Investors & Partners at BoxGroup

Adam Rothenburg

Partner, BoxGroup

Adam Rothenburg is a Partner at BoxGroup, a New York-based seed-stage venture capital firm. He focuses on early-stage investments across a wide range of technology sectors, including artificial intelligence, fintech, enterprise software, consumer applications, biotech, cybersecurity, climate technology, developer tools, robotics, and SaaS solutions. BoxGroup is known for its hands-on approach to supporting entrepreneurs from the earliest stages of company building. Rothenberg's investment strategy emphasizes identifying exceptional founding teams and providing them with the capital and strategic guidance needed to scale their businesses. His diverse sector coverage allows him to work with innovators across multiple technology verticals, reflecting BoxGroup's thesis of backing transformative companies regardless of industry focus.

Claire Goldsmith

Investor, BoxGroup

Claire Goldsmith is an Investor at BoxGroup, where she focuses on early-stage investments across technology sectors including artificial intelligence, fintech, enterprise software, and consumer applications. Her investment scope encompasses emerging areas such as biotech, cybersecurity, climate technology, developer tools, robotics, and SaaS platforms. At BoxGroup, Goldsmith evaluates opportunities with founders building scalable technology solutions across diverse market segments. She brings a broad perspective to venture investing, working with entrepreneurs to identify and capitalize on market opportunities in rapidly evolving technology landscapes.

Claire Smilow

Partner, BoxGroup

Claire Smilow is a Partner at BoxGroup, where she leads investments across artificial intelligence, fintech, enterprise software, and consumer technology sectors. Her investment focus spans multiple high-growth areas including biotech, cybersecurity, climate technology, developer tools, robotics, and SaaS platforms. As a Partner, Smilow works closely with early-stage founders building transformative companies that leverage cutting-edge technologies to address significant market opportunities. She brings a comprehensive approach to venture investing, emphasizing both technical innovation and market scalability in her evaluation of investment opportunities across diverse technology verticals.

David Tisch

Managing Partner, BoxGroup

David Tisch brought Techstars to New York City as its founding Managing Director and has spent years building the local startup ecosystem through programs like Founders NYC, positioning himself as a long-term community builder rather than just a capital provider. He maintains an unusually product-obsessed approach to investing, spending significant time using founders' products directly and giving tactical feedback based on his own experience building consumer apps like Spring, while arguing that early-stage funds shouldn't over-optimize for ownership since backing the best founders matters more than exact percentage owned.

Greg Rosen

Partner, BoxGroup

Greg Rosen is a Partner at BoxGroup, a New York-based seed-stage venture capital firm known for its early investments in high-growth technology companies. At BoxGroup, Rosen focuses on identifying and backing exceptional entrepreneurs across artificial intelligence, fintech, enterprise software, consumer technology, biotech, cybersecurity, climate tech, developer tools, robotics, and SaaS. BoxGroup has built a reputation for making concentrated bets on promising startups and providing hands-on support to help founders navigate the challenges of building scalable businesses. Rosen's investment strategy emphasizes working closely with entrepreneurs from the earliest stages, leveraging BoxGroup's network and experience to help companies achieve product-market fit and prepare for subsequent funding rounds.

Nimi Katragadda

Partner, BoxGroup

Partner at BoxGroup focusing on investments across artificial intelligence, fintech, enterprise software, consumer technology, biotech, cybersecurity, climate tech, developer tools, robotics, and SaaS. Katragadda works with BoxGroup's portfolio companies across their diverse investment thesis, which spans early-stage opportunities in both B2B and B2C markets. BoxGroup is known for its founder-friendly approach and active involvement in helping startups scale from seed through growth stages. As a partner at the firm, Katragadda contributes to BoxGroup's reputation for identifying promising companies across multiple sectors and providing hands-on support to entrepreneurs building the next generation of technology companies.