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title: "Newark Venture Partners Co-Leads Human Archive $8.2M Seed"
description: "Newark Venture Partners co-led Human Archive’s $8.2M seed for physical-AI training data and backed Vulcan Elements’ rare-earth magnet Series A."
date: 2026-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
tags: ["newark-venture-partners", "seed-investing", "artificial-intelligence", "startup-funding", "venture-capital"]
source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-newark-venture-partners-human-archive-vulcan-elements
---

# Newark Venture Partners Co-Leads Human Archive $8.2M Seed

> Newark Venture Partners co-led Human Archive’s $8.2M seed for physical-AI training data and backed Vulcan Elements’ rare-earth magnet Series A.

**Newark Venture Partners** co-led **Human Archive's $8.2M seed** (physical-AI training data) and backed **Vulcan Elements'** rare-earth magnet Series A — both squarely in its vertical-AI and hard-tech thesis.

## Key facts

- **Investor:** Newark Venture Partners (NVP Capital)
- **Human Archive:** $8.2M seed (May 2026), co-led with Wing Venture Capital; Y Combinator
- **Vulcan Elements:** $65M Series A to onshore rare-earth magnets
- **Firm:** Newark, NJ; vertical AI + B2B software

## Why this matters

The deals show Newark Venture Partners deploying its new $200M+ Fund II into frontier physical-AI infrastructure and domestic hard-tech manufacturing.

## Sources

1. Human Archive $8.2M seed (co-led by NVP Capital): https://www.linkedin.com/posts/terencehbennett_silicon-valley-startup-human-archive-closed-activity-7467624697392701440-2-0p
2. Newark Venture Partners portfolio (nvpcap.com): https://nvpcap.com/