Bowery Capital

Bowery Capital is an early-stage venture firm investing at pre-seed and seed in B2B software and marketplace companies, and states a preference for leading rounds. Michael Brown founded the firm in New York in 2013; its debut fund closed at $33M and its third fund at $70M in 2021. The firm describes its funds as deliberately modest in size and pairs capital with an in-house Acceleration Team covering growth, talent and business development. It remains actively investing, with portfolio exits recorded through 2026.

Not publicly disclosed (Fund III closed at $70M in 2021; debut fund closed at $33M in 2013) AUM 65/100 Power Score™ 2013 Founded New York, NY
Enterprise Software SaaS Marketplaces
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Signature Exit

VNDLY (acquired by Workday, 2021)

Key Partners & Leadership

Michael Brown
General Partner and Founder
Loren Straub
General Partner
Shashank Saxena
Venture Partner
Bersabel Tadesse
Venture Partner
Stuart Wall
Venture Partner
Patrick McGovern
Principal
Ellen LoBiondo
Director of Growth

Firm Timeline

2013
Michael Brown founds Bowery Capital in New York; debut fund closes with $33M in commitments.
2021
Firm announces $70M Fund III and promotes Loren Straub to General Partner.
2021
Portfolio company VNDLY acquired by Workday.
2025
Portfolio companies mParticle (acquired by Rokt), Select Star (acquired by Snowflake) and ActionIQ (acquired by Uniphore) exit.
2026
Portfolio company Leapfin acquired by Airwallex.

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