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Swell Partners

New York preseed and seed venture firm that helps portfolio start-ups recruit strong teams

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About Swell Partners

Swell Partners invests at the preseed and seed stages from its base in New York City. As a venture firm, its approach ties investing closely to hiring, helping portfolio companies find sales, product and marketing talent.

What Swell Partners offers

  • Preseed and seed investment: early funding for founder-led companies across several sectors.
  • Recruiting support: access to a talent network of executives who have scaled start-ups.
  • Hidden talent search: help reaching candidates who are not actively job hunting.
  • Founder guidance: advice on building a winning culture.

Who it serves

Founders of early-stage companies. Founders quoted on its site include those behind Tapad, PebblePost and mParticle.

Key facts

  • Based in: New York City
  • Founders: Rusty Ralston and Jay Patil
  • Stage: preseed and seed

Profile written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

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