Wischoff Ventures

Quick read

Wischoff Ventures is a pre-seed and seed stage VC firm founded in 2021, headquartered in New York City. Solo GP Nichole Wischoff leads the firm, writing $1–2M checks into North America-based startups across fintech, vertical SaaS, supply chain, and marketplaces. Fund III closed at $50M in 2024, anchored by Cendana Capital.

Key facts

Founded

2021

Founders

Nichole Wischoff

Employees

2-5

Sectors

fintech, saas, marketplace, enterprise

Website

wischoff.com

Investment thesis

Wischoff Ventures backs pre-seed and seed stage technology companies digitizing large, established offline industries — with a concentration in fintech infrastructure, vertical SaaS, supply chain, and B2B marketplaces. The firm writes $1–2M checks, leads or co-leads rounds, and targets North America-based founders.

Recent activity

• Sep 2024fundraise
  Wischoff Ventures closed Fund III at $50M, anchored by Cendana Capital, with LPs including Children's Health, Churchill Asset Management, and Screendoor. Forbes covered the raise, noting Nichole Wischoff built her LP base through a sustained social media presence. wordpress-1484413-5868543.cloudwaysapps.com
• Oct 2024press
  Business Insider published two pieces on Wischoff Ventures' first full-time hire, Neal Mintz, who beat 500+ applicants for the role after offering to set up the firm's payroll during the interview process. businessinsider.com
• 2024leadership
  Wischoff Ventures hired Ruffin Mitchener as Associate, its first hire under that title, bringing the team to at least four people. linkedin.com
• Mar 2026investment
  Tracxn reports Wischoff is an active investor with 32 portfolio companies as of March 2026 and 6 new investments made in the prior 12 months. Most recently participated in the seed round of Nyne.ai. tracxn.com
• Dec 2022fundraise
  TechCrunch reported the close of Fund II at $20M, a significant step up from Fund I's $5M. LPs included Peter Thiel and Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang. techcrunch.com
• 2025leadership
  Wischoff Ventures hired Ruffin Mitchener as its first Associate, marking the firm's first team expansion beyond the founding GP. linkedin.com
• Sep 2024press
  Forbes profiled Nichole Wischoff on how she used her social media presence to raise $50M for Fund III. alexanderjarvis.com
• 2024fundraise
  Wischoff Ventures closed Fund III at $50M. Anchor LP was Cendana Capital, joined by Children's Health, Churchill Asset Management, and Screendoor. alexanderjarvis.com
• Jun 2024investment
  Wischoff Ventures led RetailReady's $3.3M seed round. RetailReady builds an AI tablet app to replace paper warehouse manuals and cut compliance errors for shippers. bestofai.com
• Jan 2025investment
  Wischoff Ventures co-invested in freightmate AI's $5M seed round alongside FUSE. Freightmate automates workflows for freight forwarders. vcbacked.co
• 2025investment
  Wischoff Ventures co-led Nyne's $5.3M seed round alongside South Park Commons. Nyne builds a people-data graph that resolves public digital signals into structured consumer profiles for AI agents. nyne.ai
• 2025investment
  Wischoff Ventures backed Human Delta's pre-seed round alongside Susa Ventures and Afore Capital. Human Delta is an AI startup based in the San Francisco Bay Area. linkedin.com

Notable investments

• Nyne.aiSeed2025tracxn.com
• FreightmateUnknownUnknownblackflag.vc
• PineUnknownUnknownblackflag.vc
• CoastPayUnknownUnknownblackflag.vc
• TopKeyUnknownUnknownblackflag.vc
• MoneyKitUnknownUnknowntracxn.com
• MarooUnknownUnknowntracxn.com
• NyneSeed2025nyne.ai
• Human DeltaPre-Seed2025linkedin.com
• BeamSeed2025linkedin.com
• freightmate AISeedJan 2025vcbacked.co
• RetailReadySeedJun 2024bestofai.com

Key people

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

• Nichole Wischoff · Founder & Managing Partner
  LinkedIn
• Neal Mintz · Vice President
  LinkedIn

Sources

• About Wischoff Ventures
• VC Pitch Deck - Wischoff Ventures Fund 3
• Nyne TechCrunch coverage
• Wischoff Ventures - Tracxn
• Wischoff Ventures - Boring Business Nerd
• Neal Mintz LinkedIn
• freightmate AI - VCBacked
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/nichole-wischoff
• https://bestofai.com/article/yc-grad-retailready-raises-33m-for-an-ai-warehouse-app-that-hopes-to-save-brands-billions-techcrunch
• https://nyne.ai
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/akylai-k
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynne-elfland-b782b712
• https://wordpress-1484413-5868543.cloudwaysapps.com/vc-pitch-deck-wischoff-ventures-fund-3/
• https://www.businessinsider.com/vc-hired-first-staff-after-offered-set-up-payroll-free-2024-10
• https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/16/solo-gp-nichole-wischoff-raises-20m-fund-backed-by-peter-thiel-to-invest-in-unsexy-businesses/

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