Notation Capital - aVenture Asset Manager Research
Location
New York City, NY, US
Founded
2014
Notation Capital is a pre-seed venture capital firm based in Brooklyn, New York, focusing on early-stage technical teams. They primarily invest in product-obsessed founders, often pre-market or pre-product, providing capital and support to help companies go-to-market and scale. Notation typically invests in seed and pre-seed rounds, with occasional participation in Series A funding.
The firm's portfolio includes notable companies such as Livepeer, Near Foundation, QA Wolf, and Talos. Notation Capital emphasizes hard tech, infrastructure, and product development, with partner Alex Lines bringing expertise in software engineering and distributed systems. The firm positions itself as a community of founders, advisors, LPs, and network connections, offering value beyond capital to help portfolio companies succeed.
Notation Capital - Portfolio Snapshot
Portfolio activity breakdown across disclosed investments and stages