DEAR FOUNDER
We built Avid to be an extension of your founding team.
We built Avid to be an extension of your founding team.
We built Avid to be an extension of your founding team.
It’s why we stayed small. The partner you meet is the same person taking your call at midnight, running the first interview for your next hire, and connecting you to new customers.
It’s why we stayed small. The partner you meet is the same person taking your call at midnight, running the first interview for your next hire, and connecting you to new customers.
It’s why we stayed small. The partner you meet is the same person taking your call at midnight, running the first interview for your next hire, and connecting you to new customers.
It’s why we invest as early as we can. Often before you’ve landed your first design partner, crystallized your idea, or even incorporated. Our conviction is in you.
It’s why we invest as early as we can. Often before you’ve landed your first design partner, crystallized your idea, or even incorporated. Our conviction is in you.
It’s why we invest as early as we can. Often before you’ve landed your first design partner, crystallized your idea, or even incorporated. Our conviction is in you.
Company building is a journey. We’re made for it. If you are too, let’s get started.
Company building is a journey. We’re made for it. If you are too, let’s get started.
Addie Lerner Katz
Tali Miller
Zeeza Cole
TEAM
Addie Lerner Katz
Tali Miller
Zeeza Cole
Max Glik
Parker Fay
Allie Danfield
Founder & Managing Partner
Addie Lerner Katz
Addie is the Founder & Managing Partner of Avid Ventures. As a career institutional investor, Addie spent the prior decade at General Catalyst, General Atlantic, and Goldman Sachs’s Special Situations Group. At these firms, she helped to deploy over $450M across eighteen investments in fintech, consumer, and software companies spanning the U.S., Europe, and Israel. While at GC, Addie realized she could uniquely support her companies, including Rapyd, Monzo, Shift Technology, and Chief, by applying her growth-stage skill set and perspective to work alongside her founders and help evolve their startups into proven growth businesses.
Addie graduated with honors in 2011 from Princeton University where she earned an A.B. in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and a certificate in Near Eastern Studies. Although she lives in New York City with her husband and two children, Addie is originally from Newton, Massachusetts, and remains a lifelong Red Sox fan.
Addie Lerner Katz
Tali Miller
Zeeza Cole
Max Glik
Parker Fay
Allie Danfield
Founder & Managing Partner
Addie Lerner Katz
Addie is the Founder & Managing Partner of Avid Ventures. As a career institutional investor, Addie spent the prior decade at General Catalyst, General Atlantic, and Goldman Sachs’s Special Situations Group. At these firms, she helped to deploy over $450M across eighteen investments in fintech, consumer, and software companies spanning the U.S., Europe, and Israel. While at GC, Addie realized she could uniquely support her companies, including Rapyd, Monzo, Shift Technology, and Chief, by applying her growth-stage skill set and perspective to work alongside her founders and help evolve their startups into proven growth businesses.
Addie graduated with honors in 2011 from Princeton University where she earned an A.B. in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and a certificate in Near Eastern Studies. Although she lives in New York City with her husband and two children, Addie is originally from Newton, Massachusetts, and remains a lifelong Red Sox fan.
Addie Lerner Katz
Tali Miller
Zeeza Cole
Max Glik
Parker Fay
Allie Danfield
Founder & Managing Partner
Addie Lerner Katz
Addie is the Founder & Managing Partner of Avid Ventures. As a career institutional investor, Addie spent the prior decade at General Catalyst, General Atlantic, and Goldman Sachs’s Special Situations Group. At these firms, she helped to deploy over $450M across eighteen investments in fintech, consumer, and software companies spanning the U.S., Europe, and Israel. While at GC, Addie realized she could uniquely support her companies, including Rapyd, Monzo, Shift Technology, and Chief, by applying her growth-stage skill set and perspective to work alongside her founders and help evolve their startups into proven growth businesses.
Addie graduated with honors in 2011 from Princeton University where she earned an A.B. in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and a certificate in Near Eastern Studies. Although she lives in New York City with her husband and two children, Addie is originally from Newton, Massachusetts, and remains a lifelong Red Sox fan.
OVER THE LAST YEAR WE'VE MADE
609
Total Intros
111
Go-To-Market Intros
186
Talent Intros
312
Investor & Advisor Intros
IN THEIR WORDS
The Avid team is in a league of their own. They’ve gone above and beyond on recruiting, GTM, and fundraising, introducing us to and helping us close 5 world-class hires, making dozens of customer and partner intros (8 of which have converted so far), and initially connecting us to our early investor General Catalyst. But more than that they’re just really excellent human beings.
