TQ Ventures LLC is a venture capital firm led by Schuster Tanger and Andrew Marks based in New York City.

The firm seeks out extraordinary founders across the software complex in businesses with durable competitive advantages. We’re involved in primarily business-to-business (B2B) models, but also some business-to-consumer (B2C) models.

Across our more than 80 global investments, we believe the differentiated support and networks we provide our founders have fueled our track record and our reputation.
Founded in 2018, TQ now has around $1 billion under management and is currently investing out of our third $500m fund.

The TQ Ventures investment philosophy:

The overarching ethos of TQ Ventures is: Backing founders building the future.
we judge all startups by the same simple rubric:
 
·       Do the founders demonstrate exceptional talent and vision?
·       Are they solving a problem or delivering an experience that provides substantial value to customers?
·       Are there enough customers to constitute a large market?
·       Is there a compelling go-to-market motion to effectively reach those customers?
·       If successful, will the company have high margins, low capital intensity, scalability with minimal friction and low incremental costs and, crucially, durable competitive advantages?
·       Are we investing at a valuation that, if the business succeeds, will deliver returns exceeding our fund’s committed capital net of dilution?

Bottom-up Approach versus Thematic or Vertical-Focused

Our investment firm looks for opportunities across a wide range of industries and sectors, with a bottom-up business-model-driven approach. Current investments cover industries including:

·  Infrastructure
·  Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
·  Enterprise
·  Development Tools
·  Software as a Service (SaaS)
·  Consumer Tech
·  Fintech and Blockchain
·  Healthcare
·  Geography

While TQ is based in New York City, some of its team is in San Francisco. TQ has a strong presence in top American venture markets, such as the Bay Area and NYC, but also has invested prolifically in Europe, including CEE. Once in a while, TQ finds a business that fits its investment framework in an emerging market as well.

Our global reach helps TQ Ventures find the best possible businesses to invest with.
TQ Ventures leadership team

The TQ Ventures team is led by Schuster Tanger and Andrew Marks, two NYC-based investors with backgrounds from some of the top investing firms globally.
Schuster worked at Third Point (Dan Loeb) and Goldman Sachs (Special Situations Group with Josh Easterly), before breaking away to launch TQ Ventures in 2018. He was named in the 2013 Forbes 30 under 30.

Andrew was a managing director at Blue Ridge Capital and previously worked at Blackstone before launching TQ Ventures in 2018.
Our team members include talented investment professionals Jana Iris (ex-Hashicorp), Alexis Vitenas (ex-sales), Elisabeth Rulke (Princeton physics), Finbarr Timbers (Midjourney, ex-DeepMind), Elliot Graebert (ex-Palantir) and Michael Kilberry (AI / ML Google).

TQ Venture success stories

With more than 80 portfolio companies under the TQ Ventures umbrella and our third investment fund well under way, TQ Ventures has a track record of successful partnerships.
Recent TQ Venture partner companies include:
·  log10: An AI company based in San Francisco that offers large language model (LLMOps) support for machine learning applications.
·  nsave: A fintech company that brings secure banking to people from emerging economies.
·  Cleanlab: An AI firm that automates data science testing and repair to endeavor to make sure AI-derived data is error free.
·  Plenful: A healthcare software provider that makes pharmaceutical workflows more efficient using AI.

Partner with TQ Ventures

The team at TQ Ventures is always looking for emerging companies with a differentiated business model and an exciting outlook on the future. Our bottom-up generalist philosophy, enthusiasm for innovative businesses, and ability to help with B2B customer introductions make us the ideal investor for early-stage businesses on the rise.

To explore opportunities with T! Ventures LLC, please visit tqventures.com.

TQ Ventures FAQs

Who owns TQ Ventures?
TQ Ventures is owned by partners Schuster Tanger and Andrew Marks. They co-founded the company in 2018 and now lead a team of investors overseeing 80 partner companies and over $1 Billion in investment funds.TQ is made up of external limited partners, but no external partners own any of the general partner.

What is TQ Ventures III?
TQ Ventures III is the third vintage of TQ, a $500 million investment fund round complex operated by TQ Ventures. This portfolio took the overall funds managed by TQ Ventures to over $1 Billion. TQ Ventures III Early focuses on seed-stage companies while TQ Ventures III Growth focuses on Series B-stage companies.

What are the investment focus areas of TQ Ventures?
While TQ Ventures is a generalist investment firm and operates in a wide spectrum of industry sectors and geographical locations, it does focus on early-stage investment, primarily seed through Series B. The firm believes in business-model-driven investments, with particular interest in durable competitive advantages.

What industries does TQ Ventures invest in?
TQ Ventures is industry vertical agnostic. That means the investment firm invests in a wide range of industries, including fintech, healthcare, AI and machine learning, blockchain, crypto, and infrastructure.


Teams at TQ Ventures

Leadership Team