# Primary Venture Partners

> Primary Venture Partners is a New York-founded seed investor that leads concentrated pre-seed and seed rounds, then assigns an unusually large operating team to help portfolio founders hire, sell, raise follow-on capital, and solve early company-building problems. Its current $625 million Fund V, sector-specialist partners, Primary Impact platform, and PrimaryLabs incubation engine make it a scaled institutional attempt to turn hands-on support into a repeatable venture advantage.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** New York City, United States
- **Founders:** Ben Sun (Founder and General Partner), Brad Svrluga (Founder, Managing Partner and Co-CIO)
- **Team size:** More than 60 operators; the firm said in February 2026 that it was growing toward 80 full-time employees.
- **Products:** Pre-seed and seed investment, Primary Impact, PrimaryLabs, Portfolio talent network, firstEdition insights
- **Notable:** Raised a $625 million fifth fund in February 2026 and reported $1.6 billion in assets under management., Built an operating team of more than 60 specialists while remaining focused on inception through seed., Backed companies including Alloy, Alma, Chief, Electric, K Health, Slice, Vestwell, Etched, and Tabs.

## Products & services

- **Pre-seed and seed investment** — Primary leads concentrated early rounds across technology sectors; Fund V was announced with expected initial checks of roughly $5 million to $10 million.
- **Primary Impact** — An operating platform of more than 60 specialists working with portfolio companies on talent, go-to-market, finance, fundraising, product, brand, and executive challenges.
- **PrimaryLabs** — The firm's incubation engine for forming companies around researched markets and founder opportunities.
- **Portfolio talent network** — Recruiting support, candidate screening, portfolio jobs, operator networks, and community programs for growing startup teams.
- **firstEdition insights** — Practical company-building articles, playbooks, and market theses for founders and operators.

## Achievements

- Raised a $625 million fifth fund in February 2026 and reported $1.6 billion in assets under management.
- Built an operating team of more than 60 specialists while remaining focused on inception through seed.
- Backed companies including Alloy, Alma, Chief, Electric, K Health, Slice, Vestwell, Etched, and Tabs.
- Primary says its Fund I ranked in the top decile; the underlying performance data are not public.
- Co-founder Ben Sun has appeared on the Forbes Midas List.
- Primary reports helping Teleskope generate 325 prospect meetings, 17 paid trials, eight customers, and $500,000 in annual recurring revenue before Series A.
- Primary reports supporting Maybern through a $50 million Series B fundraise.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Primary led Lantern's $7 million seed financing, according to a company LinkedIn update.
- **2026-03** — The Biological Computing Company announced a $25 million seed round; Primary featured the company among its latest portfolio news.
- **2026-02** — Primary announced Fund V at $625 million, expanding its national pre-seed and seed strategy and reporting $1.6 billion in assets under management.
- **2026-01** — Primary published its 2026 request for startups, outlining areas of active investor interest.
- **2025-09** — Ben Sun appeared on the 2025 Forbes Midas List.

## Links

- Website: https://www.primary.vc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primary-venture-partners
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/PrimaryVC
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe4ZFCfxSzt1rhphdkPtR4Q

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Last updated: 2026-08-17