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GTM Introductions
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Converted Talent Hires
Chris Ellis
Co-Founder & CEO, Thatch
The Avid team is in a league of their own. They’ve gone above and beyond on recruiting, GTM, and fundraising, introducing us to and helping us close 5 world-class hires, making dozens of customer and partner intros (8 of which have converted so far), and initially connecting us to our early investor General Catalyst. But more than that they’re just really excellent human beings.
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GTM Introductions
5
Converted Talent Hires
Chris Ellis
Co-Founder & CEO, Thatch
I strongly recommend founders get Avid on their cap table. Addie has been an invaluable advisor and friend since she first invested in 2018 when we were doing a few million in revenue. Today we’re one of the largest global payments companies in the world doing hundreds of millions.
9+
GTM Introductions
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WhatsApp Texts
Arik Shtilman
Co-Founder & CEO, Rapyd
I strongly recommend founders get Avid on their cap table. Addie has been an invaluable advisor and friend since she first invested in 2018 when we were doing a few million in revenue. Today we’re one of the largest global payments companies in the world doing hundreds of millions.
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GTM Introductions
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WhatsApp Texts
Arik Shtilman
Co-Founder & CEO, Rapyd
Working with the Avid team is like working with fellow entrepreneurs. They will do whatever it takes to get the best outcome. From sourcing our CRO, to introducing us to key bank and fintech customers, to building vital strategic growth models, Avid consistently leans into the real work of building a company.
16+
GTM Introductions
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Talent Introductions
Tommy Nicholas
Co-Founder & CEO, Alloy
Working with the Avid team is like working with fellow entrepreneurs. They will do whatever it takes to get the best outcome. From sourcing our CRO, to introducing us to key bank and fintech customers, to building vital strategic growth models, Avid consistently leans into the real work of building a company.
16+
GTM Introductions
10+
Talent Introductions
Tommy Nicholas
Co-Founder & CEO, Alloy
Avid lives up to the promises that every VC makes but few actually follow through on. They made nearly a dozen customer introductions in our ICP - both before and after they invested, showing just how well they understood Supper's business. They truly are a 'text us day or night' firm, and it's been a tremendous comfort to have them as a thought partner for issues both small and existential.
Lowell Putnam
Co-Founder & CEO, Supper
The Avid team believed in us before we generated a dollar of revenue and before they had even closed a dollar for their first fund – and then made Nova Credit their first investment. That steadfast belief meant so much when we were just getting started.
Misha Esipov
Co-Founder & CEO, Nova Credit
The Avid team has been super helpful across fundraising, hiring, and intros, but what really stands out is how much they care! They’re proactive, honest, and always finding small but useful ways to help without making things more complicated. We’ve really appreciated having them in our corner.
Timothy Wang
Co-Founder & CEO, Ponder
From the moment we met the Avid team we knew we had to work with them. They are incredible thought partners and go above and beyond to help us succeed, jumping in on everything from ICP whiteboarding sessions to perfectly targeted customer intros.
Gabi Steele
Co-Founder & CEO, Preql
As repeat founders, we chose Avid because they're good people we knew we could trust. Since then, they've played our games and shared candid feedback, worked closely with our CFO building out our KPIs, and generously opened up their impressive U.S. network. We love our conversations over Zoom and in Tel Aviv.
Avi Shalel
Co-Founder & CEO, GOAT
Avid has been an incredible advisor and partner since before we even existed. The team’s belief in us and the concept from day zero, including leading our pre-seed, means a tremendous amount. They are always my first call.
Co-Founder & CEO
STEALTH
We adored working with Tali at Bessemer so She and Avid were our first call both when we were raising, and when we needed to make crucial decisions like selling to Ramp.
Devon Tivona
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Juno
I absolutely love and sincerely appreciate the hustle and thoughtfulness behind Avid’s approach. Before Zeeza and the team even invested, they demonstrated real value, offering 8 needle moving customer intros, 8 deeply relevant advisor connections, and 2 timely talent leads.
Co-Founder & CEO
STEALTH
Avid was the first investor we called when we had the idea for Tunic. The whole team provided invaluable support during our ideation process and hustled to make key bank and advisor introductions to make this business a reality. I believe Avid is defining the modern operating model for VC and am thrilled we get to partner with them.
