New York Venture Partners

Founding Partner Brian Cohen leads the firm alongside his sons Maxwell and Trace, both managing directors. Brian chairs the New York Angels and has over 40 years of technology entrepreneurship experience. Trace Cohen sources and diligences deals, having personally invested in more than 30 startups. The firm operates with a family consensus model common among single-family offices.

The firm describes itself as a family office run by founders. It deploys the Cohens' own capital into pre-seed and seed startups, which is the structural signature of a single-family office. Unlike a traditional venture fund, New York Venture Partners does not manage outside limited-partner capital and adds strategic marketing consulting to its equity investments.

Brian Cohen's chairmanship of the New York Angels gives the firm direct visibility into early-stage deal flow across the New York metro area. The firm also accepts pitches through its website and leans on the Cohens' own founder networks. Trace Cohen's background as a three-time founder in NYC provides additional inbound founder relationships.

The firm states it invests in people, not deals, and requires US-based Delaware C-corp startups with founders who have an 'unfair advantage.' It focuses on pre-seed and seed stages and adds strategic marketing support post-investment, reflecting Brian Cohen's decades in science and technology communications.

Founding Partner Brian Cohen chairs the New York Angels, a prominent angel investment group. New York Venture Partners is a separate family office that invests the Cohens' own capital. The two entities operate independently, but Brian Cohen's angel chairmanship creates natural deal-sharing and co-investment opportunities that benefit the family office's direct investment pipeline.