World Trade Ventures

World Trade Ventures (WTV) is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York City, with operational links to Tel Aviv and Stamford. The firm is embedded with SilverTech Ventures, a Silverstein-backed startup incubator originally located at the World Trade Center campus, which gives WTV deep deal-flow ties to Israeli tech founders moving into the US market. WTV invests primarily at the Series A stage in US-based startups and targets companies bridging the physical and digital worlds across enterprise software, fintech, AI and ML, cybersecurity, marketing technology and digital health, generally as a co-investor. The portfolio includes more than 21 companies, with one unicorn, Semperis in Active Directory identity protection, which crossed the $1B valuation threshold in 2024. Other named portfolio companies include Aquant, SQream, Lili, Fundrise, Reveal Security, Alma Security, Zest, AvoMD, Visit.org, Vi, SwiftConnect, Sepio, Covercy, City Hive, Igentify, WoodSpoon and HYPR Brands. Exits to date include Semperis as a unicorn, Julius via acquisition, and HYPR Brands in May 2020. The firm operates with a small team of roughly four people including three partners. Fund size is not publicly disclosed; check sizes are consistent with a typical seed-to-Series A boutique fund participating alongside larger lead investors. By leveraging its incubator ties to Israeli founders entering the US and focusing on companies bridging physical and digital worlds, World Trade Ventures backs early-stage enterprise software, fintech, cybersecurity and digital-health companies.