Freddie Martignetti

Freddie Martignetti

Founder and Partner atNava VenturesSan Francisco

Freddie Martignetti is a venture investor who founded Suffolk Equity Partners and co-founded Mezcal Rosaluna. He has worked at Lehman Brothers, Barclays Capital, and Highland Capital Partners, and mentors at Harvard.

What Freddie can write

Writes checks of$250K to $10M
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Best routeA short note on LinkedInA warm intro from a founder they backed works better.

Nava Ventures writes $250K to $10M checks, larger than 33% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Nava Ventures.

Career

  1. Barclays Capital · fixed income trading floor
  2. Suffolk Equity Partners · founder
  3. Highland Capital Partners
  4. Lehman Brothers
  5. Barclays Capital
  6. Suffolk Equity Partners
  7. Highland Capital Partners
  8. Nava Ventures · Founder & General Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Suffolk Equity PartnersMezcal RosalunaNava Ventures

Investments named in public bios

Warby ParkerFIGS ScrubsDrizlyOmazeGrabRapidSOSParachuteEverly HealthBitwiseVecna Robotics

Focus

venture investingstartupsmentorshipvertical AIhealth techdeveloper infrastructure

Education

Harvard, undergraduate degree and MBA

Also at Nava Ventures

Partners like Freddie

At firms with a similar stage, sector and check size.

Alert me when Nava Ventures is active

One email when Freddie's firm raises a fund, adds a partner or shows new activity.

Founders and investors at a Mode VC gathering

Send Mode VC your deck

Raising a pre-seed or seed round? We write $1M to $5M first checks and help founders with distribution. A partner reads every deck.

Send your deck

Questions

Who is Freddie Martignetti?

Freddie Martignetti is a venture investor who founded Suffolk Equity Partners and co-founded Mezcal Rosaluna. He has worked at Lehman Brothers, Barclays Capital, and Highland Capital Partners, and mentors at Harvard.

How much does Freddie Martignetti invest?

Freddie Martignetti invests through Nava Ventures, which writes checks of $250K to $10M at pre-seed, seed, series a.

How do I pitch Freddie Martignetti?

A warm intro from a founder Nava Ventures backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Freddie Martignetti do before Nava Ventures?

fixed income trading floor at Barclays Capital; founder at Suffolk Equity Partners; Highland Capital Partners; Lehman Brothers; Barclays Capital; Suffolk Equity Partners; Highland Capital Partners.

Last updated 2026-10-15. Is this you? Ask for a correction.