Crown Ventures Relaunches With CHYE to Back 10-20 Frum Startups With $50,000-$100,000
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Updated · COLlive · Aug 14
Crown Ventures Relaunches With CHYE to Back 10-20 Frum Startups With $50,000-$100,000
1 articles · Updated · COLlive · Aug 14
Summary
CHYE has partnered with Daniel Cotlar, Danny Fishman and Levi Sudak to relaunch Crown Ventures as an independent fund for founders with yeshiva or seminary backgrounds.
The fund plans to invest $50,000 to $100,000 in roughly 10 to 20 early-stage companies, targeting founders who can show industry knowledge, a defined problem and early signs of demand.
CHYE will feed potential deals from its network but will not decide which startups get funded; founders passed over for investment can still receive mentorship through the organization.
The move extends CHYE’s 13-year effort supporting frum entrepreneurs, during which it says it mentored more than 1,100 people, helped launch over 200 businesses and hosted more than 320 events.
Crown Ventures says it is focusing on technology-enabled and AI-driven businesses across sectors including healthcare, finance, logistics and education, aiming to close an early-stage capital and guidance gap.