Armory Square Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in startups across New York State and secondary markets in the Midwest. The firm partners with entrepreneurs building technology-enabled startups and focuses on overlooked regions that were once home to manufacturing centers and small businesses.

Armory Square Ventures

Armory Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Upstate New York and NYC.  We often provide the first round of institutional capital for companies targeting the largest industries across New York State and select emerging cities across the Northeast. We are actively involved in all aspects of company growth—from recruiting senior talent, customers, and co-investors to providing general management support.

We launched our firm in 2014 and consider ourselves fortunate to be backed by the region’s most respected institutions, corporations and foundations. Our entrepreneurs tend to be as passionate as our community is to build companies that support and grow their own towns and geographies.

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Heads up, founders/CEOs in Upstate NY! Armory is hosting our annual CEO Summit in Skaneateles on September 18. This half-day event, which caters to early-stage tech founders, will be broken into three parts: 
(1) How to Turn Your Board into a Strategic Weapon
(2) Exit Planning
(3) Recruiting A-Level Talent
The latter session will be led by ghSMART, a global standard bearer for talent assessment with experience advising world-leading public companies on leadership strategy. We'll conclude the day with drinks and networking on the lakefront.  

If you fit the profile and would like to participate alongside Armory CEOs and seasoned, multi-exit operators, give us a shout! We have a limited number of seats still open. Email preston@armorysv.com with your name, company, and a short blurb on what you're building.

What a great time we had in Chicago! Our thanks to everyone whose strength held out for one more event after TechChicago - we had a fabulous happy hour mixer at the Hubbard Inn for founders and investors. 
Thanks to our co-hosts, Guy Turner at Hyde Park Venture Partners and Sonia Sahney Nagar at SNAK Venture Partners.

Communication between entrepreneurs and VCs can be tricky, but transparency is always the answer! Listen to Somak's recent appearance on the VentureFizz podcast for his insights on when and where VCs can give useful advice - and when they should leave well enough alone. 
https://lnkd.in/eBhhJKtm

Communities can't thrive without the arts, which is why we're strong supporters of local arts organizations like our hometown Skaneateles Festival. This pillar of local life is celebrating 45 years of bringing world-class music to the Finger Lakes this year! We're proud that Somak sits on the board to support this venerable organization. 
Come visit us this month to hear incredible artists like Wynton Marsalis in the gorgeous Anyela's Winery! skanfest.org

Meet the ASV Advisory Board: Laura Kinder!
Laura is president and partner at Daversa Partners, and was the youngest woman in the firm's history to make partner. Her expertise in executive search and building strong teams are invaluable to our work with startups as they scale and grow. We're so glad to have Laura on our side!

Despite the tornado warning (!), a wonderful crowd braved the elements for our annual summer soiree last week. The Mandana Barn held strong, and we had a delicious spread of Indian dishes from chef Donald Rodrigues and his team. As always, it was a lively and uplifting opportunity to connect with our ASV community.
Our thanks to sponsors Stifel Bank, Susan Crossett and CPS Recruitment, and Laurie Haefele and Haefele Design, and thank you to everyone who came out!

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