VC firm
Elm Street Ventures
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-17Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Founded
- 2006
- Latest fund size
- $29.6MSEC amount sold, as of 2019-07-15Source (opens in a new tab)
- Funds
- 1
- Check size
- $500K to $1MSource (opens in a new tab)
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About
Elm Street Ventures is a seed and early stage venture fund based in New Haven, Connecticut.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- Our thesis is that great people and great science lead to great impact.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Reserves policy
- with substantial capital reserved for follow-on investments.
- Eligibility
- We are primarily interested in companies with a Yale connection, typically technology developed at and licensed from Yale. We also invest in companies located in the greater New Haven area, and, in exceptional cases, non-Yale/non-New Haven companies in which we have strong, personal connections to the founders or investors or where we can add substantial value.
- Investing status notes
- Elm Street Ventures is a seed and early stage venture fund based in New Haven, Connecticut.
Funds
- Elm Street Ventures II, L.P.
- $29.6MVintage 2018, Main fund, SEC amount sold
Locations
- Headquarters
- New Haven, CT, United States
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