Laconia

Laconia Capital Group (also Laconia Ventures ) is a U.S. early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in New York City, New York, specialising in B2B software investments at the pre-seed, seed, and early Series A stages with a distinctive focus on B2B fintech (financial-services technology), insurtech (insurance technology), and enterprise SaaS companies primarily based in New York, the broader U.S. Northeast, and selectively other U.S. markets. The firm was founded in 2014 by Managing Partner Jeff Silverman (co-founder of several NYC start-up ecosystem initiatives and a multi-decade New York investor) alongside partners including David Arcara. Laconia invests typically as a conviction lead or significant-participant investor with initial check sizes in the USD 750,000 to USD 2.5 million range. The firm has raised multiple institutional funds (Laconia I, Laconia II, Laconia III) with aggregate AUM in the USD low-hundreds of millions range. Notable portfolio companies include SecurityScorecard, LeagueApps, Canary Technologies, Nomad Health, Firefly Health, Digital Onboarding, SpatialChat, and many other NY-area B2B SaaS / fintech / insurtech start-ups. The firm's name references the ancient Greek city-state of Laconia / Sparta, evoking discipline and concentrated conviction.