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Swell Partners

Swell Partners Fund II, L.P.

Late investment periodEmerging manager

Late investment period: first sale Aug 2022, per Form D (fund age approximates vintage)

Vintage
2022
Fund size
$2.45M to $9.99M (Form D)
Stages
Pre-seed, Seed
Sectors
Aerospace and defense, Biotech, Robotics, Energy, Manufacturing, Enterprise SaaS
Regions
NY

01 · Thesis

Swell Partners is a pre-seed and seed investor backing founders who use AI to rebuild critical infrastructure. Focus areas include space and defense, biology, industrial systems, and enterprise infrastructure, with software that runs consequential operations and excludes consumer apps and undifferentiated SaaS.Inferred from the firm's website

02 · Initial check

$16K to $125K (estimated from fund size)

Estimated from Form D: $2.45M sold of a $9.99M target

03 · Who to approach

Named on this fund's Form D

  • Mrityunjay Patil, Manager of the General Partner of the Issuer
  • James Ralston III, Manager of the General Partner of the Issuer

04 · Deals

No deals attributed to this fund yet.

05 · Evidence

  • Firm-wideA New York-based pre-seed and seed fund investing in AI for critical infrastructure.

    A New York-based pre-seed and seed fund investing in AI for critical infrastructure.
    https://swell.vc/

06 · Sources

  1. https://swell.vc/
  2. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1919354/000191935423000001/

Last verified: Oct 28, 2026