Jan 9Why we invested in AttentionBy Hadley Harris I’m excited to share the news that Eniac led a $3.1 million seed funding round in Attention last year, which was announced today in TechCrunch. We love working with repeat founders — and in this case, Attention’s Anis Bennaceur (CEO) and Matthias Wickenburg (CTO) actually used to…Attention2 min readAttention2 min read
Dec 15, 2022Looking back at Eniac’s 2022by Nihal Mehta and Anthony Ha This has been a year of uncertainty, inside and outside the venture industry, but Eniac was as busy as ever. For one thing, we made some exciting additions to the team, with Rifki Zable joining as our Vice President of Finance, and Monica Lim…Eniac Ventures2 min readEniac Ventures2 min read
Dec 13, 2022Low code, higher go-to-market foundersby Nihal Mehta As a seed investor, I’m always thinking about how to find the next unicorn before they’ve even built a product. Recently, I’ve realized that I’m looking for a new category of founder, which I’ll describe as “low code, higher go-to-market” — founders who may not have exceptionally…Venture Capital2 min readVenture Capital2 min read
Dec 12, 2022Go-to-market tips from Alloy’s Laura SpiekermanBy Anthony Ha So you’ve built an amazing product — how do you actually get customers to use it and pay for it? That’s what Alloy co-founder Laura Spiekerman joined us to discuss during a recent conversation with founders in Eniac’s portfolio. We’re proud investors in Alloy, a fintech unicorn…Alloy4 min readAlloy4 min read
Nov 22, 2022Celebrating 13 years of Eniac Venturesby Nihal Mehta Birthdays have a way of sneaking up on you, especially as you get older. So I was amazed to realize it’s been 13 years (and three days) since we incorporated Eniac on November 19, 2009. Of course, that’s not the only date you can point to as…Venture Capital2 min readVenture Capital2 min read
Nov 7, 2022Eniac Ventures is hiring a Chief of StaffEniac Ventures is an early-stage investment firm headquartered in NYC. Since our formation in 2009, we’ve been committed to backing highly technical founders who embody our values of authenticity, boldness, curiosity, and scrappiness. …Venture Capital3 min readVenture Capital3 min read
Oct 25, 2022Eniac Ventures is ready for your pitches (again)By Monica Lim, Claire Rafson, and Anthony Ha At the beginning of 2022, we did something totally new for Eniac — we launched a form where any founder could pitch us for funding. The response was thrilling. Over the subsequent months, we received more than 1,000 submissions. We were excited…Startups2 min readStartups2 min read
Oct 20, 2022Eniac ❤️ New York techby Nihal Mehta It’s been seven days since Eniac Ventures hosted 300 co-investors in our office as part of New York Tech Week, and I’m still buzzing. Part of that, of course, is just the relief of putting on a successful event (and let me give another huge thank you…Eniac Ventures2 min readEniac Ventures2 min read
Oct 19, 2022Congratulations to Vence!By Vic Singh I’m excited to share the news that our portfolio company Vence has been acquired by Merck Animal Health (a division of Merck & Co.). The deal was announced a couple weeks ago, but I wanted to write a bit more of our history with Vence. I first…Vence2 min readVence2 min read
Oct 6, 2022We’re re-launching Ask a Seed VC — send us your questions!by Anthony Ha and Claire Rafson Longtime Eniac friends and followers may recall that we started an advice column last year called Ask a Seed VC, where we did our best to answer real questions about fundraising and entrepreneurship. Our columns covered everything from pitching VCs without a warm introduction…Ask A Seed Vc2 min readAsk A Seed Vc2 min read