Nicky Goulimis
Co-Founder & CEO, Tunic
Some venture firms ask how they can help; Avid actually gets it done. They have consistently done incredible hands-on work with me and the team throughout the company's life, including intros to our very first customer as well as 7-figure payment volume deals; that's earned them a big allocation in each fundraising round. Addie is one of my most trusted partners and has become a close friend as well.
Daniel Simon
Founder & CEO, Coast
The Avid team are beasts. They constantly go to bat for intros, research, really anything we need, and we've actually gotten strong talent hires and enterprise customers from them. We can confidently say they've earned their share and more.
Matt Harpe
Co-Founder & CEO, Basis
Avid is the kind of partner every founder hopes to have. They’re thoughtful, prepared, and consistently do the work. They show up when you need them, give you space when you don’t, and always have the company’s best interests in mind. I look forward to working with them again.
Adam Lawrence
Co-Founder & CEO, Boom & Bucket
Founders are lucky to have Avid on their side. They develop conviction early, are unwavering, and get involved to help their companies succeed. Tali has gone so far as to run a personal recruiting search for us, sourcing candidates, taking first interviews, and planning events to build top-of-funnel.
Nitin Gupta
Founder & CEO, Mason
Well ahead of investing, Avid got us in front of 5 health system enterprises, plus 6 digital health companies, and those intros are turning into real revenue. Even though we weren’t fundraising, we found a way to get Avid on our cap table because they have proven to be real teammates who can actually accelerate our business. They have been a standout investor for us.
Mehul Mehta
Co-Founder & CEO, Ferry Health
Zeeza’s impact has been material; she helped us land our 3rd customer, found our 1st engineer, and catalyzed our largest funding round to date. And all without being an investor! I’m excited to see what she can do now that she’s on the cap table. Almost every VC says they add value. Most do not. Zeeza actually does.
Co-Founder & CEO
STEALTH
Avid has been an awesome partner as we’ve scaled from working with 2 states to more than 10. They’ve gotten into the details with us on everything from executive hiring to preparing our Series A materials to running a detailed TAM analysis. You want them on your team.
Joe Connor
Founder & CEO, Odyssey
Addie dropped everything during her trip to Tel Aviv to spend hours with us and quickly commit to our Seed round. That dedication and early conviction is clear in all the ways she and the team go above and beyond to help, including getting us integrated into the NYC tech community as we grow in the U.S.
Omer Hefets
Co-Founder & CEO, Lighthouse
Avid was the first investor to actually roll up their sleeves and do work for me. They sat side by side with me building the first financial model of our company, made some key intros to early customers, and were integral in ideating from the earliest days of the business. It really feels like they’re on our team.
Max Kane
Founder & CEO, Novella
Avid believed in us in the earliest days, just when they started and before we'd scaled to tens of millions in revenue. Especially as a migrant founder, it's been a blessing getting to work with such well-connected U.S. investors who are ready to do the work. They have been a go-to resource for anything from fundraising and PR to partnerships and recruitment.
Magnus Larsson
Co-Founder & CEO, Majority
The Avid team is fantastic! Even before investing, Avid’s involvement led to customer intros that helped move the needle in the early days. More recently, within a week of telling Avid about our new enterprise strategy, they ran a customer sprint and introduced us to two Fortune 500 logos. They are wonderful humans who we love spending time with, and they are disproportionately helpful partners.
Bar Geron
Co-Founder & CEO, Balance
Avid lives up to the promises that every VC makes but few actually follow through on. They made nearly a dozen customer introductions in our ICP - both before and after they invested, showing just how well they understood Supper's business. They truly are a 'text us day or night' firm, and it's been a tremendous comfort to have them as a thought partner for issues both small and existential.
Lowell Putnam
Co-Founder & CEO, Supper
The Avid team believed in us before we generated a dollar of revenue and before they had even closed a dollar for their first fund – and then made Nova Credit their first investment. That steadfast belief meant so much when we were just getting started.
Misha Esipov
Co-Founder & CEO, Nova Credit
The Avid team has been super helpful across fundraising, hiring, and intros, but what really stands out is how much they care! They’re proactive, honest, and always finding small but useful ways to help without making things more complicated. We’ve really appreciated having them in our corner.
Timothy Wang
Co-Founder & CEO, Ponder
From the moment we met the Avid team we knew we had to work with them. They are incredible thought partners and go above and beyond to help us succeed, jumping in on everything from ICP whiteboarding sessions to perfectly targeted customer intros.
Gabi Steele
Co-Founder & CEO, Preql
As repeat founders, we chose Avid because they're good people we knew we could trust. Since then, they've played our games and shared candid feedback, worked closely with our CFO building out our KPIs, and generously opened up their impressive U.S. network. We love our conversations over Zoom and in Tel Aviv.
