VC firm
Contour Venture Partners
Also known as Contour Opportunity Fund II A, Contour Opportunity Fund II-A, L.P., Contour Opportunity Fund III A, Contour Opportunity Fund III B, Contour Opportunity Fund III-A, L.P., Contour Opportunity Fund III-B, L.P., Contour Venture Partners III A, Contour Venture Partners III-A, L.P.
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-18Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- New York City, NY, United States
- Founded
- 2005
- Assets under management
- $491MForm ADV private fund GAV, as of 2026-03-31Source (opens in a new tab)
- Funds
- 19
- Check size
- $500K to $2MSource (opens in a new tab)
- Legal name
- CONTOUR MANAGEMENT LLC
Record updated 29 September 2026
About
Contour Venture Partners, founded in 2005, is a New York City based seed stage venture capital firm. Contour invests in seed stage companies that provide innovative software solutions into the enterprise SaaS, vertical B2B SaaS and financial services sectors, with a focus on New York City. Contour partners with passionate entrepreneurs and management teams to build great businesses that seek to ultimately transform their industries.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- We seek to work with exceptional entrepreneurs who are highly motivated and experienced leaders, with differentiated, defensible and scaleable products. We look for the long term potential to transform industry segments, the potential to achieve significant market share in large and growing markets and to grow independent of market conditions.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Leads rounds
- Yes
- Lead policy
- We prefer to act as the lead or co-lead investor as well as represent the first institutional capital in the company.
- Takes board seats
- Yes
- Board policy
- The principals at Contour play an active role in the leadership of our portfolio companies. This includes taking a seat on the board of directors where we assist management with recruiting, sales, growth strategies, general operations, business development, finance and exit strategy.
- Reserves policy
- Contour typically invests between $500,000 and $2 million in the seed round and supports its companies through additional investment in future rounds. We are prepared to support our portfolio companies for many years.
- Traction requirement
- Contour invests in seed and early stage companies that exhibit a clear path to profitability.
Funds
- Contour Venture Partners V-A, L.P.
- $20MVintage 2023, SPV, SEC amount sold
- Contour Opportunity Fund III-B, L.P.
- Vintage 2022Main fund
- Contour Opportunity Fund III-A, L.P.
- $20MVintage 2021, SPV, SEC amount sold
- Contour Opportunity Fund II-A, L.P.
- $20MVintage 2019, SPV, SEC amount sold
- Contour Venture Partners IV-A, L.P.
- $20MVintage 2018, SPV, SEC amount sold
- Contour Venture Partners III-A, L.P.
- $15MVintage 2014, SPV, SEC amount sold
- CONTOUR VENTURE ASSOCIATES III, LLC
- Main fund
- CONTOUR VENTURE PARTNERS III, L.P.
- Main fund
- CONTOUR VENTURE ASSOCIATES II, LLC
- Main fund
- CONTOUR VENTURE PARTNERS II-A, L.P.
- Main fund
- CONTOUR OPPORTUNITY FUND, L.P.
- Opportunity
- CONTOUR VENTURE PARTNERS IV, L.P.
- Main fund
- More funds
- 7 more recorded
SEC registration
- Registered adviser
- CONTOUR MANAGEMENT LLC
- CRD number
- 162419 (opens in a new tab)
- SEC file number
- 802-75392
- Registration
- Exempt reporting adviser
- Regulatory AUM
- $491Mas of 2026-03-31
- Private funds reported
- 19
- Principal office
- NEW YORK, NY, United States
- SEC CIK
- 1611539, 1749833, 1767044
Locations
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, United States