Slow Ventures

Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionOct 18, 2026 · Jul 21, 2026

Slow Ventures is the venture firm whose consolidated history preserves its own investments separately from Sam Lessin’s personal participation.

Recorded funding activity

The recorded activity includes Snag’s rental marketplace, Ellis’ private-credit operations and NanoClaw’s sandboxed agent runtime. TrustedRouter’s issuer identifies Lessin personally, so that participation is not attributed to the firm.

Sources
Rounds participated in
2
Confirmed lead rounds
1
1 roles undisclosed
New companies
2
First participation on record · 0 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$14M
2 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Seed2

By primary sector

Fintech1
Proptech1

By country

United States2

Rounds

2 in this selection
Snag

A rental marketplace where people can find verified sublets and lease takeovers directly from current tenants.

$4MSeed
Lead
Ellis

AI-native operations platform for private credit

$10MSeed
Role not disclosed