
ff Venture Capital
Empire State Building 350 5th Avenue, Suite 4215, New York, NY, 10118, United States
Overview
ff Venture Capital (ffVC) is a technology venture capital firm investing in some of the strongest growth areas to date, including cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, drones, enterprise cloud software, and crowdfunding. The firm identifies and invests in technology and technology-enabled companies at its inception across geographies and emerging industries. With three partners and an acceleration team of 20+ investment and operations professionals, ffVC actively participates with founders to develop products, target markets, and accelerate growth. Since 2008, ffVC has invested in over 100 companies and has helped to create companies with an aggregate market value exceeding $6 billion.
- Total investments
- 130
- Lead investments
- 46
- Investments · 12mo
- 3
- Active investors
- 9
Sector focus
- Cyber Security
- Financial Exchanges
- Machine Learning
- Software
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Pstryk
Participated · Series A · Jul 2026
Founded in 2024, Pstryk develops a technology platform and mobile app that lets households see real-time hourly electricity prices and receive bills calculated according to market rates. The platform is designed to help consumers manage consumption and costs and to enable households to participate more actively in the energy market. Pstryk integrates dynamic pricing with home energy technologies such as rooftop solar, heat pumps, battery storage and electric vehicles. The company aims to shift traditional consumption models toward a more flexible system by providing visibility into prices and usage. Financially, Pstryk has raised nearly €13.8 million to date, including the recent €7 million Series A, and plans to use the funds to develop its product, scale operations across Poland and grow its team.
- FlyFocus
Led · Equity · Feb 2026
Founded in 2017 by aerospace engineers and competitive aeromodellers, FlyFocus develops a range of unmanned aerial systems, avionics and counter-drone technologies for defence and government customers. Its portfolio includes intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance UAVs, loitering systems, counter-drone solutions and a tethered drone platform already deployed by institutional users. All hardware is built with components sourced solely from NATO-aligned suppliers to ensure supply-chain transparency and compliance with European defence procurement rules. FlyFocus also owns its entire software stack—covering flight control, mission planning and ground control—which allows rapid, operator-driven upgrades. After eight years of self-funded growth, the company has secured its first external capital to scale production. The new funds will finance a dedicated manufacturing facility in Poland slated for operation in the second half of 2026, boost international sales efforts and support R&D, including the launch of two new UAV platforms later this year.
- Parento
Participated · Seed · Sep 2025
Parento offers a three-in-one paid parental leave solution that bundles customizable parental leave insurance, parental leave management services, and personalized one-on-one parent coaching. Its insurance product can provide up to 100% financial coverage and converts unpredictable leave costs into predictable premiums for small and mid-sized employers. The company reports strong outcomes: 95% of Parento parents return to work after leave, 10% average engagement rates for its coaching services, and 46% of claims were filed by men with up to 33% of men using one-on-one coaching. Parento serves diverse industries—25% of clients are in nonprofit or manufacturing/warehousing—and works with professional services, healthcare, law firms, nonprofits, and municipal organizations. Partnerships include the International Union of Operating Engineers (enabling first international expansion into Canada) and PEOs including one that serves more than half a million clients. Parento will use new capital to expand product development, sales, and marketing while launching additional insurance offerings and new products.
- Dataplor
Participated · Series B · Jun 2025
dataplor provides global POI and mobility data, combining AI, machine learning, and human validation to keep datasets accurate and current. The company offers monthly refreshed, privacy-compliant foot-traffic data alongside a proprietary POI dataset covering over 350 million POIs in more than 250 countries and territories. dataplor serves dozens of enterprise customers, including multiple Fortune 100 companies, across sectors such as technology, retail, logistics, CPG, mapping, real estate, and finance. Its data is used for operational and strategic decisions—from predicting EV charger demand to modeling property risk and identifying distribution opportunities in under-mapped regions. The company emphasizes a privacy-first approach, ensuring no personally identifiable information (PII) is used. With new capital, dataplor plans to expand geographic coverage, enrich its product suite, and accelerate customer integration and product growth. Dataplor aggregates and licenses global points-of-interest (POI) data using a purpose-built platform that combines AI, machine learning, large language models and a network of human validators. The company recruits and trains over 100,000 human validators, called Explorers, and does not use personally identifiable information. Its dataset includes more than 300 million POI records across over 15,000 brands in 200+ countries and territories. Dataplor licenses data to customers across logistics, real estate and finance, with clients such as American Express, Zettle and PayPal and more than 35 Fortune 500 users. Founded in 2016, the company has grown revenue by an average of 2.5x year-over-year since 2020 and is on track for profitability this year. Dataplor plans to use new capital to make strategic hires and accelerate sales and brand presence to grow faster. dataPlor is a Los Angeles, CA–based provider of business location data focused on growing economies. The company has built a database in México with more than 1.5M data points on brick-and-mortar businesses collected via an on-the-ground field team and diversified sources. Data are verified by humans and continually updated using artificial intelligence and machine-learning technologies. Large companies, including UberEats, iFood, and American Express, use dataPlor data to enhance their business operations. The company plans to use the funds to build out a database product, invest further in technology, hire key personnel, and expand into additional Latin American countries. Target expansion countries listed for 2020 include Brazil, Chile, Peru, Argentina, and Colombia. Dataplor operates a platform that recruits, trains and manages more than 100,000 independent contractors called Explorers to perform feet-on-the-street visits that capture latitude/longitude, photos, hours, owners’ names, contact info and payment acceptance. The company licenses that ground-truth data to customers including American Express, iZettle and PayPal and works in a joint partnership with Google and Virket to digitize Mexico. Dataplor says it has helped get 150,000 businesses onto Google in its three years of operation and employs a 13-person core team. The company emphasizes paying Explorers above-market wages rather than using a low-cost gig model. Dataplor launched in Mexico, bootstrapped its way into Brazil, and plans to expand to Chile, Peru and Colombia in 2019. Its tech and Explorer logistics are positioned as services that could interest platform companies seeking improved local data coverage.
- DBR77 Robotics
Led · Seed · Apr 2025
DBR77 Robotics is a Polish industrialtech startup whose platform integrates IoT sensors, digital twin technology, and a robotics marketplace to optimize manufacturing and logistics operations. The product enables real-time data collection, process simulation, and automation, combining a digital twin and IoT system delivered via SaaS subscriptions. Its marketplace connects manufacturers with robotics suppliers such as Fanuc, KUKA, Yaskawa, ABB, and Mitsubishi Electric and generates commission revenue. The company combines subscription SaaS fees with marketplace commissions as its business model. DBR77 closed a €3.5M Seed round to support international growth and technology development. The proceeds will fund a "GO GLOBAL" strategy targeting Western Europe and the U.S., enhancing AI capabilities, integrating with IoT systems, and commercialising the Digital Twin. The company has established subsidiaries in Berlin and Pittsburgh to spearhead expansion in the DACH region and North America.