Avi Shalel
Co-Founder & CEO, GOAT
Avid has been an incredible advisor and partner since before we even existed. The team’s belief in us and the concept from day zero, including leading our pre-seed, means a tremendous amount. They are always my first call.
Co-Founder & CEO
STEALTH
We adored working with Tali at Bessemer so She and Avid were our first call both when we were raising, and when we needed to make crucial decisions like selling to Ramp.
Devon Tivona
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Juno
I absolutely love and sincerely appreciate the hustle and thoughtfulness behind Avid’s approach. Before Zeeza and the team even invested, they demonstrated real value, offering 8 needle moving customer intros, 8 deeply relevant advisor connections, and 2 timely talent leads.
Co-Founder & CEO
STEALTH
Avid was the first investor we called when we had the idea for Tunic. The whole team provided invaluable support during our ideation process and hustled to make key bank and advisor introductions to make this business a reality. I believe Avid is defining the modern operating model for VC and am thrilled we get to partner with them.
Nicky Goulimis
Co-Founder & CEO, Tunic
Some venture firms ask how they can help; Avid actually gets it done. They have consistently done incredible hands-on work with me and the team throughout the company's life, including intros to our very first customer as well as 7-figure payment volume deals; that's earned them a big allocation in each fundraising round. Addie is one of my most trusted partners and has become a close friend as well.
Daniel Simon
Founder & CEO, Coast
The Avid team are beasts. They constantly go to bat for intros, research, really anything we need, and we've actually gotten strong talent hires and enterprise customers from them. We can confidently say they've earned their share and more.
Matt Harpe
Co-Founder & CEO, Basis
Avid is the kind of partner every founder hopes to have. They’re thoughtful, prepared, and consistently do the work. They show up when you need them, give you space when you don’t, and always have the company’s best interests in mind. I look forward to working with them again.
Adam Lawrence
Co-Founder & CEO, Boom & Bucket
Founders are lucky to have Avid on their side. They develop conviction early, are unwavering, and get involved to help their companies succeed. Tali has gone so far as to run a personal recruiting search for us, sourcing candidates, taking first interviews, and planning events to build top-of-funnel.
Nitin Gupta
Founder & CEO, Mason
Well ahead of investing, Avid got us in front of 5 health system enterprises, plus 6 digital health companies, and those intros are turning into real revenue. Even though we weren’t fundraising, we found a way to get Avid on our cap table because they have proven to be real teammates who can actually accelerate our business. They have been a standout investor for us.
Mehul Mehta
Co-Founder & CEO, Ferry Health
Zeeza’s impact has been material; she helped us land our 3rd customer, found our 1st engineer, and catalyzed our largest funding round to date. And all without being an investor! I’m excited to see what she can do now that she’s on the cap table. Almost every VC says they add value. Most do not. Zeeza actually does.
Co-Founder & CEO
STEALTH
Avid has been an awesome partner as we’ve scaled from working with 2 states to more than 10. They’ve gotten into the details with us on everything from executive hiring to preparing our Series A materials to running a detailed TAM analysis. You want them on your team.
Joe Connor
Founder & CEO, Odyssey
Addie dropped everything during her trip to Tel Aviv to spend hours with us and quickly commit to our Seed round. That dedication and early conviction is clear in all the ways she and the team go above and beyond to help, including getting us integrated into the NYC tech community as we grow in the U.S.
Omer Hefets
Co-Founder & CEO, Lighthouse
Avid was the first investor to actually roll up their sleeves and do work for me. They sat side by side with me building the first financial model of our company, made some key intros to early customers, and were integral in ideating from the earliest days of the business. It really feels like they’re on our team.
Max Kane
Founder & CEO, Novella
Avid believed in us in the earliest days, just when they started and before we'd scaled to tens of millions in revenue. Especially as a migrant founder, it's been a blessing getting to work with such well-connected U.S. investors who are ready to do the work. They have been a go-to resource for anything from fundraising and PR to partnerships and recruitment.
Magnus Larsson
Co-Founder & CEO, Majority
The Avid team is fantastic! Even before investing, Avid’s involvement led to customer intros that helped move the needle in the early days. More recently, within a week of telling Avid about our new enterprise strategy, they ran a customer sprint and introduced us to two Fortune 500 logos. They are wonderful humans who we love spending time with, and they are disproportionately helpful partners.
Bar Geron
Co-Founder & CEO, Balance
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