Bowery Capital

Quick read

Bowery Capital is a seed and Series A B2B enterprise VC, founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York City. It invests exclusively in founders modernizing business through technology, with a strong conviction that $468B in software spend will shift as internet-native buyers take over purchasing decisions. The firm pairs capital with an in-house Acceleration Team that works directly on revenue operations, sales process, and go-to-market for portfolio companies.

Key facts

Founded

2013

Employees

11-50

Sectors

enterprise, saas

Website

bowerycap.com

Investment thesis

Bowery Capital backs seed and Series A B2B software founders modernizing how businesses operate, betting that $468B in enterprise software spend will rotate to new products as internet-native buyers replace legacy incumbents. The firm pairs investment with hands-on go-to-market support through its Acceleration Team, prioritising early revenue and customer growth as the primary signals of startup health.

Recent activity

• Apr 2026investment
  Bowery Capital invested in Lumian, a business/productivity software company, marking its most recent deal per PitchBook as of April 29, 2026. pitchbook.com
• Jun 2026investment
  Cimento AI closed a $3M pre-seed round with Bowery Capital and Indievc participating. tracxn.com
• Jan 2026investment
  Bowery Capital backed Enata in a pre-seed round on January 27, 2026, its most recently logged investment on CB Insights at that date. cbinsights.com
• Jan 2024investment
  Incentiv Inc. raised a $3M seed round led by Bowery Capital to build executive talent incentive software for private equity investors. cbinsights.com
• Oct 2024investment
  Bowery Capital recorded its most recent investment in October 2024, per fund profile data, bringing total investments to 95. hub.waveup.com
• 2025investment
  Portfolio company ActionIQ was sold to Uniphore, marking an exit from Bowery Capital's portfolio. startupintros.com
• 2024investment
  Wizeline was acquired via a control buyout by Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ), closing out Bowery Capital's position in the company from Fund I. The investment dated to December 2013 and was sourced and led by Venture Partner Adam Smith. bowerycap.com
• 2025press
  General Partner Loren Straub highlighted a surge in vertical AI healthcare investments across the portfolio, naming companies including Charta Health, Ferry Health, RoVR, ExaCare AI, Onos Health, Grove AI, and Lassie, signalling a healthcare vertical SaaS push for 2026. linkedin.com
• 2025investment
  Bowery Capital participated in the Series B round of Pantomath, its most recent disclosed investment per Tracxn data. tracxn.com
• 2024press
  Loren Straub participated in a panel discussion hosted by Silicon Valley Bank on fundraising transparency and trust-building in bifurcated venture markets. linkedin.com
• 2024product
  Bowery Capital published a podcast episode with Wendy Gonzalez, CEO of Sama, on convincing enterprise prospects to buy rather than build — part of the ongoing Startup Sales podcast series. bowerycap.com

Notable investments

• LumianUndisclosedApr 2026pitchbook.com
• Cimento AIPre-SeedJun 2026tracxn.com
• EnataPre-SeedJan 2026cbinsights.com
• Incentiv Inc.SeedJan 2024cbinsights.com
• ActionIQExit (acquired by Uniphore)2025startupintros.com
• WizelineExit (acquired by CDPQ)2024bowerycap.com
• PantomathSeries B2025tracxn.com
• Vungletracxn.com
• Codecademytracxn.com
• mParticletracxn.com
• Transfixbowerycap.com
• Alationbowerycap.com

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Loren Straub · General Partner
  LinkedIn

Sources

• Bowery Capital – Official Website
• Bowery Capital – Crunchbase Profile
• Bowery Capital – Tracxn 2026 Investor Profile
• Bowery Capital – LinkedIn
• Loren Straub – LinkedIn
• Bowery Capital – Foundry Job Board
• Bowery Capital – VC Sheet Fund Breakdown
• https://hub.waveup.com/funds/bowery-capital
• https://startupintros.com/orgs/bowery-capital
• https://bowerycap.com/blog/portfolio/wizeline-cdpq
• https://pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/56829-97
• https://tracxn.com/d/venture-capital/bowery-capital/__WsW10132xapaOHBoz_jCQeYAU5so-q8kfKgnV5gnOaY
• https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/bowery-capital

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