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Firms / Habitat Partners Management LLC
Habitat Partners Management LLC
Habitat Partners is a New York-based early-stage VC fund focused on pre-seed to Series A investments in the consumer and software ecosystems. The fund was born out of the renowned creative and branding firm, Red Antler.
corporate parent: self-described
Importance
26
moderate
Active deployment
55
elevated
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
75
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
17
moderate
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- New York, NYadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 160 VARICK ST, 10TH FLR, New York, NY, 10013adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- (212) 677-5690adviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Feb 3, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 1 (1 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $30.6Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business email
- hello@habitatpartners.cohabitatpartners.copublished by the subject
- business phone
- (212) 677-5690adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
52 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, enterprise software, consumer, energy, deep tech, hardware, robotics, b2b
- Stages
- pre seed, seed, series a
- Geography
- texas
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- corporate venture
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 88%Other Technology 6%Other 2%Manufacturing 2%Other Health Care 2%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 52
Funds and vehicles
3 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runyon Ventures: Series Aboon, a separate series of Runyon Ventures, LLC | Fund | 2024 form d first sale | Early deployment | unknown | unknown | $375,000 of $375,000 | Mar 1, 2024 |
| Habitat Partners I LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $30.6M Feb 20, 2024 | 72 | $0 | Dec 6, 2021 |
| Rubik Ventures Fund I LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | unknown | unknown | $0 of $20.0M | Dec 30, 2024 |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
7 current, 0 departed
Blake Lyon
Managing partnerManaging Partner
Emily Heyward
Managing partnerFounding Partner
JB Osborne
Managing partnerFounding Partner
Blake C Lyon
PartnerMember · since Dec 1, 2021
Daniel Faierman
PartnerPartner
Emily Heyward
PartnerMember · since Dec 1, 2021
JB Osborne
PartnerMember · since Oct 1, 2021
Investments on record
52 edges, 52 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
40 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Twelve Below 2 shared · recurringBlackbird Ventures Pty Ltd. 2 shared · recurringK50 Ventures 2 shared · recurringAvenir Management Company, LLC 2 shared · recurringReformation Management, LLC 2 shared · recurringLerer Hippeau Ventures Management, LLC 2 shared · recurringPrime Movers Lab LLC 2 shared · recurringMana Ventures 1 shared · one timeInnovation Endeavors: Reimagining the technical frontier 1 shared · one timeDefine Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeAmerican Family Ventures 1 shared · one timeCatalio Capital Management, LP 1 shared · one timeMaple VC 1 shared · one timeGreatpoint Investment Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeMatchstick Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeHOF Capital 1 shared · one timeSterling Road 1 shared · one timeKairos Managers, LLC 1 shared · one timeStandard Crypto Management LP 1 shared · one timeArmavir Partners LLC 1 shared · one timeNEW Voices Advisors, LLC 1 shared · one timeAlleycorp Advisers, LLC 1 shared · one time7wire Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeRizvi Traverse Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeSpero Management Company, LLC 1 shared · one timeCollaborative Fund Management LLC 1 shared · one timeGrdnt LLC 1 shared · one timeCollab+currency Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeSiddhi Capital, LLC 1 shared · one timeA-Star Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeHoxton Ventures 1 shared · one timeFounders First Advisors 1 shared · one timeFlybridge Capital Partners 1 shared · one timeLobster Capital, LLC 1 shared · one timeHeadline 1 shared · one timeSpider Capital 1 shared · one timeKhosla Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeActivant Capital Group LLC 1 shared · one timeSempervirens Ventures LLC 1 shared · one timeZelkova Management, LLC 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
4 dated events
- Sep 16, 2026cake no longer listed on Habitat Partners Management LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferencecakeVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 14, 2026Habitat Partners Management LLC: MICRO_VC -> CORPORATE_VENTURE (corporate parent: self-described)Classification changedClassificationInferenceno URL
- Feb 2, 2022Habitat Partners Management LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Feb 2, 2022Habitat Partners I LP first reported on Form ADV by Habitat Partners Management LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $28,500,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactHabitat Partners I LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 14, 2026Corporate venture (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)corporate parent: self-described
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $30.6M across 3 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $30.6M across 1 vehicles
Evidence
47 observations from 3 sources