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title: "Newark Venture Partners Crosses $200M AUM With Second Fund"
description: "Newark Venture Partners crossed $200M in AUM with a second fund to back vertical AI founders, supported by LPs including Rutgers, Prudential, and Audible."
date: 2025-11-13T00:00:00.000Z
tags: ["newark-venture-partners", "fund-close", "venture-capital", "artificial-intelligence", "startup-funding"]
source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-newark-venture-partners-200m-fund-ii
---

# Newark Venture Partners Crosses $200M AUM With Second Fund

> Newark Venture Partners crossed $200M in AUM with a second fund to back vertical AI founders, supported by LPs including Rutgers, Prudential, and Audible.

**Newark Venture Partners** crossed **$200M in AUM with a second fund** to back vertical AI founders, supported by LPs including Rutgers, Prudential, and Audible.

## Key facts

- **Firm:** Newark Venture Partners / NVP Capital (founded 2015, Newark NJ)
- **Milestone:** $200M+ AUM with Fund II (Nov 2025)
- **Focus:** B2B software, healthtech, vertical AI
- **LPs:** Rutgers, Prudential, Audible
- **Stage:** Primarily seed

## Why this matters

The second fund cements Newark Venture Partners as an anchor of the New Jersey startup ecosystem, doubling down on vertical AI as its core thesis.

## Sources

1. NVP Capital crosses $200M AUM with Fund II (Benzinga, via Tracxn): https://tracxn.com/d/venture-capital/newarkventurepartners/__mG1NIJy7rCHU_TMMWz59CPsptdVpTntxecVOTDq27uQ
2. Newark Venture Partners (NVP Capital): https://nvpcap.com/