Venture Capital
Variant
Variant backs early-stage and high-growth companies, typically pre-profit, from New York, United States.
Stated investment criteria
What Variant says it buys
Read from Variant’s own website in August 2026. This is what the firm says it buys, not what anyone has recorded it buying, and figures are shown in the currency the firm itself used - nothing here is converted. Every line links to the page it was read from.
A stated mandate is a firm’s description of itself and was true of the page on the day it was read; firms widen and narrow what they will look at without updating the site. The team figure counts the people the firm shows on one team page, so it is a floor rather than a headcount: firms that split their team across tabs or load it in pages will read low. Nothing here is a commitment by Variant to consider any particular business, and nothing on this page is represented as being for sale.
Regulatory record
How Variant is registered
From this firm's Form ADV, the annual filing every registered and exempt investment adviser makes to the SEC.
| Adviser status | SEC registered |
| Regulatory assets under management | $729m |
| Employees | 12 |
| Private funds advised | 8 · $458m gross |
| SEC adviser number | CRD 306409 |
Portfolio
Disclosed holdings
Companies Variant lists on its own website. 12 carry a stated investment year.
Compiled from Variant’s published portfolio page. Where a recorded transaction is shown, that company was the target of a reported deal and has most likely already been realised. Nothing here is represented as being for sale.
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