.com

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About Avid Ventures

关于Avid Ventures

Avid Ventures is a $165M early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City backing exceptional founders building transformative software and fintech companies across North America, Europe, and Israel. Founded in 2020 by Addie Lerner, Avid makes initial investments at the Seed and Series A stages alongside top-tier lead investors, and writes up to $10M high-conviction follow-on checks into existing portfolio companies.

Avid Ventures是一家投资1.65亿美元的早期风险投资公司，总部位于纽约市，支持杰出的创始人在北美、欧洲和以色列建立变革性软件和金融科技公司。阿维德由艾迪·勒纳（AddieLerner）于2020年成立，与顶级首席投资者一起在种子和A系列阶段进行初始投资，并向现有投资组合公司开出高达1000万美元的高定罪后续支票。

To date Avid has invested in 25+ companies including Rapyd, Nova Credit, Alloy, Coast, Clara, Oyster, Basis, and Thatch..

迄今为止，Avid已经投资了25多家公司，包括Rapyd、Nova Credit、Alloy、Coast、Clara、Oyster、Basis和Thatch。。

Leveraging 20+ years of collective venture and growth experience at premier investment firms including General Catalyst, General Atlantic, Bessemer Venture Partners, Silver Lake, and Goldman Sachs, Avid actively partners with founders and their teams as a “Strategic Finance Advisor” to grow startups into proven growth businesses with best-in-class metrics.

凭借在包括General Catalyst、General Atlantic、Bessemer venture Partners、Silver Lake和Goldman Sachs在内的顶级投资公司20多年的集体风险投资和增长经验，Avid积极与创始人及其团队合作，担任“战略财务顾问”，将初创企业发展成为具有同类最佳指标的成熟增长型企业。

Avid’s differentiated support includes strategic financial modeling & analysis, impactful customer, partner, & advisor introductions, as well as fundraising guidance given the firm’s unique position as a flexible co-investor with a deep network of top angel and lead investors.Contact: .

Avid的差异化支持包括战略财务建模与分析、有影响力的客户、合作伙伴和顾问介绍，以及融资指导，因为该公司是一家灵活的联合投资者，拥有强大的顶级天使和主要投资者网络。联系人：。。

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