LeverageVC

Managing Partners Jonathan Dambrot and Damon Smedley lead all investment decisions. Dambrot's background includes founding and exiting a cybersecurity consultancy, which informs the firm's enterprise security thesis. The partnership structure is flat, with no separate investment committee beyond the two managing partners.

LeverageVC targets seed-stage enterprise technology companies, typically writing initial checks and reserving capital for follow-on investments in subsequent rounds. The firm prefers lead-investor or active co-lead positions that provide meaningful board or observer rights, though specific check sizes have not been publicly disclosed.

The firm concentrates on enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, applied AI, fintech, and digital health. Cybersecurity in particular represents a core conviction area, reflecting the founding team's operator background. General consumer, hardware, and biotech are not within the firm's stated mandate.

While the firm sources deals across North America, portfolio density is highest in East Coast and Israeli enterprise ecosystems. Israel's cybersecurity and infrastructure talent base aligns with the firm's core thesis, and multiple portfolio companies have operations or founding teams based there.

LeverageVC's sourcing model relies on the technical networks and operator credibility of its managing partners, particularly within cybersecurity and enterprise infrastructure communities. The firm does not operate a scout network or content-marketing engine at scale, instead routing opportunities through direct founder referrals, co-investor relationships, and domain conferences.

LeverageVC operates as a traditional early-stage venture firm with a single main fund strategy. No parallel growth equity, credit, real-asset, or opportunity funds have been publicly reported. LP commitments are pooled into a commingled venture vehicle with standard fee and carry structures.

Jonathan Dambrot previously co-founded a cybersecurity consulting firm and led it through an acquisition, an exit that shaped the firm's emphasis on security-first enterprise technology. Damon Smedley's operating history similarly anchors the firm's preference for backing technical founders building deep-technology B2B platforms rather than consumer or marketplace models.