Swiftarc Ventures

Swiftarc Ventures is an American early- and growth-stage venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Sid Jawahar, headquartered in New York City with an additional office in Miami, Florida. The firm focuses on the next generation of consumer and consumer-health disruptors, with an emphasis on consumer technology, enterprise telehealth, beauty and wellness, and food sustainability, typically investing as a co-investor. It operates through several distinct vehicles: a roughly $25M Swiftarc Ventures Labs Fund for early-stage consumer technology; the Swiftarc Telehealth Fund, launched in January 2022 with a $75M capacity and billed as the first telehealth-focused venture fund, targeting innovation in obesity, mental and behavioral health and pediatric care driven by US healthcare-delivery legislation; and a $10M Swiftarc Beauty Fund launched in August 2021 to back female-led beauty and wellness brands. Typical check sizes range from $100K to $10M with a sweet spot around $1M. The firm has made a small number of investments, roughly seven, with notable names including Intellihealth, R-Zero, Artiphon, FlyteHealth and Pause. For transparency, founder Sid Jawahar was the subject of a 2022 Texas State Securities Board cease-and-desist and adviser-registration revocation for overvaluing a fund position, and in December 2023 was indicted in the US District Court in St. Louis on three counts of wire fraud and one count of investment adviser fraud, with an arrest in Miami in January 2024. The firm's stated focus remains consumer and consumer-health innovation across its themed funds.